Around the World https://journals.worldnomads.com/melis2117/ Sun, 26 Apr 2026 08:38:20 GMT World Nomads Adventures I'm a 32 year adventurous explorer who by day registers medical devices with global health authorities. I'm lucky that my job affords me the opportunity to travel and explore this beautiful world. I use my evenings, and weekends to breakout from behind my computer to dive in to the world around me, and express my creativity. There is something unique about the ability to travel and capture the world through your lens. With each photo, each place I am, I feel like I'm creating a documentary, helping to recount that moment. This past year I started photographing more people during a trip to Vietnam, it was a challenge at first but the more I did it, the more I loved to tell someones story through my pictures. With each trip I take, I like to try out new techniques, or challenge myself and continue to see my skills evolve. I would be privileged to have the opportunity to learn from one of the best, and visit one of the most beautiful places on earth which would allow me to take that next step with my photography. https://journals.worldnomads.com/melis2117/photos/38669/Vietnam/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Travel Vietnam melis2117 https://journals.worldnomads.com/melis2117/photos/38669/Vietnam/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/melis2117/photos/38669/Vietnam/My-Scholarship-entry-A-place-I-have-visited Sun, 13 Jan 2013 19:55:00 GMT 0 These photos are from my trip last year to Antarctica. I had a goal to visit all seven continents before my 31st birthday. I like to travel off the beaten path, most of the time I travel alone and just meet up with other small tours, or people along the way. I am not going to wait around till I find someone with the money or time....as if I did I would have missed out on some of the best times of my life! My adventures began my freshman year of college, and have continued ever since crisscrossing the globe. The trip to Antarctica was very different that many of my past, as there wasn't beautiful unique architecture, cute children, or culture to capture. I really didn't know what to expect, and didn't have very high expectations. But, Antarctica is like no other experience, you do feel like you are on National Geographic every day allowing you a moment in time where you are truly one with nature, in a place that is so pristine. I love immersing myself in other cultures, living and learning from the people I meet. I look back over the past 12 years and see how much I've grown as a person and a photographer. But I've learned to really appreciate shooting just down the street as much as in exotic places like Africa and Antarctica. There is always a new challenge, and something that can be learned to make the next shoot that much better. One of the best things for me recently is getting my work critiqued by other photographers, it allowed me to see my work in a very different way. My ultimate dream would be able to be a full time photographer and give up my day job....but for now I'd take a step towards that dream with a scholarship to learn from one of the best travel photographer in South Africa. https://journals.worldnomads.com/melis2117/photos/31556/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Travel Worldwide melis2117 https://journals.worldnomads.com/melis2117/photos/31556/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry#comments https://journals.worldnomads.com/melis2117/photos/31556/Worldwide/My-Photo-scholarship-2011-entry Mon, 7 Nov 2011 15:27:02 GMT 0