Dream Weddings ─ Create Fresh and Stylish Photography

Neal Urban is known for his unique, award-winning wedding photography. His images have a real energy ? saturated colors, dramatic poses, and a real magazine-style, polished look. Images like these don’t happen by chance; there is a high level of skill involved, from the inception of the shot through to the final presentation.
In this book, Neal Urban presents 60 of his best images, along with a lighting diagram, setup shot, or screen shot and an alternate image from the event. Readers can approach the book from cover to cover or zero in on specific portraits they might want to emulate with their own clients and focus their attention on the creative process used to create those images.
In every one of the 60 two-page spreads, you’ll get insights into the hows and whys behind Urban’s genius. You’ll discover what inspired the image concept, which lighting units and modifiers Urban selected to create the mood in the shot, and how the bride, groom, couple, and other major players in the day’s events were posed to help tell the story of the day.

Neal Urban is a wedding photographer currently residing in Buffalo, NY who captures weddings across the country. Neal is entering his sixth year of photography.

Neal is a self-taught photographer. Dating back in the 1930's his great-grandfather was a master with a camera and in the darkroom. At the age of 26, after the passing of Neal's grandfather, he picked up his grandfather's camera from the WWII era and found his passion. It's obvious that their talent of photography lives on through Neal.

Neal is one of the pioneers of using the post-processing style known as HDR and successfully implementing that style into wedding photography. "Neal Urban-ize" appears to be the name of what many people like to call it. Neal actively shares his techniques with fellow photographers.