Author: Michael Mellen

2008 Vacation to Colorado Captured on Film

Third Family Photography Trip Once a year my brothers and I would take a family trip to a scenic location. We would pull all of our money together to spend a couple of weeks camping for the sole purpose of bringing home some beautiful photographs. All of us used film, in both medium and large…


Happy St. Patrick’s Day and a Happy First Day of Spring!

St. Patrick’s Day, or the ‘Feast of St. Patrick’, is an Irish cultural and religious celebration held every year on March 17th, on the traditional day of Saint Patrick’s death.  Saint Patrick was a patron saint of Ireland. Born in Roman Britain in the late 4th century, he was kidnapped at the age of 16…


Fuel Prices Impacts Future Photo Trips

I have always looked forward to packing the camper and making a road trip.  I enjoy traveling to exciting places with hopes of coming home with some awesome photography.  Making these trips have become increasingly difficult to take when having to deal with Covid restrictions and not being able to plan ahead of time for…


2006 Vacation to the Northwest (Washington and Oregon)

Again, many of the images captured from this trip are what I would call “unprofessional“. This was a little more of a challenging shoot, and wasn’t as successful as the last trip. I did have a couple of fair shots, but they were not to the standard that I would hold myself to today. The…


Happy Valentines Day

I put together a little scene to photograph my chihuahua, Milo for a Valentines Day shoot. With the exception of the ‘kissing booth’ which I constructed myself, everything was purchased from Hobby Lobby. This could be a possible business venture in the near future. Dapper Dawg Selling Kisses The love of a dog!  Milo the…


2005 Vacation to Utah and Southwest Colorado

Much of the images that I captured on this trip were what I would call “unprofessional“. I did have a few take-a-ways of some fairly nice shots, but they were anything but “professional“. Looking back at this time there were many missed opportunities! I was in the most beautiful location, in the perfect time of…


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