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About Me

I am in a serious, committed relationship with someone who loves me more than any human being ever could...my Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ!
What else do you want to know? I'm just a dork with a camera. I love art and music. I have a special passion for concert photography and would love to photograph in the music industry someday. I also do fine art and portrait photography, and have basic training in commercial lighting techniques. I work mainly in digital. I set up this site to show some of my work and to network. So if you have any positive comments or constructive criticism, feel free to put in your two cents. If you have anything negative to say...keep the change.

My Interests

My interests include:
*Photography *Nikon Gear *Photoshop *Music *going to concerts *travelling *church *eating *dancing *warm sunny days *staying up late *sleeping in *things that make me smile *Jamba Juice *In-n-Out *drawing *singing really loud when no one can hear me *pretty flowers *spending time with the ones I love
....and of course...
*MYSPACE!*
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I'd like to meet:

More Christian brothers and sisters! I need more good influences in my life! Anyone with a passion for photography or music. Aspiring and established musicians, artists, etc. Almost anyone really...if you'd like to add me, send me a message introducing yourself with your add request! (If you don't, I probably won't even look at your page.)

Music:

This band is greatness. Check them out...Just one song. I promise it's worth your 3 minutes. Then add them. If you don't like them, you can delete me from your friends list. (Because I can't be friends with you anymore anyway.)

My little drummer boy. :)

I listen to pretty much everything.
Some other great bands that you should really check out, because they're really awesome and/or they are my friends whom I shamelessly support:
Falling Up
Earthsuit
Club of the Sons
Mute Math
Brendyn Russo
Tree63
The Swift
Fireflight
Rick Mugrage
Paul Wright
Ever Stays Red
Matthew West
Everyday Sunday
Acceptance
Family Force 5
Detour 180
Hawk Nelson
Briertone
Todd Agnew
The Way
The Longing
Kids in the Way
Disciple
Everything Taken
John Mayer
The Mars Volta

Movies:

The Passion of the Christ.. The Neverending Story.. X-Men (all).. Pirates of the Caribbean (both).. Narnia.. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory.. End of the Spear.. The Bourne Identity/Supremecy.. Monsters Inc. .. The Lion King.. Boiler Room.. Saving Private Ryan.. 13 Going on 30 (don't knock it 'til you've seen it).. Pearl Harbor.. House of Flying Daggers.. V for Vendetta.. The Notebook...many more! (Except stupid humor movies like Hot Shots, Naked Gun, and pretty much anything Ben Stiller is in...I'm very, very angry at him for Dodgeball...)

Television:

If it's not on, I don't watch it.

Books:

"The Five Love Languages" by Gary Chapman
"The Purpose Driven Life" by Rick Warren
"He's Just Not That Into You: The No-Excuses Truth to Understanding Guys" by Greg Behrendt and Liz Tuccillo
"Devotions for Dating Couples" by Ben Young and Sam Adams
and of course, "The Bible" by God.

Heroes:

My Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ
Christopher Burkett - photographer
Steve Dzerigian - professor, photographer

My Blog

Fireflight photos on Purevolume.com

So I just found out that Fireflight's manager got into my photobucket and put some of the pictures up on Fireflight's Purevolume account. Check 'em out at www.purevolume.com/fireflight. And while you ...
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Fri, 08 Sep 2006 11:36:00 PST

Epic Nashville Journey: Day One

So here I am sitting in my hotel room in Flagstaff, AZ. I got off to a late start this morning. Surprise, surprise. But it wasn't ALL due to my lack of preparation. My dad checked my tire pressure and...
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Thu, 10 Aug 2006 07:30:00 PST

stabbing holes in your face is fun

I did it. I let Shawn stab a hole in my face. I can't believe it. But..it looks so cool! haha. My press documented the whole thing. Noelle with my camera, and heather with my video phone. Unfortunatel...
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Wed, 12 Jul 2006 12:58:00 PST

My day at Warped Tour

Today Noelle and I worked the Flicker Records table at Warped Tour in Fresberg. I really love Fresno. Honest. Especially when it's 400 degrees...in the shade. Makes you want to jump around with glee. ...
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Mon, 10 Jul 2006 11:16:00 PST

I'm getting old...

I did a photo shoot with NMG on Tuesday. I had such an incredibly fabulous time. Those guys are so hilarious and are really great to work with. It took awhile for me to get warmed up, but I think we g...
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Fri, 02 Jun 2006 09:05:00 PST

SWC success!

I am happy to announce that there were no snags whatsoever getting in this morning. Fabulous. There are definite differences between SWC Del Mar and Monterey. First of all, the parking situation is a...
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Tue, 30 May 2006 06:46:00 PST

Photo shoot with Heather PHOTO BLOG

I woke up sick this morning. Sore throat, achey body, fever...the works. What a great way to spend my visit with my sister. Bleh. But I had planned to do a photo shoot with her today, so I dragged mys...
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Mon, 01 May 2006 12:39:00 PST

NMG and uh...some other bands

For all of you who chose to ignore my bulletin about the show last night, you punks missed out. Normally I would say "it's ok, more for me" but I don't think that works in this case. It was just a was...
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Mon, 24 Apr 2006 11:31:00 PST

Hearts of the Innocent Tour - Pismo PHOTO BLOG

BEST SHOW EVER. Ok, ok. I know. I say that about almost every show I go to. But seriously. It was awesome. Stellar Kart, Disciple, Falling Up, and Kutless. With Noelle and her brother Chris. In Pismo....
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Fri, 10 Mar 2006 02:03:00 PST

My Purpose-Driven Life

Lately I've been struggling with some big questions. Mainly, fulfilling God's purpose for my life. How can I do it, if I don't know what it is? I've gone back and forth in my future plans. Every time ...
Posted by Mel*Han Photography on Mon, 13 Feb 2006 12:49:00 PST