Laura Lakeway Email & Phone Number

Washington Navy Yard

• Photojournalist covering General News events, Official Award Ceremonies, and Portraits for the U.S. Navy / Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Headquarters, Public Affairs Office of Corporate Communications
• Photograph multiple daily assignments; VIRIN, Edit, AP-style Caption, Keyword, Metadata, Color-Correct, Print, Archive; images published in The Observer, Digital Signage, Website, Social Media, and Navy.mil
• Official photographer for Vice Admiral/s (3-star) Thomas Moore, William Galinis and James Downey, Commander/s, Naval Sea Systems Command and Admiral/s (4-star) James (Frank) Caldwell and William Houston, Director/s.
• Assist with Video Production, Graphic Design, Photo Research

Washington, DC

• Conceptualize and direct Photo Research for National Geographic’s annual 400-page Photography Book, various Travel and Guide books, Historic, Gift and Non-fiction trade books
• Work in close collaboration with Art Directors, Designers and Editorial staff
• Rights Clearance & Permissions; Imaging Color-Correction; Caption, Credit, Metadata
• Maintain Budgets ranging from 5K to 95K per book
• Published books: Night Vision: Magical Photographs of Life After Dark, 400 pages/Fall 2017; Shark by Brian Skerry, 208 pages/Summer 2017; Almost Human by Lee Berger, 240 pages/Spring 2017; @NATGEO: The Most Popular.

Washington Navy Yard

• Photojournalist covering General News events, Official Award Ceremonies, and Portraits for the U.S. Navy / Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) Headquarters, Public Affairs Office of Corporate Communications
• Photograph multiple daily assignments; VIRIN, Edit, AP-style Caption, Keyword, Metadata, Color-Correct, Archive; images published in The Observer, Digital Signage, Website, Social Media, and Navy.mil
• Official photographer for Vice Admiral/s (3-star) Kevin McCoy and William Hilarides, Commander/s, Naval Sea Systems Command and Admiral/s (4-star) Kirkland Donald and John Richardson, Director/s, Naval Reactors

Washington, DC

• Conceptualize and Direct visual content for assigned Feature stories
• Research and Develop editorial story structure with detailed photographic Coverage Plan
• Define and maintain Budgets ranging from 15K to 150K per story
• Edit an average of 40,000 photographs per story; Stock Photography Research when needed
• Worked in close collaboration with Art Directors, Designers and Editors to layout stories with Cover options; Engraving & Printing Color-Correction
• Published NGM stories: Australia's Dry Run by Amy Toensing, April 2009; Changing Rains, April 2009; Saving Energy: It Starts At Home (Cover Story) by Tyrone Turner, March 2009; Afghanistan’s Hidden Treasure by Richard.

Washington, DC

• Assisted with the Production and Publication of 90+ NGM stories including Natural History, Archaeology, Paleontology & Environmental
• Worked with Photographers: Steve McCurry, William Albert Allard, Randy Olson, Steve Winter, Tim Laman, Kenneth Garrett, Anup Shah, Norbert Rosing, Matt Moyer and Ira Block
• Editorial and Image Research; Caption Writing; Contracts; Budgets; Photo Rights Clearance
• Maintained database of activities and photographs of 1000 NatGeo funded scientific Research Grantees

Boston, MA

• Represented and worked with photographers Bradford Washburn and Ernest C. Withers
• Exhibit Production, Image Selection, Caption, Sequencing, Installation and Sales
• Image Archiving & Editing; Production Management; Book Production
• B&W Fiber-based Printing and RC machine prints; Quality Control
• Customer Service; Matting, Framing & Mounting

Marlboro, MA

• Photojournalist covering General News, Spot News, Sports and Features