Nicole and Don Engagement Shoot

I know, being married myself, that many men really aren't that much of a fan of the whole engagement shoot prospect, dealing with someone who you barely know who is in your face for upwards of an hour or two telling you to smile...smile wider.. no teeth.. less teeth. What a pain in the butt! Thankfully here at MMP we attempt to make an engagement shoot as painless as possible for everyone involved and will never tell you to smile!

We met up with Nicole and Don, a fantastically compatable couple, at Italian Lake then on to Fort Hunter for a special engagement shoot. Their engagement shoot was gifted on behalf of Jason and Myself and the wonderful husband and wife team, Coleman Videography- Ben and Heather Coleman also of Harrisburg. Coleman Videography was collaborating a Love Story video for the couple along side MMP for still engagement photos!

The end result was nothing short of spectacular, especially from our wonderful friends at Coleman Videography! Nicole and Don had a blast with both teams to the joy of hearing from Don "This was Cool! I can't wait for you guys to shoot our wedding!"

That my friends.. is what makes this whole business worth everything we put into it!

Please be sure to check out the videography side from Coleman here:
Nicole + Don :: Love Story [&] Melissa McClain Photography :: The Promo

Matt and Lindsay Engagement Shoot

One of the best things about spring is everything is fresh and new, trees and flowers are in full force and love of course is in the air! Today we met up with a great down to earth couple, Matt and Lindsay to get some great engagement photos to preview at their upcoming May wedding! With associate photographers, Scott and Vinny in tow, the paparazzi headed off to Pinchot Park where we got some fantastic shots of the lovely couple! Looking forward to their May 1 wedding!!

A Winter Off? No Way!

So to be completely honest Jason and I figured that at the end of last year's wedding season in October we'd have a bit of a break considering most people don't have weddings in the winter or have many portrait sessions scheduled.

Wow were we wrong!

Between November and April we successfully met with so many fantastic couples marrying in 2010 and 2011 which resulted in almost tripling the amount of weddings we captured in 2009, gained three wonderful associates (Scott Bostjancic, Christin Lopez, and Vincent Gross), and gained a few more marketing tools to keep our business rolling!

We also managed to shoot a few pictures for some fantastic events and awesome people! After all.. we're here for the pictures first and foremost!

Enjoy the winter images and here is hoping for a wonderful 2010 wedding season and much happiness to every couple and family we have the privilege of working with!

Millennium Music Festival

Millennium Music Festival
Wedd-Snader Engagement

Wedd-Snader Family

Vincent Gross Production Head Shots

Vincent Gross Production Head Shots

Vincent Gross Production Head Shot

Harrisburg Saint Patricks Day Parade

Harrisburg Saint Patricks Day Parade

Harrisburg Saint Patricks Day Parade

Janna & Don

Our last wedding of the 2009 season was for Don and Janna held at Ski Roundtop Resort. What was planned to be an outdoor ceremony was unfortunately moved indoors due to rain, however in our opinion rainy day weddings make for some of the best pictures, especially in the fall months with the great color combination of the foliage! Janna was sure to grab enough black umbrellas for her crew which created some fantastic and classy outdoor shots! Post dinner their reception was hopping with some great music by one of the groomsmen and a break dancing display! What an awesome celebration for a fantastic couple!

Danielle & Jason

After having such a successful engagement shoot with Jason and Danielle, we knew they're wedding would be spectacular! Danielle and Jason were married on the Pride of the Susquehanna with pictures being taken prior to departure on City Island! One of our favorite images from their wedding was sneaking into one of the snack shacks to get a totally unique and awesome couple shot! Danielle and Jason by far have been MMP's most famous couple of the year by appearing in many of our advertisements, as well as having multiple vendors contact us for use of their images! Wonder who will be our famous wedding couple of 2010?

Lisa & David

I love meeting new people. I especially love when meeting new people turns into creating a friendship and in terms of wedding photography being able to feel like a part of someone elses family for a day! Lisa and David held their ceremony and reception at the home of family which had created a warm and comfortable celebration! They had also decided to see each other prior to the ceremony which allowed us to create a great photo segment for the both of them which had kept David in suspense until he was able to turn to see his beautiful bride. The emotions ran high for the whole day making this one of our most romantic weddings thus far!

Alicia & Kevin

Half the fun of getting married is the celebration and this couple definitely had one heck of a celebratory bash! Alicia and Kevin chose a great classic church to hold their ceremony and despite the few rain drops that fell had a great back drop using the local grounds. Definitely one of the liveliest weddings yet! Best wishes to the happy couple!!