Labas Wedding

Very small collection from my first solo wedding.

Blink-182

Favorite photo from the night...

Faith Believers' Ministry

I'm working on a documentary for my final photo class at OU! I'm working with the Faith Believers' Ministry in Mineral, Ohio and the Feed My Sheep Food Pantry run by the church. Reverend Ray Ogburn and his wife Anita have been wonderful to me and I have had such a great time so far. The church has a congregation of 15, but most weeks there are 10 people (myself included) so it is very different than what I have experienced myself.

I've only been shooting for a few weeks and have 400+ photos. I wanted to get something up, so here's a taste and I'll add more soon!

Ray and Anita Ogburn lay hands on eachother and pray after church, while members of the congregation join in.

More Wrestling

I got to shoot the Division 1 wrestling district championships last night. It was a big difference than shooting last week. Most of these matches were over in under 5 minutes. The final match was for the 285 lb. championships, and lasted only 55 seconds! I'm not as happy with these images, but it was still fun.

ⓒ 2009 Melissa Santorelli/Sun News Inc.

Wrestling

I shot the L.E.L Division 2 Wrestling Sectional Finals last night. I had never shot wrestling before so it was a whole new experience for me!

1: Harrison Hightower (University) and Matt Fee (Lake)
2: Mike Fee (Lake) and Kyle roddy (University)
3-6: sequence of Matt Lawler (University) and Tommy Shaw (Perry)

All images ⓒ 2009 Melissa Santorelli & Sun News Inc.

West Side Market

Today is the first nice day in a while. It was 50 degrees and sunny, which by Cleveland standards, means no coats and everyone in the city was out! I went to the West Side Market in Ohio City, with Mom & Ron, and it was packed!!!

Its been a while since I've just shot for fun and for the love of it, and today was a nice opportunity. Lots of food pictures. Nothing super exciting to show, but I it was great to enjoy taking pictures again. Man did I miss this feeling. Sensory overload is the best way to describe it, with all the fresh fruits and veggies, meats and cheeses and desserts galore!!! Its the best way to show all the sides of Cleveland.

This is the view from the balcony seats in the meat & cheese section of the market.

An entire stand of fresh citrus. It smelled incredible!

Some of the biggest loafs of bread ever!

Mmm, my favorite! Chocolate covered strawberries decorated for Valentine's day.

There's an entire section of the market dedicated to fresh fish. Smelled terrible, and the fish look creepy!

All images ⓒ 2009 Melissa Santorelli

Oldies

Since I have this quarter off, most of the shooting I've been doing is freelancing for the paper. I'm finally updating my blogspot because I really need to get my site up and running. These are old pictures spanning my first two and a half years at OU and my internship. I've had these in my portfolio for a while, so its just something to look at until I get new stuff up...Lauren Bargamian, 19, of Grosse Ile, MI., Veronica Waite, 19, and Whitney Wilcome, 20, of Salem, Ohio,

sit in the cemetery at The Ridges on Ohio University's campus on Friday, November 9, 2007.

Rodney Travis watches as his father, Neil Travis balances a section of scaffolding above his head,
to be pieced together on Wednesday May 5, 2007.

Peter Giroud, 10, of Chagrin Falls, is getting a plaster mask removed after taking a class at the
Chagrin Valley Recreation Center on July 20, 2007.

Drew Cerny and Marcello Velotta of Orange attempt to get an out against Euclid's Anthony Stachnik as he slides into second base.

Mauricio Garrido, from Columbia practices Capoeira with Weston Lombard, of Athens, Ohio.
These students are practicing Capoeira, a Brazilian fighting-dance, outside Putnam Hall on Tuesday, April 10, 2007.

Jungle Terry puts on a show at the Euclid Lake Fest in the June 2007.

Members of Ohio Universitiy's Marching 110 dance down Union Street during the Homecoming
Parade on October 23, 2006.

The East offensive line gets ready for another play against the West's deffense during the Cuyahoga County
All-Star Football game at John Carroll University's Don Shula Stadium on June 15, 2007.

A thunderstorm struck Athens, Ohio on November 8, 2006. This is a view of the lightning from Brown Hall on
Ohio University's South Green.

Members of East Shore Church United Methodist hold candles in the air while singing "Silent Night" during

the Christmas Eve service in 2006.

All images ⓒ 2006, 2007, 2008 Melissa Santorelli/Sun News Inc.