Melissa lives in Chicago with The Giant and Little G, also affectionately known as her husband and one year old son, of whom she religiously takes one 100 photos a day. She believes in finding beauty in unexpected places, always doing her hair and lusting over shiny red Minis (regrettably, but dutifully, she upgraded hers to a more baby-friendly vehicle). In her everyday, Melissa rocks girly dresses with blazers on photo shoots and drinks Vietnamese coffee.

Melissa’s upbringing motivates her to live fully and to appreciate the grand, the small, and the in between. She aims to deliver photo memories with stunning visual impact natural and unscripted while telling your story effortlessly. It is because of her family’s hardships and tenacity during their flight from the communist North––spending 10 days on a cramped fishing boat, then living in a refugee camp in Thailand for nearly two years––that have shaped who Melissa is today as a woman, wife, mother and photographer.Īrmed with only a handful of pictures from her early childhood––one single baby photo and just a few as an infant in her family’s camp––it’s easy to understand why Melissa employs a photojournalistic approach behind the lens. Melissa is always on the hunt for the new and interesting in her hometown of Chicago, by way of Saigon, Vietnam. We like to include black and white and color images into an album. She loves the thrill of photographing the magic that exists between her couples, the innocence of a sleeping newborn, and the simplicity of a family in their own backyard. Start by imagining that you are reading a book with little to no text you have to. She’s the kind of gal who wears her heart on her sleeve and cries a little when her brides and grooms take their First Look. Louis gives Carrie her Love charm? That’s Melissa Diep.

Remember the scene in Sex and the City the movie when Louise from St.

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