About

This is where I try and give you a sense of who I am. Just who is this person who might be doing your photo session, or photographing your wedding. Who is this photographer who is maintaining this site; who wrote these books. I have to simultaneously intrigue and appear cool. But I can’t tell you I’m cool. There’s the quandary.

I can keep it to the factual:
I’m a photographer based in Wayne, NJ, specializing in portrait, wedding and boudoir photography.

I also maintain a very active website for photographers. I teach workshops and seminars on photography. I have written two books on flash photography, of which one has been translated into Polish and Portuguese. This probably means I can describe myself now as being ‘internationally renowned’. I’ll take it. It sounds good.

I could tell you a few background details about myself:
I’m originally from South Africa where I worked as a TV Broadcast Engineer. Then in 2000, my wife and I decided to settle in the USA with our daughter – and I have pursued photography here as a full time career since.

What drives me as a photographer:
That I love photography for a variety of reasons. The stimulation and excitement of responding to new situations satisfies both my analytical and creative sides, and I also truly love working with people. I get real pleasure from sharing the happiness with the people that I photograph, and knowing that I’m creating images that will evoke wonderful memories for a lifetime. (By the way, this is the most plagiarized paragraph from my bio. Seriously.)

I could try to define who I am through my interests:
Photography. That’s something I am serious about, yet try to have fun with. However, Photography is an obvious answer here. My other interests – I am a movie nut. I love movies. A widescreen TV and surround sound and a blu-ray player. Sounds like heaven already. I also live my life to a music soundtrack. My music taste is diverse, but I really like Trip-Hop and Electronic music and Alt-Rock and British Punk & New Wave. I used to play saxophone in a band back in South Africa. I love music. But I am a better photographer than I would have been a musician. So here I am.

Then there is this photo I chose of myself:
A fun shot taken at my friend Josh’s photo booth. A little bit goofy. Quirky. But still cool.

And there you have it. This is me.

Drop me a note if you want me as your photographer.
Or want more info about my work and photography services.
I’d love to hear from you.

Neil vN

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