David J. Crewe is an Independent, professional photographer based in Los Angeles, California, and provides unique images to worldwide media outlets, corporations, non-profit organizations, and private clients. Work includes documentaries, portraits, event coverage, annual report work, and general assignments in news, business, portraiture, etc. Stock photography is also available.

As a professional photographer, I specialize in capturing a diverse range of visual content for commercial production projects, including Behind-the-Scenes (BTS) imagery, Unit Stills, Portraits, and Advertising Campaigns. My role involves working closely with directors, producers, and clients to deliver high-quality visuals that align with each project’s creative vision and brand identity. Key responsibilities include;Shooting BTS and Unit Stills to document the production process and highlight key moments for promotional and archival purposes.Capturing dynamic portraits of talent and crew in studio and on-location settings. (Key Art)Developing compelling imagery for ad campaigns, ensuring that the photos align with the marketing goals and resonate with target audiences.Collaborating with creative teams during pre-production to plan shots, select locations, and execute precise lighting setups.Conducting post-production editing to enhance images, including retouching and color grading, maintaining consistency and professional standards.This role has sharpened my ability to work efficiently in fast-paced environments and deliver top-tier results under tight deadlines, while maintaining strong relationships with creative and production teams.

Writer for Petapixel creating Technical Reviews for Photography and Videography hardware, software, and accessories, along with delivering breaking industry news, how-to guides, tips/tricks, and editorial content.

Part of the Datacolor Academy & Ambassador program, sharing education, training, and images created using color calibration tools to help educate and inspire more creatives

Photographer, Writer, Reviewer, and promotions of awesome products that the team at Savage Universal make and create for the creative world!

I have the privilege of helping represent one of the leading manufacturers of camera and lighting support equipment for professional photographers and filmmakers. I'll be starting my work covering and representing the Off Road Series with the School of Xcellence!

Freelance photographer for Talent, Product, and BTS images. Capturing studio sessions as well as lifestyle.

Freelance Retoucher for e-commerce images for Fashion & Apparel company. Duties include color correction to both outfits, and background (environments), full skin and clothing retouching including liquify, stain removals, smoothing, tear/stretch fixes etc.

Contract photographer for ReedPop creating Images for Social, Marketing, Brands, and Studio partners at events including New York Comic Con, Emerald City Comic Con, C2E2, BookCon, and Star Wars Celebration. Responsible for creating content including Celebrity Portraits, Panels, Crowds, Signage, Displays, Venue, Setup/Teardown, Time lapse, Instagram/Snapchat social stories, and much more!Shoot, edit, and deliver quality content on site, same day in a fast paced highly demanding environment.

Assist in setup, tear-down, and operation of Photo-Op booths at trade shows and pop culture cons around continental united states.

Senior Editor and Writer for SLR Lounge. Responsible for the creation of editorial, news-related, educational, and technical review based content. Seek out and work with new advertising partners for business development growth.

Freelance / Contract photographer for Dear World. Responsible for Logistical Setup and Delivery of sets for local portrait events. Managing Photography teams and Digital Techs. Delivery of Files to client(s) as well as on site photography.

Contract photographer for Leftfield Media creating Images for Social, Marketing, Brands, and Studio partners at events including Awesome Con and more.Responsible for creating content including Celebrity Portraits, Panels, Crowds, Signage, Displays, Venue, Setup/Teardown, Time lapse, Instagram/Snapchat social stories, and much more!Shoot, edit, and deliver quality content on site, same day in a fast paced highly demanding environment. See less

Manage Webinars, Write Blog Posts, Create Educational and Inspiration Content using Macphun Software for Photography.

Write articles regarding the business, art, and technical aspects of photography, videography & filmmaking.

Freelance Photographer for Sparks Activations and Clients around the United States. Responsible for documenting activations, guests, events, and portraiture.

Phase One Ambassador Program is a selective process in which Phase One chooses professional photographers to be part of Beta testing and brand support. Now that Capture One 9 is out, I invite you to take advantage of my coupon AMBCREWE for 10% off.https://www.phaseone.com/en/Products/Software/Capture-One-Pro/Highlights.aspx

Write and contribute articles to fstoppers.com, a video & photography blog for creative professionals.

Resource Magazine is a quarterly publication dedicated to the subculture of the photo production industry. It explores all facets of the business, from the mundane to the illustrious, through interviews, photographs, and articles. It is available for anyone who passes through any of the major photo studios in New York City. It's FREE; no monetary issues keeping our potential readers at bay. With this thriving industry of photo production professionals and their alluring sub-culture, there is much to write about. Until now, you and me and that photo assistant over there had never seen a publication for us! We make it, produce it, build it, style it, and shoot it...now we ARE it! Resource Magazine is distributed freely in major photo studios and industry related locations throughout New York City in three of the boroughs: Manhattan, Brooklyn, and Queens. Everyone involved in the industry passes through studios at some point, many do so daily. Resource's distribution gives the targeted audience an opportunity to pick up a copy and flip through it while on a shoot. they can even take it home, still free of charge, and read it more thoroughly at their leisure and then share the Resource experience with others. This outreach of the magazine gives way to more exposure of the pages covered with articles, photographs, and, potentially, your ad. There are 20,000 copies distributed to over 100 studios, labs, equipment rental and prop rental locations. that should be plenty of reading material for the estimated 4,000 potential readers walking through the stuio's doors each day. Numbers indicate that within every month there are 100,000 potential readers from studio traffic, adding up to about 300,000 per quarterly issue. this number only encompasses those walking in and out of our distribution areas, surely there will be many more who will get to flip through the pages at home.

Phlearn's mission is to provide the skills, confidence and encouragement for creative individuals to pursue their dreams, overcome their fears, and live their passions. We want to provide you with the technical knowledge to make your vision become a reality AND the confidence to craft your art true to your vision. And we want to do it all with a huge smile, because having fun is fun. Check out www.phlearn.com, and experience something new.Marketing, Sales, & Promotions for Phlearn Studios located in Chicago. Offering Photography, Lighting, Retouching and Advanced Training.Develop and manages strong relationships with Media, Analysts and Influencers (bloggers etc.) Develop and implement strategies used to identify lead generation opportunities. Outreach to Vendors, Partners, Speakers, Educators, and Sponsors to generate new and continued business, content, and education.Assist in the development and administration of promotional/marketing activities.

Professional Photographers of San Diego County is an association that provides its membership, made up of professional photographers, and those who aspire to be such, with educational programs focused on the craft, science and business of photography.As an association, we strive to promote technical excellence, standards of professionalism, expression of creativity and passion for the art of photography.In conjunction with our parent organization Professional Photographers of America and our state affiliate Professional Photographers of California, we support achieving professional goals, challenge members to strive for photographic excellence, and set professional, ethical, and business standards so that our members become leaders in the field of professional photography

Mission StatementASMP San Diego is a local resource for professional photographers, enhancing technical skills, business practices, and communication within the community.About ASMP San DiegoASMP, the American Society of Media Photographers, was established in 1944 to promote high professional and artistic standards in photography to further the professional interests of its membership by disseminating information on a range of subjects and concerns. ASMP has a membership of more than 7,000 of the world's finest photographers.ASMP San Diego is a non-profit all-volunteer chapter providing a local outlet for the sharing of creative, business, and ethical information both with its members and the creative community at large. Through meetings and activities, ASMP/SD provides an opportunity for friendship with fellow photographers and a forum for the constant improvement of the profession. Professional photographers are encouraged to become members of the society and current members are encouraged to participate in our activities.

- Design, document, and execute test plans, including the development of automation scripts in support of those plans- Focus on high volume, web based stress & load testing in a mixed OS environment (Unix/Windows/Mac) using both white and black box tests- Research and develop testing tools and approaches for new product requirements- Meet with customers, support & development team to diagnose, isolate and troubleshoot defects and define product requirements.- Assist in time/budget estimates for project management teams- Assist with training and knowledge transfer for new employees- Provide Quality Assurance reporting to product stake holders- Rotated “on-call” ops monitoring and support- Write automation scripts using Selenium, Perl, & Python for Regression Testing

Familiar with software product life cycle, QA process and methodologies. Expertise includes black box, white box, automation, regression and cross platform tests, hardware, software, OS installation, virtual server and network configuration for Unix enterprise servers. Experience in web application front and back end, DB, API and high capacity load testing. Strengths in developing test plans, use case, procedure and basic automation. Familiar with TCP/IP and routing protocols. Working currently in a mixed mode of Windows, Unix, and Apple OS-X platforms using both White box and Black Box testing Methodologies.- Design, document, and execute test plans, including the development of automation scripts in support of those plans- Focus on high volume, web based stress & load testing in a mixed OS environment (Unix/Windows/Mac) using both white and black box tests- Research and develop testing tools and approaches for new product requirements- Meet with customers, support & development team to diagnose, isolate and troubleshoot defects and define product requirements.- Use HP Quality Center, Jira, JIVE, and Team Foundation Server tools to track, investigate and delegate bug fixes to team members- Assist in time/budget estimates for project management teams- Assist with training and knowledge transfer for new employees- Provide Quality Assurance reporting to product stake holders- Rotated “on-call” ops monitoring and support- Write automation scripts using Selenium, Perl, & Python for Regression Testing

Artistic Development and PromotionResponsible for generating and increasing sales for the company while at the same time enhancing and improving the positioning and image of Eclyptic Arts. Creating unique customer experiences that ensure retention and contribute to positive relationships between the customer and the company.Prepare overall marketing strategy together with partners, practice group leaders and senior business management.Analyze market trends, recommend changes to marketing and business development strategies based on analysis and feedback.Identify, analyse, pursue and report on business opportunities with existing and prospective clients.

As a QA Engineer for Newpace, (a telecommunications software company), responsible for testing and ensuring quality in a mobile messaging platform which includes instant messaging and social networks. Primarily focused on testing software that runs on highly available, scalable backend UNIX systems.* Design, document, and execute test plans, including the development of scripts in support of those plans* Research and develop testing tools and approaches for new product requirements* Communicate with the development team to diagnose, isolate and troubleshoot defects* Provide Quality Assurance reporting to product stake holders

Short Term Contract.Configured and Tested Microsoft Sharepoint Services for the Post Secondary Education Markets.Wrote test plans and executed scenarios for web portal products in an education based environment.

Background Actor for the 2009 production of Moby Dick.

Configured and tested enterprise log administration and Exchange reporting/analysis toolsDesigned, installed, configured and maintained test forests using exchange 2000, 2003 and 2007Create detailed test plans encompassing each stage of developmentTested, documented, and verified any software defects/fixes encountered through the development processPlanned and estimated project scopes using the AGILE development methodology Troubleshot issues and resolved bugsEmployed MS Team Foundation Server to track, investigate and delegate bug fixes to other team membersManaged and smoke-tested product builds

Configured and tested enterprise log administration and Exchange reporting/analysis toolsDesigned, installed, configured and maintained test forests using exchange 2000, 2003 and 2007Create detailed test plans encompassing each stage of developmentTested, documented, and verified any software defects/fixes encountered through the development processPlanned and estimated project scopes using the AGILE development methodology Troubleshot issues and resolved bugsEmployed MS Team Foundation Server to track, investigate and delegate bug fixes to other team membersManaged and smoke-tested product builds

Provided technical support, installations/maintenance and liaised between IBM and its corporate customers

Redesigned, rebuilt, and administrated/maintained existing network, security, and communication infrastructure to accommodate the rapid expansion of the company and its workplaceProvided service and preventative maintenance on all robotic and electronic equipment in both the IT and Manufacturing sectionsCreated internal IT & HR policy and procedural documents in conjunction with QMS department headsDesigned and wrote web, interactive, and print media with the senior management team.Consulted on executive decisions regarding Corporate Policy, Hardware, and Procedure

- Provided support for a mixed Unix, Linux, and Microsoft Windows environment- Performed quality assurance testing of all beta and pre-release software produced- Volunteered and assisted in controlled panel testing with sensory evaluation software- Assisted with web, graphic, and print media design

Directly assisted customers about their concerns as well as any customer queries and complaints. Ensured the proper house-keeping of the shelf, and organization of the merchandise in the store.Managed the cash and sales register

Supervised wait/bar staffCustomer Service for Food & Beverage Dept.

-Represented the interests and concerns of first-year students with a special effort to inform and involve these students in the SMU community- Sitting on various committees, including the Board of Governors, Senate, and Student's Association - Maintaining office hours to answer questions from constituents