To obtain a position in the commercial/fasion photographic industry. I have
been working in a small portrait studio and custom mini-lab, and would like
to further my career.
SKILLS
Experience with most camera formats: 35mm, 645, 6x6, 6x7, 4x5, and 8x10.
Experience with film processing: C-41, E-6, and B&W.
Experience with custom negative printing: B&W and RA-4, from contact printing
to 20x30 enlargements.
Experience with print dust-spotting, and the hand coloring of B&W prints
using Marshall Oils.
Experience with various lighting techniques: portrait, small product, large
sets, and location interiors.
Experience with event photography: weddings, reunions, barmitzvahs, and other
social events.
Experience with children's sports photography: shooting individual and team
photos, as well as action photos in baseball, basketball, football, and soccer.
Experience in photojournalistic photography: I was the photographer for a local
fire department shooting traffic accidents with injuries, various types of fires
(vehicle, brush, and structure), and investigative photography.
Computer skills: Windows98/ME, Adobe Photoshop 5.5 (and some 6.0), and Macromedia
Dreamweaver 4.
EDUCATIONAL BACKGROUND
Seymour High School
* Seymour, CT * June 1985
H.S. Diploma * GPA: B
Rhode Island School of Photography * Providence,
RI * June 1989
Certificate, Advanced Course of Photography * Minor: Commercial Photography
* GPA: B
I chose this school over many others because of the practicality of its curriculum.
Although I did not receive a degree from this college, I did learn the necessary
skills to become a good photographer. Instead of academics, our 8 hour school
day consisted of classes such as Portraiture, Fashion, Photojournalism, Commercial,
and every day we had lab. We were given assignments, and deadlines to meet them.
I feel the school gave me a well-rounded education of all types of photography,
and yet allowed me to develop the area that most interested me, more fully.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Action Film Service, Inc.
* Pensacola, FL * November 1994 to February 2001
Photographer/ Lab Technician
During my employ at Action Film Service I had many responsibilities. I assisted
working at the front counter in the camera shop. I was the studio photographer.
I organized, assembled, and shot most of the children's sports photography.
I assisted with the B&W lab; doing B&W film development, B&W printing,
shooting color & B&W copy negatives, shooting inter-negatives and copy
slides.
In July of 1998, they bought a computer system to start doing digital restorations.
With no actual training, I was told to learn it. I taught myself Adobe Photoshop,
and started doing the restorations. At the beginning of August 2000, I took
over the custom-color printing lab, making custom prints from locket-size, up
to 20X30's. In between all of this, I painted, I built walls and new rooms,
I cleaned and organized the stockroom several times; I was generally the all
around do-what-ever-they-need guy.
Bellview Volunteer Fire Department
* Pensacola, FL * January 1992 to August 1993
Photographer
This was a volunteer position. I responded to all calls involving traffic accidents
or fires.
Capitol Photographic Studios * Fairfield,
CT * June 1989 to May 1990
Assistant Photographer
I ran the in-house lab; second photographer doing portraiture, architectural,
and commercial photography.
Additional Attributes
In addition to my photographic skills, I have worked as a waiter for several
years. This has given me the opportunity to work closely with the public. I
am friendly, self-motivated, and eager the learn. I love a challenge, and the
process of figuring out how to overcome obstacles.
