The Personal Side of Melanie Kern-Favilla
Lesson 1: The Personal Side of Melanie Kern-FavillaPublished: April 2018
About Course
Sit down with Kalebra Kelby and meet our newest instructor – Melanie Kern-Favilla! You may recognize her as the winner of our second Gallery at KelbyOne contest with her beautiful floral work. And now she is sharing her wide-array of knowledge with you! In this in-depth interview, Melanie opens up about her job as a train engineer for the Long Island Railroad, her husband and two dogs, and of course, her passion for photography. Would you ever guess that her fascination with thunderstorms would lead her to where she is today? She loves everything nature and her perseverance to always keep going and improve her creative side is motivating and inspiring. We are so excited for you to get to know her and welcome her to the KelbyOne family!
Melanie Kern-Favilla
Melanie Kern-Favilla is a locomotive engineer who is employed by the Long Island Railroad. Along with severe weather photography and floral images, she enjoys shooting snowflakes, water drops, and anything macro-related. She began shooting flower images in her garden, eventually transitioning to in-studio floral photography. She was specifically attracted to the structure, color, and intricacies of the flowers, dahlias in particular. "I love the entire process of creating something from scratch," she says. "To see a three-dimensional object, then turn it into a 2-dimensional impression, is very interesting to me." Melanie enjoys post-processing as much as making the original photographs, finding it endlessly fascinating and creative.
