Brazos Valley Professional Photographers Association

Melanie Hall, CPP, is a 2007 graduate of Sam Houston State University with a bachelors of science in photography with a minor in business management and has owned Melonhead Photo in Conroe since 2004. She purchased a Virtual Background System in 2009 to add background variety in studio and on location.

During her program she will discuss the importance of background variety while showing how Virtual Background System actually works with a live demo (including set up) and how she implements it with high school seniors, school portraits, sports portraits and more. Melanie uses her Virtual Background System for school portraits, children photographs, family portraits, business and realtor head shots, musician promos, wedding formals, and boudoir sessions.

Beside being a portrait and wedding photographer, she began her photojournalist career in early 2005 when she became the photographer for a weekly newspaper, Montgomery County News. Then a year later she progressed to the county’s only daily newspaper as photographer at The Courier for three years covering sports, features, breaking news and advertising spots all while also running her studio part time.

She currently photographs around a dozen wedding annually in addition to roughly 75 high school senior portraits a year, not to mention other portrait sessions and contract photography. She also has been teaching a basic photography course through the City of Conroe Parks and Recreation Department for the past few years.

Melanie has membership in Texas Professional Photography Association and Professional Photographers of America. She received her professional photographer certification at age 23.