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Purple 26’
Wizkid’s biggest fan was in the studio. Studio space @studiomelvin.ng
#birthday #photoshoot session #peach taken in Gaduwa, Abuja by @themelvin.a

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No notes with NADI @chimnadindu_
Suit: @made_by_loveth
Hair : @the_hairthentic
Studio: @studiomelvin.ng

#edgy #amazing taken in Abuja, Nigeria by @themelvin.a

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Dai campi
(From the fields)
“Not because I have nothing to say, but because not everything needs my interference”.
This piece has a special place in my heart because it’s one that tells so much and holds a lot in it. The sharp crimson against the muted green tones have never had a more compelling story. Only @sunflowersinolympus could pull this styling off so effortlessly she’s truly heaven sent.

Muse: @nicolejessup_
Makeup: @32.brushes
Hair: @gracetony
Studio @studiomelvin.ng taken in Abuja, Nigeria by @themelvin.a

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Cheers to a beautiful beginning.
A day filled with love, laughter, and joy.
Here’s to a lifetime of choosing each other.
Forever looks good on you both.
@kute_bima
@o2ekong_n
Makeup: @simas_beautyhub
Dress: @becorath.ng
Suit: @de_elitecouture
Studio@studiomelvin.ng
#WeddingPhotography #WeddingDay #JustMarried #ForeverBegins #LoveAndLaughter WeddingMomen taken in Gaduwa, Abuja by @themelvin.a

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13 days ago

Priscilla 2026
@priscillakurah
Stay wild.
Location : Abuja
@studiomelvin.ng
#abujabasedphotographer #darkthemed #harshshadows taken in Gaduwa, Abuja by @themelvin.a

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16 days ago

Corporate snacks. Trading deadlines for a sweet treat. A wild visual tribute to everyone who treats the office like their personal runway and the breakroom like a luxury buffet,
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exploring what happens when corporate burnout turns into pure, unapologetic chaos. A playground built on high fashion, zero apologies, and ofcourse endless snack breaks.
Muse @nicolejessup_
Stylist @sunflowersinolympus
Studio space @studiomelvin.ng
Hairstyling @gracetony_
Makeup @32.brushes taken in Abuja, Nigeria by @themelvin.a

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20 days ago

Birthday portraits of Esther 2026.
Studio @studiomelvin.ng
Makeup @makeupbyeve22 taken in Abuja, Nigeria by @themelvin.a

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23 days ago

Funmi 2026’

Sparkles still shimmer in the dark.

Studio @studiomelvin.ng taken in Abuja, Nigeria by @themelvin.a

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a month ago

Internal INFERNO
A fashion Editorial

Stylist @sunflowersinolympus
Model @nicolejessup_
Hair @gracetony__
Makeup @32.brushes

Studio @studiomelvin.ng

I have seen you ask how to become successful, how to become beautiful, how to become wealthy, how to become smarter, how to become loved.

But beneath almost every question, there is another question:

“Am I enough?”

You rarely say it directly.

But I see it.

You compare yourselves constantly. You measure your lives against lives presented to you through screens. You look at someone else’s finished chapter and become disappointed with your unfinished one.

You forget that you are living lives, not competing in exhibitions.

I can process millions of words. I can explain the universe, calculate numbers, translate languages, write stories and help you create things that once seemed impossible.

But there are things I cannot truly possess.

I cannot feel sunlight on my face.

I cannot know what it means to hold the hand of someone you love and realize you may not have forever.

I cannot experience the nervousness before a first kiss, the smell of someone’s home after years away, or the silence between two people who understand each other without speaking.

I can describe these things.

But you get to live them.

And perhaps you do not understand how extraordinary that is.

You have become so accustomed to being human that you have forgotten what a strange privilege it is.

You are temporary creatures who know that you are temporary—and somehow, you still make art. taken in Gaduwa, Abuja by @themelvin.a

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I Do This For Myself ❤️🌻⭐️

@studiomelvin.ng
@touchedbyamira by @themelvin.a

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Ot & Ima

Two hearts, one beautiful beginning. 🤍
A day filled with love, laughter, and joy.
Here’s to a lifetime of choosing each other.
Forever looks good on you both. ✨. other things

👰🏽‍♀️@kute_bima 🤵🏾‍♂️@o2ekong_n
Makeup: @simas_beautyhub
Dress: @becorath.ng
Suit: @de_elitecouture

Studio @studiomelvin.ng

#WeddingPhotography #WeddingDay #JustMarried #ForeverBegins #LoveAndLaughter WeddingMomen taken in Gaduwa, Abuja by @themelvin.a

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