Hello, I’m Melanie
I originally come from France,, I have lived and traveled different places with my lovely husband (and assistant!) Olivier before landing in 2003 by a lovely canal in this fantastic and fascinating multicultural city that is Amsterdam!
I’m a passionate and enthusiastic photographer, I think every person is photogenic, capturing feelings, small moments and interactions between people quickly became a passion and I also always had an insatiable creative itch. This is the reason why after a few years taking assignments on the side next to my office job as a customer service specialist and after graduating from the Dutch photography school Fotovakschool in Amsterdam, I did everything in my power to turn my passion for photography into a full-time occupation.
My favorite area is to photograph events and capture beautiful portraits. I really blossom when I have the chance to meet people from all walks of life and cultures, but most of all because I truthfully love helping people and capturing their emotions and the connections between them.
My mission is to capture the memorable essence of each event and to offer imagery with a vibrant twist to my clients, imagery that has real heart & soul.
My goal is to help people building their image, authentically, and bring a story to life with creative and thoughtful photos.
Everybody deserves incredible and authentic photos! I would love to help you capture yours!
“10 of my favourite things”
1.Quite obvious I agree… carrying my camera around and pulling the trigger…!
2. Related to images but in motion this time, cinema, from Truffaut to Cohen brothers via Almodóvar!
3. Cooking and eating. My favorite dish? Too difficult to tell although there would certainly be some French dishes, cheeses and wines in the list!
4. When we are not running around, cocooning and spending time with my husband, my cat and Netflix.
5. Ice skating, I used to be an artistic ice skater before going to college.
6. Traveling and discovering new cultures and people. Fun fact: next to my degree in photography, I also have a degree in Tourism.
7. Birds and nature in general, I love staying hours to watch birds and possibly capture a great shot!
8. Norway, visiting my friends there, catching a northern light or midnight sun. And eating Norwegian waffles naturally!
9. Humor, irony, absurd. To illustrate: Monty Python, Magritte, Man Ray…
10. Bretagne, my homeland, its landscapes and its magic light.
Our happy customers have their say
During our wedding preparations we had our first meeting. We got to know her in advance, and she helped us to improve our wedding schedule. Very nice.
Several weeks before our wedding, Melanie travelled from Amsterdam to our wedding venues. Together we decided what the best location was for group photo's (in terms of daylight and group size) and for our brides couple photo's. Superb.
During the wedding she was Melanie was very energetic and enthusiastic - for over eight hours straight. Her pictures are beautiful, and she even made some small videos for us.
We are very happy with the 1700 photo's 🙂
Thank you for the beautiful wedding photos and excellent service!!!!
All our guests adored her! Received very nice photos in time and satisfied with a result. Very easy to work with!
Wishing you good luck, Melanie, and hope to work with you soon again!
