Hey! My name is Zach Melendez. I am a Sports Photographer for NAU Athletics and Photographer for NAU Marketing from San Tan Valley, AZ. I say I mainly do Sports but I really enjoy taking photos of just about anything I see. Whether it be Portraits, Astro, Weddings, Events, I love it all and I will cover every single minute of it.
Ever since I started, I had this realization. It's that we live every minute of our life trying to savor the moment. But that moment can be forgotten as soon as we make sense of it. I want to freeze that moment into just a fraction of a second. That second will be preserved as long as the internet is around, and as long as my SD cards and Hard Drives will keep kicking.
When you look at an image. What will you remember the most? Is it the way the grain looks? Maybe how in-focus the frame is? Truth is, (unless you're a photographer) the things you remember when you take a look at a photo is the emotion you felt at that very moment. It's almost like you get another chance to relive that experience and relight that fire inside of you at that very second.
Through my work, I believe I can tell a story in my simple frames. To which, the people viewing the image, their family, friends, and future beings can really understand a moment more.
Over the course of 5 years, I've gotten the opportunity to work with these organizations above.