Couple shares iconic kiss on 'Parisian Time' Husband and wife's photo exhibit runs until Labor Day in Aberdeen BY KAREN E. BOWES Staff Writer KAREN BOWES Photographer Realf Schermer hangs his art at U-Frame It Custom Picture Framing, a small gallery and frame shop in Aberdeen's Town Center, located on Route 34. ABERDEEN - In the strip malls of New Jersey or in the shadows of the Eiffel Tower, romance can happen anywhere, anytime. Husband-and-wife team Realf Schermer and Koryn Morrissey hope to convey this message through their romantic photographs of Paris and New Jersey, on view now through Labor Day at U-Frame It, located in the Aberdeen Town Center, Route 34. The couple, who are friends with gallery owner Carol Martin Magee, spent their 2006 honeymoon in Paris. There the two professional photographers shared a quick kiss in front of a large clock in the Musee D'Orsay, a large and popular museum. Unbeknown to Schemer, his new wife had set the timer on her camera before sneaking a kiss, capturing the moment in "Parisian Time," the collection's most iconic image. "This clock has such a feeling of Paris," Schermer said on Thursday while hanging up prints at the gallery. "I just think it works. I've been a photographer since 1991 and I think it's one of the best photographs I've ever seen." "Parisian Time" by Koryn Morrissey Other romantic images include a group of roses shot in black and white. "When you think of a rose, you think of that beautiful red rose from Valentine's Day," Schermer explained. "This is sort of a faded, muted version of that." The artist said the photos represent the expectations of romance, how after time, the romance tends to fade, like a black and white photo. While Schermer makes his living doing catalog work, Morrissey is a wedding photographer. The two decided to collaborate on an artistic collection in order to get back to their true passion. "I think that anyone who's in a creative field has to have a sense of passion, a sense of romance about their job," Schermer said. "My job is to make things look better than they are. But my work as an artist, it's a conversation. It's pushing the boundaries. It's an exploration for us." But while it's easy to find the beauty in Paris and in roses, where can one find the romance in, say, Aberdeen? According to Schermer, the romance usually has a way of finding you, in the reflections and the shadows of everyday life. "It's so easy to get caught up in megapixels and software," Schermer said, adding that sometimes, it's the simplest, most straightforward photo that becomes the most meaningful. In a shot called "Flag No. 1," Schermer captures the romance of patriotism atop the George Washington Bridge. But he might just as easily have captured it on the sidewalk outside a Route 34 frame shop behind Taco Bell. U-Frame It is located at 1007 Route 34 in the Aberdeen Town Center strip mall, behind the Taco Bell. The show runs until Labor Day weekend. For more information, call the gallery at (732) 583-5550.