I filmed a bridal shower a few weekends ago and holy toledo I had a blast. It probably sounds cliche to say this was a "learning experience" but it totally was! I have a good friend who is a phenomenal photographer and she gave me some great feedback regarding lighting..it can be tricky sometimes. 

Anyway, I am actually going to be filming at the wedding as well so I'll post that when the time comes! 

If you want to check out the Bridal Shower, here it is!

Senior Portraits

Shot my little brothers senior photos last week. It was a learning experience, they turned out pretty great, but I still noticed some things that I can do better. I'm glad he is patient and chill, it took me a minute to set my camera right and get a good crisp focus on some of them.


The black and white one is my favorite for sure, I may be a little biased but he's so handsome! Fun fact about my little bro: He marched with Music City for the 2018 DCI season. Im pretty sure he is going to do it again next year after he graduates from high school in the spring. Proud of this kid.


I am less than proficient when it comes to photoshop, I don't want to just slap a preset on my photos and call it "photography" so I am learning to edit, it's coming along very slowly. Some of these do have presets from LR, but I only used a filter as my last step after editing.
I hope you enjoy!

The First Ever

I have a lot of firsts before the year is over.

My first senior session is in a little over a week.

I have a model that I have arranged a shoot with.

I am doing a home shoot with a very sweet family of 5!

I am also preparing for a wedding as a videographer.

2018 is ending with a bang, and I am VERY excited to see where I am this time next year.
There is so much to learn, and I hope my brain can just be a sponge and soak it all up.
I will post some of the pictures from each of these shoots when I have them edited, then I'll share the link to the wedding video when that is done.

Glad you stopped by!

Creative Exercise.

I am in a small group at church specifically for creative arts. Our group leader is an incredible photographer, and she organizes creative ways for us to try new things without it feeling awkward and embarrassing.
We went out on the square of Murfreesboro today and were given a list of things to photograph, but in our own way. Here are my photos from Saturday!

My 22nd Birthday Video

Here's one of the videos I mentioned in my last post. Check it out! Subscribe, all that fun stuff!!

BEACH PHOTOS

I went to the beach last week and really messed up my theme on instagram! Haha.

It's too tempting to post those beautiful blue and white colors!
Any color pops at the beach and I definitely found myself editing in a completely different style than I usually do. I'm only sharing a few on here, you can check out my instagram for the rest! (@melissakfarmer)

My knowledge in editing and photography is limited, I ask a lot of people questions and am looking up tutorials/explanations on YouTube all the time. I've watched and watched, but it's time to get out there and do the dang thing!
My friend was at the beach with me so I took a mother daughter photo of them, so that's who those people are.

I hope you enjoy these as much as I enjoyed taking and editing them. I also uploaded a couple new YouTube videos if you want to head over there and see what's happening!

-Melissa

Mother Daughter.

Above are some family photos that I have taken, obviously these are my favorites of different families haha. I love a good mother daughter photo, and these ones touched my heart.