Melinda Holland Photography

01/05/2011

Todd’s Lashes.

Filed under: People,Personal — Tags: , , , , , , — Melinda @ 1:16 am

So. Amazing.

I have seen some long lashes in my life. But none top the length of Todd’s. My cousin, Bich (pronounced “Bik”), and her husband, Todd, came over the day after Christmas this year (or, I guess it was last year since it’s now 2011…) for a nice visit. I was so amazed at Todd’s lashes that I had to get some pics as proof of my discovery! I wanted to put some mascara on those lashes but that somehow got derailed…Todd, eyelash closeup, b/wTodd, both eyes, b/w

10/22/2010

Lights at Night

Filed under: Personal — Tags: , , , , , — Melinda @ 4:59 pm

Like many creatives, sometimes I get burnt out on photographing the same thing. It’s good to just play and recharge. The following is just that. Playing. This is a continuing series that started one night on the island of Oahu in 2008. The images watermarked with “Holland” were taken by either me or Jon. Can’t remember. The ones marked “Melinda Holland” are definitely mine.

I really like the following shot. Wish I could definitely take credit for it. But for some reason, I really think this one is Jon’s. Beautiful. Looks like an abstract landscape painting.

Lights at Night (turquoise stripe on gold)Lights at Night (blue & gold "G's")Lights at Night (crazy lines everywhere)Lights at Night (red fireball in the night sky with tail)Lights at Night (Squiggle lines swimming upstream)Lights at Night (red checkmark on blue)Lights at Night (car, red tail lights, sonora pass)Lights at Night (golden lines)Lights at Night (blue streak, squiggles, landscape)Lights at Night (blue ball with red streak, upper left corner)Lights at Night (Yosemite Tunnel with Street Lights)

10/12/2010

Chas & Rachel 9/25/2010 – Destin, FL

Filed under: People,Personal,Portraits — Tags: , , , , , , , , , — Melinda @ 2:15 am

Was out of town for two and a half weeks visiting a myriad of people and places, setting foot in 5 different states and experiencing places I’d never been before like Nashville, Atlanta and cute ‘lil Chattanooga, TN. As I said in an earlier post, September was a busy month. Part of that busyness involved celebrating my brother-in-law Chas’ beach-side wedding in Florida. I took some photos for fun and these are just a small selection of my favorites.

Really love Rachel’s hair in these two photos. It looks elegant and classic. Perfect with the sepia toning.Chas & Rachel (sepia)Chas & Rachel, wedding portrait

Below: Grabbed the rings for some quick close-ups during the reception.

Chas & Rachel (rings)

Saw the flower girl getting her feet wet while everyone else was milling around after the ceremony. It was so lovely I had to snap it.

Flower Girl by the Ocean

08/17/2010

Spencer the Big Brown Lab

Filed under: Personal — Tags: , , , , , — Melinda @ 11:52 am

Spencer at MelonesAt the lake, sniffing & running around with pure joy!

Triptych of SpencerTriptych of Spencer - with outdoor shotThis big, lovable pup named Spencer belongs to our friends Jim & Donna. He has a beautiful, shiny coat and the prettiest eye color, kind of a brown/yellow/green mix with dark flecks spread all throughout.

As you can see, he likes to play tug of war with his rope and run around sniffing things like a mad dog. Quite the endearing chap.

04/29/2010

Jamestown Cows

Filed under: Personal — Tags: , , , — Melinda @ 2:47 pm

Jamestown CowsWas driving around Jamestown, CA, looking for a good location to shoot when I spotted these cows grazing right next to the road. For some reason, I find them quite humorous. Not as humorous as sheep, but humorous nonetheless. However, there was one menacing black one (not the one seen here in the photo) that stared me down and slowly advanced toward my car with this ominous look on its face. Needless to say, I quickly stepped on the gas and got out of there.

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