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A 30-year veteran of the newspaper industry, Mark Moran has captured every kind of sporting event, from Penn State football games, NASCAR races, and golf tournaments to high school soccer games, swim meets, and Little League - and just about everything in between.

Over the years, he has earned the respect of coaches, officials, and athletes alike, and his efforts have resulted in four Keystone Press Awards and a 2007 first place award for Best Use of Photography in the Pennsylvania Newspaper Association's Newspaper of the Year contest.  To learn more about these and other awards click here. 

As Chief Photographer of the Citizens' Voice Newspaper, Mark constantly keeps his photojournalistic skills sharp.  His byline can be found on the front page of the Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania newspaper almost daily, and his photos are frequently featured on the paper's web site.

In addition, his work has appeared in papers and magazines all over the country via the Associated Press newswire.  Highlights include:

• Sporting News

• USA Today

• Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

If you've ever tried to take pictures of your friends or family members playing sports, you know how hard it is to get that perfect shot.  Your prints might come back showing a bunch of dots on the playing field.  Or if you do get close enough to get a shot, chances are you'll get blurry action photos or a series of prints with your subject's back turned to the camera. 
Sports photography is difficult without the proper access, equipment, and experience, but you can let Mark provide that for you.  And since Mark also shoots social functions, feature pictures, promotional photos, custom stock photography, and corporate events, you can get an experienced photographer working for you no matter what the occasion. 
 

On Display

And since Mark recently found himself on the other side of the camera (in the form of a billboard on Route 309 in Luzerne County last December) you can click here to see a photo of him!

Rates

Standard, Sports, and Corporate Photography

Digital Hourly Rate - $150*
The hourly rate for digital photography includes delivery of all images on CD.**  Additional CDs are available for $25. 

35 mm Hourly Rate - $195*
The hourly rate for 35mm photography includes film, developing, numbered proofs, and negatives, which you keep.**  Allow four to six weeks for delivery.  A CD with digital copies of your 35mm images is available for $25 each. 

Wedding Photography

Digital Hourly Rate - $300*
Weddings are a big deal - not just for the bride and groom, but for the photographer committed to capturing the event.  Few other occasions require a shooter to work as hard.  Weddings require rigorous attention to detail and the ability to coordinate large groups of people (often in several locations) while adhering to a strict deadline.  There are many talented professionals in our area who deal strictly with wedding photography, offering fixed-price packages which include a set number of hours, traditional wedding poses, proofs, and often an album or two.  If you're looking for a package deal, we might not be the best (or the most economical) choice. 

We don’t do wedding packages, wedding proofs, wedding albums, wedding prints, or wedding enlargements.  Instead, we'll cover your event in photojournalistic style, supplementing traditional wedding poses with candid and unexpected shots.  You can hire us for one hour or ten,* and when it's over we'll supply you with a CD filled with high-resolution images for you to do with as you please.** 

 Printing, Matting, and Framing

One of the best things about our service is that you get a copy of all of your photos and the freedom to do whatever you want with them – whether you choose an album full of 4x6 prints or enlarge a few 8x10s for your wall.  We don’t typically handle printing or framing services because it’s much more economical for you to handle this yourself.  (You can make prints or enlargements by taking your CD to any local store that offers photo-processing services, or by uploading your images to an online service and ordering right from your home computer.  Frames can be purchased from local department or specialty craft stores.) 

Still, some clients prefer not to deal with post-production and have come to us for help making enlargements or framing the prints we’ve taken for them.  We’ve established a price list for those who’d like us to handle these aspects of the job.

Prints:
Processing fee - $10.00
4x6 - $.50
5x7 - $5.00
8x10 - $10.00
11x 14 - $20.00
12 x 18 - $30.00 

Framing (includes light or dark wood frame with neutral-colored mat):
Framing fee - $20.00
4x6 - $20.00
5x7 - $30.00
8x10 - $40.00
11x 14 - $80.00
12 x 18 - $100.00 

For example, if you want us to frame an 8x10 photo, your cost would be $80 ($10 processing fee, $10 for an 8x10 enlargement, $20 framing fee and $40 for an 8x10 frame).

*One hour minimum, thereafter billed in 15 minute increments.  Events that require travel further than 30 miles from Noxen, PA will incur travel expenses including $50 per hour for time in transit to and from event, plus any applicable lodging, airfare, rental car, tolls, and other transportation costs.  In Pennsylvania, we must add 6% sales tax.
**We maintain the right to use images for samples, displays, internet web site pages, advertising, exhibitions, contests, and other purposes.

Note:  If a light kit is required for either digital or 35mm photography, a set-up fee of $50 will be added.

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All images and text appearing on this web site are the exclusive property of Mark Moran, Melissa Moran, and Moran Photography and Graphic Design unless otherwise noted and are protected under U.S. and International copyright laws. The images may not be reproduced in any form, and may not be copied, transmitted, or manipulated without the written permission of the owners.  Use of any images as the basis for another photographic concept or illustration (digital, artist rendering, etc.) is a violation of U.S. and International copyright laws.  NO IMAGES ARE WITHIN PUBLIC DOMAIN.