Welcome to the Melanie Foster Blog

celebrating OU seniors and Bartlesville and Tulsa families through photography.

Hey, y’all! 

I’m Melanie, the girl behind the lens at Melanie Foster Photography. Whether you’re getting ready for your upcoming OU senior or your Bartlesville or Tulsa family photography experience, I hope you’ll stay a while, pick up a few tips, and be inspired for your own MFP photo session! 

OU 2020 Senior – Lily | Oklahoma Headshots for Graduation I don’t know how she did it, but Lily managed to make her senior headshots look like a BREEZE. Especially because the wind and cold weather came in full force the day of our session! I know she was worried about how the weather was […]

If there’s one thing I know to be true about myself, it is that I am an open book! I’ve shared about this before (lol, the irony), but it’s a quality that I embrace in not only myself, but in others! I love meeting new people and being able to get a sense of who […]

Many of you know that I work full time at OU and I LOVE my job. One of my favorite things about working for the university is the beauty I am surrounded by – campus is gorgeous and is a constant source of inspiration for my work. My favorite time of year is the summer […]

2018 ou football highlights

2018 OU Football Season Highlights – Melanie Foster Photography I have the incredible opportunity through my job at OU to photograph the home football games on the field and it is one of my favorite things in the world. There is a lot that I’ve learned, not really even necessarily about photography but about an […]

norman oklahoma proposal photographer

If the first three months of 2018 are any indication of how the rest of the year is going to go, then it’s going to be absolutely wonderful. I truly don’t know how you propose without a photographer there – I’ve been told it is the biggest joy in the world to have these memories […]

Ohhhhhh this Oklahoma wind never fails to challenge me & my couples!!! Andi & PL handled it like A CHAMP though! This was definitely up there in my top 3 windiest sessions which always makes things interesting!! If I’m honest, I kind of like the challenge…whether we’re racing against the sunset, working against the weather, […]

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