My high school years marked the beginning of my love for photography. I used the hard-earned money from my job at the local fast food restaurant to buy myself a Canon AE-1. That camera provided me with many years of enjoyment... it captured stunning pictures of landscapes, flowers, buildings and even a few people. But with the advent of the digital camera, my AE-1 found its way to the back of the closet along with the unused canisters of film.
Although it was an artistic culture shift for me, I soon fell in love with digital photography. I became more comfortable shooting more photos of ‘people’, and eventually I started recording the events that define their lives.
I love photographing weddings. Weddings are like fingerprints or snowflakes - no two are alike. And so there is an element of the unexpected that makes it exciting for me. Everyone at a wedding is happy... there are lots of smiles and laughs to go around. Who doesn’t love to be at a wedding?
Senior photography is equally as enjoyable to me. Senior photo sessions are full of energy. Young people who are ready to take the world by storm and have bright futures make my job really easy because these are just fun people! I don’t like traditional portraits with the phony backgrounds (and to be honest, most 17-year-olds don't like that either)... so I don’t do studio work. It's too boring and it's not my style. Parks, schools, football fields... all make for great backdrops for a senior photo session.
I do senior and wedding photography in the Butler Pennsylvania area. That would include sessions in nearby areas such as Cranberry Township, Kittanning, New Castle, Grove City and Slippery Rock.
I don’t have 10 or 20 different packages for you to choose from. That’s too complicated. My approach is simple: one price for the event or session.
For a wedding, you get an engagement session, full coverage for the wedding day and 300-350 digital images on a DVD. For senior photos, you get 1-2 hours on location and around 40 images on a DVD.
I provide a release form for the DVD images, transferring ownership rights of the images to you... so you can reproduce as many of the images you want without me charging you extra for them.
For pricing or other questions, feel free to contact me:
email: markortphotography@consolidated.net
phone: 724-352-0329
