Melissa is someone I started following on Flickr because she was a friend of a friend of a friend, back when she was just starting to get into photography seriously, and I've watched as she's gone from just another flickr wannabe to this amazingly talented and driven photographer. There is nobody else who has had the s… Read more

Melissa is someone I started following on Flickr because she was a friend of a friend of a friend, back when she was just starting to get into photography seriously, and I've watched as she's gone from just another flickr wannabe to this amazingly talented and driven photographer. There is nobody else who has had the same kind of effect that her drive and natural talent has had on me. She's extremely gifted in a way that I could never hope to be, and her photos always jump off the screen and smack me with their beauty.

Melissa has an eye for the magical, and the skills to pay the bills!!! She is one of my very favorite photographers, and our shared passion for photography has brought us to friendship. I look to Melissa for inspiration constantly... her images have a sublime, real & ethereal quality, and I think she captures the sou… Read more

Melissa has an eye for the magical, and the skills to pay the bills!!! She is one of my very favorite photographers, and our shared passion for photography has brought us to friendship. I look to Melissa for inspiration constantly... her images have a sublime, real & ethereal quality, and I think she captures the soul of her subjects in a way that escapes many photographers.

Melissa is one of the first photographers to come to my mind when I'm thinking about style. Her photos have an authentic quality that lets me see that glimpse of something magic in each of her subjects. Finding that spark is a talent and she so generously shares it here. I look forward to every time she posts! Tonya D… Read more

Melissa is one of the first photographers to come to my mind when I'm thinking about style. Her photos have an authentic quality that lets me see that glimpse of something magic in each of her subjects. Finding that spark is a talent and she so generously shares it here. I look forward to every time she posts! Tonya Doughty

There are a few folks on flickr that I call friends (the others are below me in these testimonials) and I am so happy that Melissa is one of them. She's smart, she's real, she's extremely talented and above all else she is generous. "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle wi… Read more

There are a few folks on flickr that I call friends (the others are below me in these testimonials) and I am so happy that Melissa is one of them. She's smart, she's real, she's extremely talented and above all else she is generous. "Thousands of candles can be lit from a single candle, and the life of the candle will not be shortened. Happiness never decreases by being shared.

one of my best flickr friends. she not only encourages me to be a better photographer, she shares her secrets with me! her work inspires me to do more portraits, because honestly, few people are rockin' flickr with stuff like melissa's. i know she's going to be a famous photographer one day, and she'll totally forget a… Read more

one of my best flickr friends. she not only encourages me to be a better photographer, she shares her secrets with me! her work inspires me to do more portraits, because honestly, few people are rockin' flickr with stuff like melissa's. i know she's going to be a famous photographer one day, and she'll totally forget about me, but i'll be able to tell people that the picture of the girl giving the double bird that's hanging in my house is her sister, and she shot it for me, and made me a print and sent it to me. watch her stream. she's got an amazing eye, and it just keeps getting better and better. i adore her. i cannot believe it's taken me this long to write a testimonial for her.

Melissa is one of the most sincere, friendly and talented flickrers you'll ever find. She's been a source of great ideas, of usable feedback, of genuine encouragement and, above all, friendship. Her love for her family, her friends and for photography come bursting through in her work. It's a delight to interact with s… Read more

Melissa is one of the most sincere, friendly and talented flickrers you'll ever find. She's been a source of great ideas, of usable feedback, of genuine encouragement and, above all, friendship. Her love for her family, her friends and for photography come bursting through in her work. It's a delight to interact with such a kind individual as Melissa.

Motherhood is a wonderful thing, but it requires such extreme self-sacrifice that women often get lost in it, succumbing to the "soccermom" stereotype. What I love about Melissa's work is that it shows that while she's a mom, she's still very much a woman, and always striving, thinking, creating, experimenting and expr… Read more

Motherhood is a wonderful thing, but it requires such extreme self-sacrifice that women often get lost in it, succumbing to the "soccermom" stereotype. What I love about Melissa's work is that it shows that while she's a mom, she's still very much a woman, and always striving, thinking, creating, experimenting and expressing herself. I try to do the same, and I find friendship and inspiration here.

i come to mayize's site everyday, not because she's the best craftsperson -- although she is one of the best i've seen on flickr (what amazing growth, mayize) -- and not because her work is the most creative -- although everyday reveals greater and greater depths of creativity (just take a look at her projection work f… Read more

i come to mayize's site everyday, not because she's the best craftsperson -- although she is one of the best i've seen on flickr (what amazing growth, mayize) -- and not because her work is the most creative -- although everyday reveals greater and greater depths of creativity (just take a look at her projection work for an example). no...i come to mayize's site because she makes me feel. whether it is the consistently powerful shooting of her son, ares, or the everyday simplicity of my favorite shot, "bus," i can't look at mayize's work without it changing my mood. and, for better or worse, that is what art should do. thanks mayize.

There are many charming qualities in Mayize's stream; but what always makes me excited about seeing her work is her constant inventiveness. She gets an idea and she acts, and often she experiments. If she'd been around during the Enlightenment she'd probably have been sticking things into her eye-sockets to see how … Read more

There are many charming qualities in Mayize's stream; but what always makes me excited about seeing her work is her constant inventiveness. She gets an idea and she acts, and often she experiments. If she'd been around during the Enlightenment she'd probably have been sticking things into her eye-sockets to see how her vision was altered. The Puritans would definitely have burnt her at the stake for refusing to accept the Status Quo. In the nineteenth century Mayize would have been an experimental film-maker. We're just lucky she's around now; finding new ways to look at everyday life.