Interviewed in Digital Photo Pro Magazine
Digital Photo Pro Magazine interviewed me recently in conjunction with an emerging pro contest they were running. Read the interview here
Farewell to Thee, Instagram
HONEYMOON I got my first iPhone in January of last year. Instagram was pretty much the first app I downloaded and I immediately fell in love. I loved its ability to connect me to others visually and I began to quip in pictures. I loved the way the images looked on my phone and I [...]
This is That – Announcement
IT’S HERE!!! This exquisite and epic undertaking is photo editor Kate Osba’s labor of love. She knows a thing or two about labor, having just had her first child. Kate put this whole thing together while pregnant and as a new mother. It is a book-sized photo magazine featuring the personal work of some amazing photographers. [...]
A Massive Re-Edit
MelissaGolden.com was a stagnant pond of old work and lousy edits for much longer than I care to admit. Work kept coming in, so I didn’t want to take the time to fix it. This line of thought, of course, is like reasoning “well, I I’m not dead yet, so I’m going to keep eating [...]
Recent News – June 2012
An image from my Holy Land Experience project was recently featured on the amazing photo blog Feature Shoot. I also put together two bag-related posts for The Photo Brigade. In My Bag is a look at the gear I travel with. I then reviewed a really pretty leather camera bag from ONA. There were some [...]
My Business Cards – A Sentimental Journey
Back in March of this year, I decided I needed to rebrand. I’d always been pretty haphazard with design, preferring to do it myself to save a few $$, but I am a terrible designer. I decided to commit to doing it right, so I met with the ultra-talented design professional Jill Brunner and began [...]
Interview at This is the What
I’m excited to share a recent interview I gave over at photo editor extraordinaire Kate Osba’s “This is the What” blog. It covers a lot of bases- pretty much anything you might ever want to know about me. For those of you out there wondering if I’m a natural redhead or if I can eat [...]
Free Fallin’
[Visible in this picture: The Kodak Theater, Hotel Roosevelt, El Capitan and the downtown LA skyline. Not pictured but part of my view: the Capital Records building and the beautiful hollywood hills. Click on the picture for a larger view.] I know I said I was going to post every Monday, Wednesday and Friday and [...]
New Blog
Welcome to my new blog! While I’m moving a few choice entries from the old one to this fancy new one, you can still find the rest of my archives here. I hope to see you around these parts more often as I plan to update frequently. Much photo love, Melissa Golden