Awards

1995 AIPP Student of the Year
1999 AIPP Queensland Illustrative Photographer of the Year
1999 Runner Up AIPP Australian Illustrative Photographer of the Year
2001 AIPP Queensland Commercial Photographer of the Year
2001 AIPP Australian Advertising/Fashion Photographer of the Year
2001 Awarded Master of Photography with the AIPP
2004 Awarded Master I of Photography with the AIPP
2007 Published and announced as one of top 10 photographers in Australia
2010 Commbank RCC Business Achievement Awards: Best home based business
2011 Commbank RCC Business Achievement Awards: Best woman in Business
2013 Fier Book awarded Pacific/Asia, and AIPP Book of the year (contributor)
2013 Olive Cotton Collection finalist
2014 Joseph Ulrich and Win Schubert finalist
2015 Duo Percival Portrait Prize Finalist
2015 Olive Cotton Finalist

2015 AIPP Queensland Presidents award

2016 RCC Australia Day Awards (Culture) Finalist

2016 MBC Medallist - Visual Arts

2017 AIPP Australian Travel Professional Photographer of the year Finalist

2017 Joseph Ulrich and Win Schubert Finalist

2017 Clayton Utz Art Prize Finalist

2017 Fremantle International Portrait Prize Finalist

2017 Australian Photography Awards Portrait Finalist 

Throughout her career Melissa has received well over one hundred awards and has been published and exhibited internationally.

She is a highly sought and well respected photographer, judge, educator and speaker.