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I Foolishly Have Tried To Do MY Own Website.  The Good News Is I'm A fast Learner! 
my goal is to show you the actual work I do without a slick delivery method
I am from the old fashioned school - the work sells its self
 

PHOTOGRAPHER

for hire

MICHAEL METZGER

 

Michael Metzger has been involved with photography since he was 5 yrs. old.  His dad gave him his first box camera and it was a hobby until he was 33 yrs old when it became his profession.  At the age of 25, he built his first darkroom and used photography as stress release from his "real job" as a physicist/engineer in the industrial diamond wheel business.  Since 1974, Michael has been designing and building montages of children and families.  For many years they were constructed out of wood boxes of varying depths and now they are designed and built on computers and most of them of the 2-D varity.  The earlier montages were all 3-D made from wood, metal, plexiglas, cork, or gatorfoam.  Michael's talents lie in being about to capture individual spirits and combine them into a powerful display of family interaction.  His designs go from 11"x14" up to 8'x 20'.  No two are alike and care is always taken to portray the connection between family members.  Included on this site are many samples of actual montages made for actual clients.


I Bet You Can't Guess Who Took This Image Or Where It Was Taken.  If You Can You Win A Free Portrait Session.   Personally, I Like It!!  If You Guess Me As The Photographer, You Lost.

At present there is only one page of info and images.  It is all devoted to families, children and montages.  Since this is a "do it yourself" project, I will need somemore "learning time" before the site looks like the Big Guys. 

 

Image on the left was taken by Kathy Metzger the old Fashion way on film in a Telluride grave yard.  She won an award. 2008


 

Reasons to hire Michael Metzger as your personal photographer

 

 

  •     Able to leap tall buildings at a single bound

  •     Very laid back and comfortable among strangers

  •     Sensitive to people’s moods and needs

  •     Stays very calm under stressful situations

  •     Has travelled world wide and familiar with many different customs

  •     Is always respectful to those he serves

  •     Comfortable speaking to crowds in the hundreds

  •     Has a logical mind (physics degree) and can solve major problems on the fly

  •    Thirty-five years experience in the business of professional photography

  •     Shooting with digital cameras since 1997

  •     Maintains office network and builds all office computers and servers.

  •     Office has over 15 terabits of storage available at a moments notice

  •     Is a certified Photoshop Photographic Professional

  •     Works very well with the elderly and impaired

  •     When you look in the dictionary under Patience, you find Michael’s name

  •     For 58 years, Michael has been training himself to “see the moment”

                   Extensive background and degree in physics enables maximum

                   performance in digital capture, imaging, processing and printing

  •     Worked for many top CEOs and janitors – comfortable with all walks of life

  •     Easy to talk to and get to know

  •     Concerned about not just images but your whole day of happiness

  •     Arrives early at all events

  •     Has more spare parts and cameras then Sears

  •     Understands the creation and production of color images

  •     Printed his own color prints from 1967 to present day

  •     Worked in over 35 countries as a professional photographer

  •     Loves children as they do him

  •     Knows when to step in and help and when to stand and watch

  •     Can put ALL people at ease in a matter of minutes

  •     Truly concerned about the overall outcome of the days events

  •     Works well with other professionals in the event business

  •     Taken over 38 software training courses in image management and production

  •     Continually strives to improve himself as a person and photographer

  •     Has a daughter who offers personal and professional advice even when not asked

  •     Well aquatinted with family dynamics and problems which occur

  •     Able defuse “hot spots” which can always occur with those under stress

  •     Genuinely loves the art of photography

  •     Over 4200 happy and satisfied clients in 38 years (1973 to present)

  •     If I have not sold you by now, no point in going on.

  •     Would love to be there for you on your special day and capture the moments

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It's a good idea to also post your contact information on the Home page for people who come to the site to quickly find your phone number or address.

 

Yea, that is a good idea!

 

 

Michael Metzger & Staff, Inc.
847-831-3220   main line     847-831-3225   Fax line
1292 Old Skokie Road   2nd Flr Back

Highland Park, Illinois   60035-3028


E-mail address:  gr8fotos@msn.com

 

Yes, this is your photographer being photographed!!!!!!