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A ways back I covered a wedding of one of the leads from “The Phantom of The Opera.” The newly married couple had a small intimate wedding. Their wedding reception was held at the Westbury Manor on Long Island, NY. At the reception places were set for 40 guests, with the music being provided by [...]
“Wedding Photojournalist – what does that really mean?” asked one of my clients during a recent consultation “I see that on many wedding photographers’ websites but not on yours, why?”. I answered “because I am not a PURE photojournalist. My style has a few different elements in it, I wouldn’t be very accurate if I said [...]
NYC photo shoot – Linda & Gary 06-14 from Neil van Niekerk on Vimeo.
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Here is a glimpse of how much fun it is to work with a couple during their engagement photo session. Linda and Gary’s wedding is coming up [...]
A slightly surreal image from a recent engagement photo session - the couple, Shannon and Peter, played with the idea of not just walking across the reflecting pool at Skylands Manor (Ringwood, NJ), but levitating across ..
.. and this gave me the idea for a theme for this post – jumping shots. Bridal parties and couples [...]
I have always loved movies! And ever since I have been a professional photographer, I look at them differently. I notice angles, composition and lighting. So it comes as no surprise that I always wanted to learn video and even possibly make a movie someday.
We all know that you just cannot take a giant leap [...]
We have touched the subject of engagement sessions a few times on this blog. As wedding photographers we often encourage our couples to work with us before their wedding and get together for a few hours of fun photography. We happen to live in a very random and rich in dramatically different lications area. When [...]
The phone rings and the words you hear are, “Help me, please.”
The Group of 10 was founded in part as a support group of friends, for friends. All of the members are friends whom happen to be independent photographers, and all of whom are very active in the wedding photography industry.
We’ve been a support to [...]
If you’ve heard me speak at a seminar or meeting you may have heard me use the expression “own the image”. I use it when I stress to photographers that in order to excell at their craft they must learn and practice until they truly do “own the image”.
I first heard it used in the [...]
I recently posted a slideshow on my blog, of my favorite images from 2008 weddings. I limited it to 3 images from each wedding, to give a representative overview of my best work as a wedding photographer in new Jersey. As a follow-up post, I showed some of my favorite wedding cakes from 2008.
So to [...]
HAPPY VALENTINE’S DAY EVERYONE !!! It’s today that all the happy couples do special, crazy things for love, isn’t it ? In the spirit of this amorous holiday we want to bring something exclusive to our clients !
