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A friend of ours, Whitney from SC recently posted on her facebook a before & after picture showing what the pictures looked like before processing(raw) and after processing. I for one am always interested in seeing that sort of thing. It gives you a great idea of what goes into processing pictures. Sometimes it's pretty amazing.

I recently was watching a video as well with three successful, well known photographers. Chase Jarvis, David Hobby (Strobist), and David Nightingale (Chromasia). They were talking about how important it is for people in all industries to SHARE. Unfortunately there are many photographers who turn their backs on other photographers and treat their knowledge as guarded treasures. I completely agree with sharing your knowledge and everything you have to offer.

I want to start showing Before & After pictures more and I want to be able to answer any questions anyone has. Whether it be about certain images of ours, process, thoughts, or even how I tricked Melissa into marrying me(lol).

Feel free to comment on here or you can email us at mmphotography@comcast.net or get in touch with me through Facebook - facebook.com/m2photography.

Here is our first Before & After. There are some obvious differences and not so obvious. This image took me about 15 minutes to do with something like 6 steps.

Michael.


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There are so many little things that you discover about being a parent. It's usually good things too. This morning I was bringing the girls downstairs. They are at the point where they want to go down by themselves. I'm fine with that but it's scary seeing them try to walk down - a stair is almost half their size so it's quite a step. We are always asking them to sit on their but or go down backwards but they don't listen.

Duh! That's because they see us walking down so they want to walk down too! So there I was this morning going down step by step - on my butt - two flights. We were all making the sounds you make when you do that, the "uuhhhhhhh". And when you hit the next stair it makes the sound stop abruptly. "uuhhhhh - UH!" It's much harder hitting the next step at my current weight than when I was 25 lbs too.

I wanted to share this picture with you. When ever the girls see an opportunity to get into a small space they like to take advantage.

Guess who got to shoot a wedding of 4th of July? WE DID! We had a blast shooting Gino & Megan's wedding. This was yet another couple we hadn't met before shooting their wedding so we weren't sure what to expect but Oh Man! They are a great couple. They were up for anything and everyone was having a great time.

Here is a sneak peak!

This past Saturday we took pictures of my niece Shea. She looked so adorable in all her cute outfits. We had such a fun time with her. Enjoy :-)

<3 Melissa

On June 20th myself and a great friend of mine Mike shot Matt & Nikki's wedding. Melissa was in the hospital at the time which is why she wasn't able to shoot with me. She already shot a wedding with a ruptured appendix so she had to sit this one out.

We had a great time shooting this wedding. Matt and Nikki are an awesome couple and were very easy to work with. They had a great (big) family too!

Here are some pictures. I LOVE the first one here... so good.

Michael.

Many of you may already know but Melissa has been in the hospital for about a week now. She had appendicitis and her appendix ruptured. We had been to the hospital a week before and Melissa was in incredible pain and they told her she had a cyst on her ovary. They were wrong and she spent a week with a ruptured appendix and a swollen stomach making her look 6 months pregnant.. literally. She also managed to shoot a wedding with me.

Melissa is recovering well, thank God. She is expected to be out of here by Wednesday and will have to come back every two weeks for testing to see how her insides are doing. After that, in about 6 to 8 weeks, she will be back for surgery to get her appendix out.

We are both very appreciative for all the calls, emails, flowers, visitors and whatever else I'm missing. Needless to say this was the main reason we've been a little slow on our posting lately.

Here is a picture of Melissa in the hospital. You can tell that even in the worse scenarios she still has a sense of humor.

Yesterday we shot Dallas & Alicia's wedding in Barnesville, Pa. The wedding was perfect except for the occasional rain drops and typhoon. Every detail was beautiful as were the bride & groom. The wedding party was great and the most "original" crew we've seen. We wish the married couple all the happiness this world can bring them. We love you and we were honored to photograph your very special day. Enjoy your sneak peak :-)

The remaining wedding pictures will be posted through our clients page on our website in approximately 2 weeks.

<3 Melissa