Who am I?
My name is Melina-Jade Lawson, I am a photographer and a director from Yorkshire, England.
This is my website where you can view my experience and my qualifications,
my portfolio and my social links. I shoot animal, portrait and car photographs
but I can take requests for shoots. From the age of eight years old I attended acting lessons
at Let's act Drama school and Mark Jermin management. After training as an actor for ten years
I began to find an interest in working behind the camera which led to me training
as a photographer. After one year of using my phone to take photographs,
my uncle gifted me his NikonP900 camera. My fifth year into learning photography,
I became interested in film. I am now a qualified photographer and studying my second year
of film.
Experience & Qualifications.
2022-2023
Animal care.
My first year of college, I decided to study
an animal management course due to my love for animals
and for my love of photographing them. I cleaned enclosures,
I prepped food and I fed the animals. I cared for animals both
small and large, from rodents to reptiles to insects.
2023-2024
photography.
Moving on from animal care, I chose to study photography.
This course was different than I expected, it was based more
on art, therefore I taught myself everything that I had learnt throughout this course. I used the studio and the lighting setup
provided by my college to take self-portrait and portrait photographs. In doing so, I began learning to model.
My final end of year project consisted of self-portrait photographs
modelling as horror characters using makeup, outfits and lighting.
2024-2025
film studies.
After qualifying as a photographer, I decided to further
my knowledge and study film. Throughout this course I learnt
basic camera usage, basic editing technique and theory.
Towards the end of the year I created content such as
advertisements, a short-film documentary and a music video.
Subjects.
Animals.
Got a pet?
Need advertisment for your
animal sanctuary?
I photograph them all.
From dogs, to reptiles to marine life.
Cars.
Want photographs taken
of your car or motorbike?
I even photograph boats!
Photographs with your vehicle
or of the vehicle alone
in a location of your choice.
