Meet Melissa Arneson

I had no intentions of making photography my sole profession. In fact, I have a degree in business and I thought for sure I’d be doing something in the operations or administrative field for the rest of my life, but no matter how hard I worked at my job I could never really convince myself that I was truly passionate about what I did or that I would be satisfied with that job for the rest of my working days. I started with photography by dabbling with photographing my husband and son (my favorite models), then friends and family, and now people approach me year after year and ask me to capture that breathtaking, emotionally charged image that takes them back in time every time they look at it. I’m lucky to have found my passion, not many people can say that. I get to do a job that allows me to forget I’m working, and I get to do it wherever I go; hiking, camping, walking on the beach, fly fishing (even from my fishing tube), or ATVing. I’m always on some kind of adventure and I’m always snapping photos hoping to catch that award-winning image; it’s the way my eyes see the world, the way my brain thinks, and the way my heart ticks. So here I am, striving daily to freeze that perfect moment in time and I’m enjoying every second of my adventures!
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