Category Archives: destination weddings

Best of 2010.

2010 has been an intense year for me.  It brought more travel than I have ever experienced in my life.  With that came quite a few challenges, both professionally and personally.  I taught my first workshop, traveled quite literally around the world, and met many, many new and interesting people.  The following frames are some…

View full post »

44 comments

December 26, 2010 - 11:40 pm

Leslee Mitchell - Well done. Very well done. Congrats on a great year.

December 26, 2010 - 11:49 pm

Evan Kaufmann - Eric, your work is beyond good man! This is incredible stuff… 2011′s going to be a good year

December 26, 2010 - 11:53 pm

cole - Holy smokes this is a like one massive highlite reel (which I guess it was meant to be :))…. Congrats on a wicked year and looking forward to seeing next years post like this!

December 27, 2010 - 1:08 am

Tweets that mention Best of 2010. -- Topsy.com - [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Erik Clausen and Booom, TinaRawatta. TinaRawatta said: #photography Best of 2010.: 2010 has been an intense year for me.  It brought more travel than I have … http://bit.ly/hlxGuD #bloglove [...]

December 27, 2010 - 2:21 am

John Benavente - dude! can’t wait to see your 2011 work…

December 27, 2010 - 2:33 am

lydia {ever ours} - these go to show how freaking ridiculous you are. so glad to “know” you!

December 27, 2010 - 4:10 am

Jason Lloyd - Wow. All kinds of awesome in there…. And you have an excess of beautiful brides too!! :)

December 27, 2010 - 5:23 am

Nirav - I’ll just be honest, you are my favorite wedding photographer (period) Learning from you this year was awesome and inspiring and I’m ready to take on the new year. Can’t wait to see what you do next year man. Cheers!

December 27, 2010 - 5:27 am

Lounge Fotografia - outstanding! have a fine 2011

December 27, 2010 - 5:30 am

Dean Govier - Reminder to myself, must get better!! Brilliant work – your beautiful brides are a perfect match to your stunning photography. Your creative use of angles & TS is inspiring. Bravo on such an awesome 2010.

December 27, 2010 - 9:29 am

Solveig - Triple wow!! These are fantastic! Huge fan of your work! Thanks for
sharing! I wish you the best for 2011! Love from Sweden! :)

December 27, 2010 - 9:30 am

Solveig - Triple%20wow!!%20These%20are%20fantastic!%20Huge%20fan%20of%20your%20work!%20Thanks%20for%20
sharing!%20I%20wish%20you%20the%20best%20for%202011!%20Love%20from%20Sweden!%20%3A)

December 27, 2010 - 11:26 am

Caroline anne - Wow! These are amazing.

December 27, 2010 - 11:42 am

Sachin - Oh my word…

Only one word for this … VISION

Love this brother.. so good!!! DAMN!

Im truly lost for words.. love this so so much…

Props!!

December 27, 2010 - 11:46 am

Sally Watts - Stunning!
I love the bee shot and the wedding party in bathing suits.

December 27, 2010 - 12:20 pm

AmyPunky Photography - Amazing!!! I have no words to explain the awesomeness of your images!

December 27, 2010 - 12:30 pm

Sam Le - God, you had such an amazing year Poser. I remember when I met you at the workshop, just this amazing vibe coming from you. You taught me so much this year man, I am so freaking glad I went. Amazing, killer work.

December 27, 2010 - 2:09 pm

J Shoda - Wow man, I can’t even imagine having a year like this. Beautiful work, hope 2011 is even better for you :)

December 27, 2010 - 2:20 pm

Madelynn Kenoly - Awesome images! Love ‘em!

December 27, 2010 - 4:19 pm

Anne Marie Carson - Amazing way to highlight the year… gorgeous work.

December 27, 2010 - 4:54 pm

Chris Aram - Incredible + inspiring. Great work as always man!

December 27, 2010 - 5:31 pm

Jason Mize - Dude, seriously, I have know idea how you even were able to
narrow it down to that amount! I hope that you have a blessed 2011.
Brother, Thanks for being an inspiration and mentor.

December 27, 2010 - 8:06 pm

Stephanie Lyell - So I have had you on my feed reader for a while…always love what you guys do. and this post just put it over the edge…you are now one of my top 10s!

December 27, 2010 - 10:29 pm

gary bradford - hell of a best of collecton!

December 28, 2010 - 2:36 am

Joshua Gull - Insane work Erik. Can’t wait to see what you top all this with next year.

December 28, 2010 - 1:54 pm

Amber - Wow wow and wow. I LOVE your style. Really brilliant work.

December 28, 2010 - 4:24 pm

Shelley - wow…stunners…really…inspiring work.

December 28, 2010 - 4:47 pm

alexbee - you, sir, are a master of light! i love this collection

December 29, 2010 - 4:47 pm

matt shumate - You win.

December 29, 2010 - 6:46 pm

jeff marsh - you win!

December 29, 2010 - 6:47 pm

jeff marsh - you win! very impressed and inspired

December 31, 2010 - 7:13 am

Jon S6 - congratulations

December 31, 2010 - 9:42 am

Jonas Peterson - Dude, I actually heard this track in my head when I read this post:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LjhCEhWiKXk

I don’t mean it in any homo erotic way, my friend, it’s just that your work really is amazing.

December 31, 2010 - 12:14 pm

Drew W - Dude, the frame with the bride holding her bouquet and the bee flying in is EPIC. That’s one of those moments we were talking about.

December 31, 2010 - 1:17 pm

Stefano Choi - Inspirational year, it’s amazing the quality you put out on every single session.

December 31, 2010 - 6:08 pm

LoveFeast Table - Inspirational & beautiful!! Beautiful best of!!

January 1, 2011 - 7:23 pm

poser - Thank everyone so much for you kind words. And Jonas, you are too funny :)

January 5, 2011 - 9:34 pm

Mary Sylvia - Mind bendingly beautiful.

January 7, 2011 - 6:04 pm

Abbey - Awesome year Erik – so glad we got to be a part of it!!

January 20, 2011 - 8:37 am

michele bowman - your photos contain so much emotion and love! thank you for sharing!

January 21, 2011 - 1:42 pm

Lorraine Daley - These images rock my futher muckin’ socks right off!!! no joke…mad, mad props. so much atmosphere, so much emotion, so much beauty. some look like they took hours to style, but come across with such fluid effortlessness. Inspiring…very, very inspiring.

August 29, 2011 - 3:49 pm

Bob LoRusso - Wow, what an incredible year! Love the rings on the glasses. Very creative and inspirational work.

November 7, 2011 - 2:28 pm
February 6, 2013 - 7:57 am

Fabio Oliveira - You inspire me!

Neil and Payal. Galveston, Texas.

Thanks so much to my bru Otto for coming along with your M9 and throwing down.  And as always, my man Brad was amazing.

View full post »

50 comments

December 10, 2010 - 12:15 pm

sarah - your best wedding yet. only you could have shot this so properly.

December 10, 2010 - 12:20 pm

Derek A - Dude…really…these are insane. Love your tilt shift skills

December 10, 2010 - 12:25 pm

Derek A - dude. really. these are insane. love your tilt shift skills

December 10, 2010 - 12:29 pm

Mary Murtha - Every single image is breathtaking, it is overwhelming.

December 10, 2010 - 12:30 pm

hank - damn, what a wedding! killer shots!!!

December 10, 2010 - 12:35 pm

Teddy - You out did yourself on this one. You deserve it.

December 10, 2010 - 12:56 pm

Tweets that mention Neil and Payal. Galveston, Texas. » Poser:Image. Fashion, Lifestyle, and Destination Wedding Photographer. -- Topsy.com - [...] This post was mentioned on Twitter by TinaRawatta and Xanderswansonfeeds, GaryBradford Martens. GaryBradford Martens said: #ff —> "@Poser1: Neil and Payal, on the blog. http://www.iamaposer.com/?p=6436” [...]

December 10, 2010 - 1:08 pm

Judy - One word. Brilliant.

December 10, 2010 - 1:24 pm

Paul Rowland - Wow dude. That is the most epic wedding I have ever seen and your coverage of it was brilliant. Truly amazing work.

December 10, 2010 - 1:26 pm

Drew W - Dude, what a part!

Image ’913 holy crap. I froze on that one for so long. So good.

December 10, 2010 - 1:36 pm

Courtney - RAD!

December 10, 2010 - 1:40 pm

Ariel M. - epic post. phenomenal images. what a wedding.

December 10, 2010 - 1:43 pm

Tara Sharma - I’m astounded by these photos. Simply blown away and awe struck. Thank you so much for the inspiration.

December 10, 2010 - 2:10 pm

Andrew - well done sir. this post showcases your talent so well. you are inspiring to me.

December 10, 2010 - 2:16 pm

Aleks - Epic images!!!

December 10, 2010 - 2:49 pm

Jack Clausen - Holy dang-loon cow!

December 10, 2010 - 3:21 pm

Leah Muse - Wow wow wow. These are incredible.

December 10, 2010 - 3:32 pm

Emma Brabrook - Wow, absolutely beautiful photographs. Beautiful colours, beautiful composition, beautiful tones, beautiful light and beautiful couple. I hope I get an opportunity like this someday! Well done!

December 10, 2010 - 3:50 pm

Solveig - OMG!! You are so good! What a fantastic wedding!

December 10, 2010 - 3:58 pm

lydia {ever ours} - oh my word. love LOVE all the colors that you captured. amazingness.

December 10, 2010 - 4:36 pm

Sarah Danaher - beautiful, as always

December 10, 2010 - 5:05 pm

Reggie - Ahhhh Galveston… my home town. This is beyond beast… this is reaching Godzilla status!

December 10, 2010 - 5:19 pm

Rodrigo Vargas - Two words… EPIC!! NESS!!

December 10, 2010 - 5:36 pm

Joshua Gull - Insanely good work Erik.

December 10, 2010 - 5:53 pm

Nirav - Dear mother of everything amazing, give me some of the skills you gave Erik. Where were you for my wedding dude! This is insane!!!!!

December 10, 2010 - 6:29 pm

becca - overwhelming and incredible are the only words coming to my mind right now. thanks for the inspiration!

December 10, 2010 - 6:37 pm

Anureet Kaur - THESE PHOTOS are just justttt tooo GOOD!!!!! epicness! omghh! they are awesome!

December 11, 2010 - 12:46 am

aditi - These picthaaaaas are incredibly astonishing!stupefying clicks man…
wishing the happy couple a great life ahead:)

December 11, 2010 - 6:04 am

irma - OMG!
fantastic pictures…

December 11, 2010 - 1:56 pm

Pawel - Oh My God!!! Speechless, awesome, divine!!!

December 11, 2010 - 2:45 pm

alisha moralejo - Sweet pete these images are Sick! Love it!

December 11, 2010 - 9:19 pm

fer juaristi - EPIC Post!

December 12, 2010 - 12:22 am

Rae - Jaw dropping amazing rock star good. I am inlove with the ceremony and traditions of the indian wedding… The colours and sparkles are so captivating and what a way to celebrate two people coming together. The bride is unspeakably beautiful… Amazing!

December 12, 2010 - 12:37 am

Neil - I.. don’t… even… know… what… to.. say… This is the reason we booked you for our wedding… and you gave us more than we could ask for… Thanks for capturing our weekend in the most amazing fashion… simply unbelievable talent.

December 12, 2010 - 12:39 am

{kendra michelle} - She is SOOOOOOOOOOO beautiful! Great job at capturing this wedding – totally amazing!!!!!

December 13, 2010 - 3:17 am

Jose Corpas - I have no words to describe how amazing these wedding photos are!!!
Congrats!!!

December 13, 2010 - 4:24 am

Jared Tseng - Don’t know what to say except EPIC. Just EPIC!

December 13, 2010 - 11:29 am

Crystal - *Clapping* Can’t really say much more. This post is phenomenal.The way you captured the day made me feel as if I was there.

December 13, 2010 - 12:42 pm

AmyPunky Photography - This is amazing!!!!

December 13, 2010 - 12:45 pm

benj haisch - woah. insanity. %#@$&&$@ this is good.

December 13, 2010 - 12:56 pm

mariola - uuff .. so good .. insanely good!

December 13, 2010 - 1:02 pm

gabe aceves - erik this is one of the best things ive ever seen, wedding or not. so much beauty and emotion. its truly stunning.

December 13, 2010 - 1:30 pm

serena - Just spotted you on the web. Amazing wedding, all these amazing colors, all this movement. I must say that I absolutely love your B&W shots. I love your style. It’s definitely unique. There’s so much of “the same” on the web and you stand out. I’ll be keeping a close eye on your blog now!

December 13, 2010 - 1:31 pm

Hiram Trillo - Amazing as always my friend!

December 13, 2010 - 2:26 pm

Em - WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW.
is all i have to say… :O !!! and the indian clothes really add the extra :D of course hhi xD

December 14, 2010 - 2:15 pm

Ryan Price - Unbelievable… several images that just left me shaking my head and breathless. Love you style, man!

December 15, 2010 - 1:45 pm

Adam Houseman - You guys absolutely rocked it!
Erik, Brad, and Otto, you guys did pretty awesome too.

December 15, 2010 - 9:35 pm

Marc Yap - Epic! Incredible wedding! This one totally rocked!!!

December 21, 2010 - 11:49 pm

ayesha - epic beyond words, erik. i want to be you when i grow up…

December 27, 2010 - 1:26 am

Anya - What to say…AMAZING! You totally rock my world!