Mel Ponder Photography

Mel Ponder Photography Full time community involved photographer with an equity lens since 2007. Portraits, events, visual collateral.
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Editorial, Portraiture, Weddings, Events, Party and Portrait Photo Booths, and more in the Greater Seattle and Salish Sea/Puget Sound, Washington area and beyond. In addition to private portrait and event clients, MPP clients include:
~ Alma Villegas Consullting
~ Alphabet Alliance of Color
~ Asian and Pacific Islander Coalition Against To***co
~ Bodle Chiropractic
~ Chief Seattle Club
~ ʔálʔal C

afé by Chief Seattle Club
~ Equity in Education Coalition
~ Enumclaw School District
~ Evergreen Longhouse s'gʷi gʷi ʔ altxʷ: House of Welcome
~ Filipino Community of Seattle
~ Forterra NW
~ HealthPoint Community Health Centers
~ Highline Public Schools
~ International Examiner
~ Kaikor Construction Company, Inc
~ Kikaha O Ke Kai Outrigger Canoe Club
~ KNKX Public Radio
~ Latina Style Magazine
~ Lindal Cedar Homes
~ Longhouse Education and Cultural Center @ TESC
~ Longhouse Media
~ Mana Magazine
~ Mercy Housing NW
~ Mi Centro
~ Mondrian Los Angeles
~ Montana Two Spirit Society
~ Muckleshoot Tribal School
~ Multi-Service Center
~ National Conference on State Legislatures
~ Native Action Network
~ NAWDIM – Native American Women’s Dialog on Infant Mortality
~ Neighborhood House
~ Nisqually Indian Tribe Elders Program
~ Northwest Portland Area Indian Health Board
~ One America
~ Pacific Islander Community Association
~ Para Los Niños
~ Potlatch Fund
~ Pride Foundation
~ Proliance Surgeons
~ Puget Sound Educational Service District
~ QLaw Foundation of Washington
~ Red Eagle Soaring
~ Rethinking Schools
~ Seattle Foundation
~ Seattle Housing Authority
~ Seattle Indian Health Board
~ Seattle University School of Law
~ Saint Vincent De Paul Parish
~ Seattle Times
~ SME Inc of Seattle Electrical Contractors
~ Snoqualmie Indian Tribe
~ United Indians of All Tribes Foundation
~ University of Hawai`i-Cancer Research Center
~ Urban Native Education Association
~ United Territories of Pacific Islanders Alliance U.T.O.P.I.A WA
~ WA Women's Foundation
~ White Center Community Development Association
~ Win/Win Network of Washington
~ YES Foundation of White Center

Affiliations: Professional Photographers of America
Past:
-Now I Lay Me Down To Sleep
-South King Council of Humans Services, Boardmember
-Des Moines - Woodmont Library Adivsory Boardmember
-Commissioner, King County Civil Rights Commission, District 5 2005-2011
-2011 South King Council of Human Services Kathy Keolker Leadership Award recipient "for leadership on equity and civil rights issues in South King County."

First up on today's editing background soundtrack.... LEENALCHI 이날치"The band has a unique lineup, with two female and on...
06/07/2026

First up on today's editing background soundtrack.... LEENALCHI 이날치

"The band has a unique lineup, with two female and one male traditional Korean singers, two bassists and a drummer. The traditional singers are graduates of Seoul National University's traditional music department. Bassist Jang Young-gyu scored the films "The Wailing" (2016) and "Train to Busan" (2016) and played bass for SsingSsing. Fellow bassist Jeong Jung-yeop previously played bass for Kiha and the Faces. Drummer Lee Chul-hee was also drummer for SsingSsing. The band is named after Lee Nal-chi, a pansori master and jultagi performer of the 1880s." - Wikipedia

LG Arts Center 'CoMPAS21' [이날치 x 앰비규어스댄스컴퍼니 ‘수궁가’]앰비규어스댄스컴퍼니와 함께 ...

05/24/2026
05/19/2026

Someone asked about portable flash, so I pulled up a few from over the years. All of these photos were made with various brands of hot shoe flashes off camera aka (off camera flash).

More good times with the Highline Schools Foundation crew bright and early last Friday morning at the Gold Star Breakfas...
05/19/2026

More good times with the Highline Schools Foundation crew bright and early last Friday morning at the Gold Star Breakfast! 🙏📷

I will be there! 📷 Go on and get yourself some new swag! 📷✊
05/12/2026

I will be there! 📷 Go on and get yourself some new swag! 📷✊

Our favorite day is just 7 weeks away 👀 Have you ordered your new merch from TransPrideStore.com yet?

Happy Mamas Day!
05/10/2026

Happy Mamas Day!

Happy Mother's Day to all the moms out there who fight for our community. For their kids, for your kids, and for kids they've never even met. In the rain, at the Capitol, in the comments, at the school board, at the dinner table, and everywhere else you show up.

You're not just allies—you're family.

📸 Photo by Mel Ponder Photography from Trans Advocacy Day 2026

Had a good time with   Senior C last week.
02/10/2026

Had a good time with Senior C last week.

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PO Box 13202
Des Moines, WA
98198

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