Behind the Camera


This is the good stuff... behind the scenes. Amelia, Kelly, and I had a ton of fun at this wedding together.

You two are so much fun! I'm so glad I got to do this wedding with you guys!

This was such a sweet couple!


Their wedding was at OLS in Homewood and the reception was at The Club. Their wedding was absolutely beautiful!

Here are some of those shots...

Waiting to see his woman...

Thanks Amelia and Kelly! I had fun!

I know it has been FOREVER...so here is some good stuff I have been working on...



A few weeks ago I did a fun workshop shoot with some wondeful photographers: Camille Beasley, Amelia Strauss, and Kelly Merrill. I was also able to meet Kristen Stewart and Emily Kicklighter who are both also very talented.



Our first couple was

Here was our second couple,

Jasmine and Aras.....

We had a ton of fun that day and I go to learn a lot!

Fun Model Shoot!

This week I had an assignment for school due. We had to shoot the color red and the color green.

I finally decided that I wanted to use cool backdrops, and a colorful model. My friend Mila let me use her as my school project and she ended up doing a great job!

Here are the shots that we ended up with...

I think the tree on the red brick wall ended up being my favorite. Isn't she beautiful?

Thanks again Mila for helping me out!

I finally decided that for my first post I would start with something small and simple. To catch everyone up, I recently started an internship with Amelia Strauss (Photography). If you have not seen her work, check her blog and website out. She is a wonderful photographer (I'm learning from the best!). Amelia is helping me finish up with my last semester of school at UAB and will be helping me get on my feet in the photography world. So far we are having so much fun. Today we decided to play around a little and she took some awesome photos of me. Here is one...

It was a learning experience even having my own photo taken...

Over the past several years I have started to develop my portfolio. I have a website for my photos (http://www.melissapardi.com/) so check it out and let me know what you think.

I thought I'd also go ahead and share some of the images that I have taken over the years:

This is from a study abroad trip to Italy where I really decided that I wanted to pursue photography. All the shots done in Italy were in either black and white or film.

These were taken with color slide film and I eventually played around with these images on polaroid film.
Now I'm doing digital and I am learning more than ever. These are some samples of the work I did last semester:

Finally I'm stepping into the world of wedding and fashion photography. Here are some photos of my cousin:

I'm hoping in the next semester my photography will really grow. Keep checking my blog out to see what I continue to learn about!