My Name is Melanie. I'm a 35 year old photographer based in Vancouver BC. I was born in Germany and lived there for almost 33 years. I grew up near Frankfurt and later moved to Mainz.Their I found my first camera in a fleemarket, it was a Canon with film. I started capturing life around me but it was just a hobby, I was more into painting with oil colors. In 2008 the whole family moved to Canada (4 kids, my man and me and 2 dogs lol ). We lived for a while at Sun Peaks and I started working as a line cook, but I missed painting and taking pictures. All the things we saw and did I wanted to hold on to the moments. The laughter of my children, the sun between the clouds and trees, the morning sunrise, the evening sunsets. The beauty of the nature and the moments of life. I started to think I would like to be a Photographer, but I didn't know where to start. Being in a foreign country, unable to speak the language. I was afraid to start an education here in Canada so I put it to the side ...