Christopher Papan

Canadian professional artist and photographer specializing in fashion, product, editorial and advertising. Proven abilities in all aspects of art-direction; product photography; studio and location photography; natural and strobe lighting; video creation; post-production including high-end editing using Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Premiere Pro and Capture One Pro; and design with Adobe InDesign and Adobe Illustrator. Extensive experience with digital cameras and lighting systems that include brands like Profoto, Hensel, KinoFlo, Elinchrom, Cintiq, Phase One, Canon and Nikon. Excellent communication and organizational skills, ability to motivate teammates, ego-less nature, upbeat and fun! Great understanding of brand management, image consistency, trend (fashion, art, advertising), audience, web/social media and new technologies. Significant experience in the continuously growing world of e-commerce with regard to photography, retouching, KPI data, Adobe Scene 7, pipeline strategy and business workflow. Proven experience working with models, designers, make-up artists, stylists and creative directors for Brazilian, Argentinian and North American agencies and publications which include Eskimo Models (France), Elite Model Management, Ford Models, Next Models, Oca Models, Civiles Management, Visage Models, Lizbell Agency, Way Model Management, 55 MGT, Revista Trip, Elo Model Management, Mega Models, LADYGUNN Magazine, EDWARDMAG and Joy Model Management.