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San Luis Obispo, California Area

My responsibilities include:• I help my brand clients develop and communicate their personal brand by defining their values, purpose, and unique value proposition and crafting a compelling narrative that can be captured with powerful photography.• Plan photo sessions meticulously, considering location, lighting, equipment, and timing.• Coordinate with other creative team members, such as stylists and makeup artists, to ensure seamless execution.• Execute photo shoots with precision and creativity, addressing all technical and aesthetic aspects.• Manage photography equipment and troubleshoot any technical issues to maintain workflow efficiency.• Perform image editing and retouching to enhance the final photographs. • Ensure the final outputs align with the client's expectations and the studio’s quality standards.• Oversee the logistical aspects of photography projects, including scheduling, budgeting, and resource allocation.• Ensure projects are completed on time and within budget, maintaining high levels of client satisfaction.

Designed marketing and presentation material for R&D projects as well as PowerPoint presentations. Published and distributed “Fight’s On!” newsletter to the Warfighter Readiness Research Laboratory and it's components. Coordinated events and trained and inspected R&D Case files.

Mesa, Az

I supported a division of the Warfighter Readiness Research Division in Mesa, AZ. in the media center as a Photographer/Graphic Artist. Photographing special events such as promotions and retirements, conferences, research projects and exercises. I also photographed all new civilian and contractor employees badge photos and some formal portraits in-house as well as some commercial photography. The media center was a fully equipped reprographics facility. As a graphics specialist I created illustrations, patches, logos, and product labels, newsletters, posters, training manuals and printed, collated, mounted all projects in to a completed and final product.

My responsibilities included: • Planned, analyzed, and created visual solutions to communications problems by determining the needs of the client, the message the design should portray, and its appeal to customers or users.• Designed a variety of marketing projects such as brochures, pocket folders, flyers, postcards, and corporate identities.• Maintained and completed a timely flow of multiple projects in the company’s work queue from conception through completion to keep up with production schedules.• Preflight all jobs to be printed with the knowledge of setting up 4 color and spot color press sheets with a High Definition Computer To Print System.

Mesa, Az

Lead Photographer and Studio Manager in which I photographed headshot portraits of women and finished their session with a sales presentation. Did makeup application and set and styled hair. Managed and trained a staff of their duties and responsibilities within the company franchise, and worked with the owner in developing and creating all marketing materials

Bfa, Photography, Art, Mixed Media

Activities and Societies: Mixed media and sculpture, performance art and dance, summa cum laudeStudied fine art photography (principles.

Photography

Activities and Societies: Phi Theta Kappa Honor Society, DancePrerequisite courses and the fundamentals of photography and camera.