MELANIE MAUER
Occupation: Photographer Website: Melanie Mauer Biography: Melanie, founder of Melanie Mauer Photography, spends her days creating what she calls “records of essence”. She is in love with life and the variety that each day brings. Opportunities to simultaneously travel and work have been arriving at her doorstep and she is ever so grateful. Her medium is black & white photography and her method is open, friendly and happy. She photographs weddings, people of all ages & an occasional puppy. What do you do and how did you start? B&W portrait photographer – I started taking photographs of my friends’ children for assignments in my college photography courses. Soon, requests from friends of friends and word of mouth grew into what...
CATHERINE AURELIO
Occupation: Art Director/Photographer Website: Firecracker Biography: Catherine Aurelio runs a one person graphic design and photography studio in Santa Cruz, California. She combines creative design ideas and a savvy understanding of the business of marketing to produce the most streamlined solutions for her clients. Catherine’s enjoys helping companies grow by providing a combination of great marketing strategy and really great design. What do you do and how did you start? I’m an art director. My first job was on a C-grade movie in Arizona (Buffalo Heart: The Path of Death). It wasn’t a glamorous job-my duties ranged from painting a pig-butchering truck to making all the blood out of Karo syrup and food coloring. I didn’t like the...