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I am a pro photographer and Gateless writing teacher who helps clients creatively express their soulful and genuine selves.
I help clients feel seen first within themselves, then in their writing and images. My website is melisinestudio.com.
My intention is for you to develop skills to feel confident showing who you are and making memorable images.
We will go beyond typical writing and photography classes, utilizing my extensive experience with coaching, healing, art therapy, mindset, and personal growth work.
"Working with Melisine is a gift from the Universe.
She has the ability to shine her light into your world and capture the magic of you with writing and photos.
Melisine's playful, yet serious approach invites you into a safe space to explore deep creative self-expression.
I highly recommend working with her regardless of your comfort level with writing or a camera."
Elisha Starr - Therapist
Gateless Writing Salon
A soulful writing group experience. We will start with a check in, then dive into an inspirational prompts, writing, sharing, and positive encouragement. We will do writing "sprints" on different topics to help you explore what feels present and potent for you right now. You will have the opportunity to share your writing in nurturing, supportive community. The Gateless process will uncover your singular genius, and find the soul and storytelling that can bring your work alive.
Photography Training with a focus on Creative Photography Techniques and Visual Storytelling
Live group teaching with Q&A. My goal is to get you feeling capable and confident in taking meaningful photos. I distill years of photography experience into easy-to-use photography techniques, and methods to coach yourself on mindset, thoughts, and emotions around photos and visibility. We will also draw upon my extensive experience crafting creative self portraits, to help you understand creative and meaningful ways to explore photographing yourself and creating images to illuminate your experiences. (I do creative self portraits professionally for my brand clients worldwide.)
Photoshoot Clarity and Planning Written Guide with Melisine's Proven Step by Step Process
1 private one-on-one 30 minute mentorship call with Melisine the week of the workshop to bring your vision to life.
All of my years of experience focused on you and your vision.
It's like therapy, but more fun!
Melisine made the whole process so simple.
She helped every step of the way.
Her guidance and expertise were so valuable!
The results speak for themselves! I couldn't be happier!
Top brands trust Melisine to present their image to the world. I have trusted her to help me tell stories in new ways—through my writing and photography.
Melisine encouraged me to dig deeper into the meaning and perceptions I make of photos and has helped me see a new, alternative narrative to the stories I tell myself. This has helped me connect more meaningfully.
The Gateless Writing method creates a certain magic, a profound growth in your confidence and creative energy. The process works for writers and non-writers alike and provides incredible transformation in a short amount of time.
A Gateless Salon is a two-hour writing experience that starts with soulful, guided meditation or question to activate your creativity and intuition.
We write together for 25 minutes. You have the option to read aloud, then receive and give positive feedback.
Receiving encouraging, loving feedback builds your confidence as a writer and communicator. You will see the power and energy of your work. We silence the part of the brain associated with criticism, and focus on strengths. This is a critique free zone, and a supportive, safe community.
Giving feedback with a positive lens helps you realize what you love about other people’s work, and what ideas, techniques, and craft can inspire your writing and communications.
We create a safe space for you to be fully seen and heard in your deepest truths.
This is the fast track to create writing and photos that are inspired, energized, and powerful.
This is a wonderful class! I had trouble connecting images of me to the creative and invigorating work I do. Melisine showed me how to bridge that gap!
Melisine does a terrific job of creating supportive community and of helping us SEE ourselves and our work.
Before, I looked at my creativity with a critical eye and lens. I felt blocked and stressed.
Here the lens is positivity and compassion, seeing value in everything I create: “What do I like? What am I enjoying? What is strong?”
With this process, as long as its authentic and aligned, I feel good sharing with the world.
Melisine is one of those rare finds, a photographer of extraordinary talent who infuses each image with a quality of light that allows for unprecedented beauty. Because she has worked for such high end brands, she knows how to both stage and position the coveted shots you have always wanted that can move your ideas and your brand to the next level.
She focuses on a different beauty than you are used to, finding your inner power and ethereal light in an extraordinary process of listening and reflection. She brings out the beauty and light in every single situation! And every person!
I LOVED this course!!
I recommend this class to anyone who is afraid to show up online, or who wants to love it or who wants to take photos but "doesn't know how" or who wants to find a creative release, have a blast and remember the power of what art really is.
Suzanne Kingsbury, founder of Gateless Writing, Inc.
I’ve grown so much. I wish I found this years ago!
I highly recommend this course to unblock your creativity, grow personally, develop your visual/photography style, and receive the love and warmth of a supportive group of women.
I developed confidence and skills to capture the spirit and essence of who I am, and what I have to offer. It is truly a journey of self discovery!
I loved every minute of it.The investment for DIY BRAND PHOTOGRAPHY AND WRITING WORKSHOP is $250.
Consider the lifetime value of activating your inner creative power, voice, and impactful writing. Consider the value of learning how to plan and take your own photos so your voice and images can be unified, amplified, and aligned.
Learn to think like a pro photographer, and build your confidence quickly. You are paying for speed, so you don't have to spend time "figuring it out" -- you can just start being creative!
This is much less than the price of ONE photoshoot or coaching session with Melisine, and the skills and benefits you will gain will last far longer than one session.