Melissa Schollaert
Photographer + Digital Content Creator
When once you have tasted flight, you will forever walk the earth with your eyes turned skyward, for there you have been, and there you will always long to return. – Leonardo DaVinci
Melissa is a detail-oriented visual artist passionate about creating photography and graphics that fully reflect client’s brands. Her experience has focused on creating both lifestyle portrait photography, brand photography and product photography for creative small businesses and entrepreneurs. Her work goes beyond just photography by incorporating art direction and shoot planning in order to elevate a brand’s visuals and coordinate them with their messaging and goals. She believes that organization and good communication are the keys to success.
Originally obtaining a BA in Interior Design & Architecture, Melissa started her career designing retail malls, hotels and convention centers before transitioning to photography. She has captured countless destination weddings and portraits across the US as well as Internationally bringing her design eye for color, composition and light to her work. For the past decade, she has also been photographing small businesses and entrepreneurs through her brand, lifestyle & product photography, as well as offering website design and content creation services.
Melissa enjoys international travel, hunting for architectural ruins, exploring art in all its forms, cooking, spending time with her family and friends and will never pass up an opportunity to pet a Pug.
Melissa is obsessed with branding, light-filled imagery and creating beauty in everything around her, she brings a unique blend of creativity and professionalism to every project.
- Diagnosis: A dreamer and artist, creative photographer with a perfectionist streak and an old soul
- Addictions: Morning moka-pot latte, Pugs, beautiful light, Italy
- Obsessions: Her amazing husband, nieces & nephews, international travel… Did she mention Italy?
- Phobias: Pixelated images, dirty camera lenses, leaf blowers, Atlanta traffic
- Compulsive Behaviors: Organization, detailed planning, creating art, learning new languages
- Self-medicates with: Homemade craft cocktails, Delta tickets, Ferrero Rocher chocolates