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One Perfect Moment – wedding photography

April 18, 2018 Neil vN 2 Comments

One Perfect Moment - wedding photography

I have opinions. This time, wedding photography. Greg Riccardi, one of the top wedding and event videographers in north Jersey, asked me a few questions in this interview - my start in photography, as well as what a bride and groom should look for in wedding photographers. He also asked me about trends I may have noticed in wedding photography. My business name is One Perfect Moment for specific reasons. The name is derived from Henri-Cartier Bresson's ideal of the decisive moment. That slice of time when everything just comes together  Read more inside...

Podcast interview: The Share-Inspire-Create Show

October 1, 2015 Neil vN 4 Comments

Podcast interview: The Share-Inspire-Create (SIC) Show

In this Skype'd podcast interview with the Share Inspire Create Show, you get to see sleep-deprived me, with rings under my eyes and disheveled hair ... but we hit our stride in the interview fairly quickly. One of the main topics covered - how I pose models. I explain more about how I systematically and quickly adjust and build up a pose. Bonus: you can even see me strike a few elegant poses with my hands. There's a little bit about lighting in this podcast, as well as ... surprise! ... on-camera bounce flash  Read more inside...

Podcast interview w/ Wedding Photographers Unite

March 7, 2015 Neil vN 2 Comments

Podcast interview w/ Wedding Photographers Unite!

Looking at previous podcasts I've participated in, it would seem that the opportunity to sound off in some podcast comes around about once a year. This time I get to chat with Neil Urban and Andy Buscemi who hosts the Wedding Photographers Unite podcast. And I do have opinions! Wedding Photographers Unite - episode 5 - interview with Neil van Niekerk We touch on various topics, including how the wedding photography business has changed over the years. Neil Urban questioned me a week or so later about a comment I made in the  Read more inside...

NvN on photography – interviewed by Ed Verosky

May 14, 2014 Neil vN 10 Comments

Interview: NvN on photography

I met up with Ed Verosky in his studio to chat about photography and the direction I'm taking. Here's a summary of the conversation. I already am aware that I use my hands to talk. In fact, it would be tough for me to explain something without moving my hands around in semaphore. But apparently I also use my eyebrows to express what I am trying to get across. Other podcast interviews with me    Read more inside...

Podcast interview – Wedding photography tips

October 14, 2012 Neil vN 12 Comments

Podcast with Ed Verosky - Wedding photography tips

Over the weekend, Ed Verosky did an interview with me for his latest podcast. The topic is wedding photography tips. It's nearly half-an-hour of me motor-mouthing it on various wedding photography related items. Not only does it sound like I am in a rush, I sound serious too! There is one "typo" that I picked up listening to it now. At one point I mention the "first 30 books" on photography. What I meant to say was, the basics covered in the first 30 pages of any good introductory book on photography. I'm sure there are other  Read more inside...

podcast interview: Finish the sentence

February 7, 2009 Neil vN 4 Comments

Podcast interview: Finish the sentence

David Cross, the well-known Photoshop guru (and otherwise interesting person),  just posted a 'Finish the sentence' mini-interview with me on his blog.  Catch it there, and find out a few things about me, such as what I hate and love about Photoshop.  And my favorite accessory.  (Although that one shouldn't be too hard to guess.) Other interviews with me  Read more inside...

spotlight interview

June 8, 2008 Neil vN 1 Comment

Every week James Robinson features an interview on his blog with a photographer that has caught his attention.  And this week the privilege is mine - and you can read it here: spotlight interview - photographer Neil van Niekerk. And for no other reason than to spruce up this quickie post, here is one of my favorite images from a destination wedding I photographed in the Bahamas recently. Other interviews with me  Read more inside...

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