This is me!
Like the sign says, my name is Melissa Hartfiel. I love food and I love photography. I also like to write. Put them all together and I’m a happy girl.
What have you stumbled on?
A lot of pictures of food!
This is my attempt to improve my food photography skills and venture further into the worlds of cooking and food styling. It’s harder than it looks! Wherever I can, I include recipes and info on how I took the photographs.
I also love old signage, graffiti, abstract shapes and loads of colour so from time to time, photos of those will sneak in here too… eyes bigger than my stomach, and all that! I’m a designer by trade so what can I say? I like a visual feast!
From time to time, I offer up posts with photography tips as well – some food related, some not. My goal, aside from improving my food photography and styling skills, is to show others that great photos are possible no matter what kind of camera you use – be it a DSLR or a Point & Shoot!
This is my hobby and I love it!
A Wee Bit About The Professional Me
While I do the occasional photography gig now and then, I make my living as a designer – mostly for the web. I own my own little boutique design firm, Fine Lime Designs, where I get to work with some really awesome and creative people. I also write a small business blog aimed at creative/artistic entrepreneurs. I’m passionate about what I do and it’s as much play to me as it is work!
I graduated from university way back when with a History degree that I’ve never used. I spent some time living and working in London, England after uni, moved back to Canada to work in retail management where I learned the finer points of grassroots community marketing, something I loved. In 2000 I made the switch to IT and I’ve been designing for the web since 2004. Around that same time, I started my first blog, on the Live Journal platform and in 2005, I started mucking around with my camera. When 2006 rolled around, I went back to school for two years and completed a Media Arts program. And here I am today!
And Now The Scoop on The Rest Of Me!
I live in Vancouver, BC on the west coast of Canada. It rains a lot here. Probably why I love bright colours – you need something to get you through January! Seriously though, it’s a stunningly beautiful place and people here worship the outdoors. I love to travel and do it as much as I can but as soon as I step off the plane and breathe the fresh, salty Pacific air, I’m know I’m home.
Besides being a designer, small business owner, photographer, creative, food lover, and traveler, I’m also a dog human, self confessed geek, music junkie, book devourer, and art enthusiast – among a million other things!
I have slightly warped sense of humor, sometimes it comes across on-line, sometimes it falls flat. I also have a tendency to make up words – it’s so much more satisfying to make up a word that fits exactly how you feel than settle for the wrong one!
Sam Eye Am
When I’m not designing or photographing things or making a mess in my kitchen, I’m out and about with my trusty companion Sam, a yellow lab who’s made it his job to be my constant shadow and exercise conscience.
I love my life, my family, my friends, my dog and making things look beautiful. You can’t get any luckier than that!
