Meet your PHOTOGRAPHER
MELISSA (MEL) FANN
HELLO, I’M MEL!
I CAN’T WAIT TO GET TO KNOW YOU, BUT FOR NOW, HERE’S A LITTLE BIT ABOUT ME.
FIRST & FOREMOST, I’M MARRIED TO MY BEST FRIEND, SCOTT, & TOGETHER WE CREATED TWO OF THE COOLEST LITTLE PEOPLE, JACK & MAGGIE. AT LEAST ONE TIME A DAY I LOOK AT THEM & THINK ABOUT HOW LUCKY I AM. I’M BEYOND GRATEFUL FOR MY LITTLE FAMILY. I THINK IN ORDER TO REALIZE & CAPTURE THE BEAUTY OF OTHERS, IT’S IMPORTANT TO FIRST APPRECIATE MY OWN LIFE & SPRINKLE THAT INTO MY WORK.
BORN A TRUE PISCEAN, I HAVE ALWAYS BEEN AN ARTIST BY NATURE. IN ADDITION TO PHOTOGRAPHY, I LOVE TO PAINT, DRAW & WRITE. BUT I ALSO HAVE QUITE AN ANALYTICAL SIDE. THIS SIDE OF ME LENDED ITSELF TO THE 6 YEARS I SPENT STUDYING BUSINESS & THE 13 YEARS I SPENT WORKING IN THE CORPORATE WORLD. I ENDED UP WITH A BACHELORS DEGREE IN BUSINESS MARKETING, AN MBA, SEVERAL YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN VARIOUS CORPORATE POSITIONS, & IRREPLACEABLE EXPERIENCES & RELATIONSHIPS. MAKING THE DECISION TO LEAVE THE CORPORATE WORLD WAS INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT, BUT THE BEST DECISION I EVER MADE.
FROM A YOUNG AGE I HAD ALWAYS ENVISIONED RUNNING MY OWN BUSINESS. SO IT WAS ONLY NATURAL THAT IT BE A COMBINATION OF THE 2 THINGS I LOVE MORE THAN ANYTHING, WORKING WITH PEOPLE AND BEING CREATIVE. I STARTED SERENDIPITY PHOTOGRAPHY IN 2008, SHORTLY AFTER MY SON WAS BORN. HE MADE QUITE THE GRAND ENTRANCE 5 WEEKS EARLY & ENJOYED HIS FIRST HELICOPTER RIDE ON HIS BIRTHDAY. THE DAY HE WAS BORN CHANGED ME FOREVER. DURING THAT PIVOTAL TIME WHEN I WAS AT ONE HOSPITAL & MY SON AT ANOTHER, THE IMAGES MY HUSBAND BROUGHT TO ME WERE ALL I HAD. I REALIZED AT THAT TIME JUST HOW STRONG MY PASSION FOR PHOTOGRAPHY HAD GROWN. BESIDES THE MOVIE STARRING JOHN CUSACK & KATE BECKINSALE, THAT’S WHY I CHOSE THE NAME SERENDIPITY. I INSTANTLY RELATED WITH ITS MEANING: THE IRONY OF FINDING SOMETHING GOOD WHILE NOT SPECIFICALLY SEARCHING FOR IT. JACK’S BIRTH LEADING ME BACK TO PHOTOGRAPHY WAS SERENDIPITY AT ITS FINEST. I’M A FIRM BELIEVER IN ‘EVERYTHING HAPPENS FOR A REASON’ AND I HOPE YOUR REASON BRINGS US TOGETHER SOON.
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