• More than 30 years of experience in unstaged, unposed, documentary storytelling in editorial, higher education and agriculture, studio and on-location portraiture, sports and political photography, coverage of both general and breaking news, story sourcing, picture editing• 2018 and 2020 AAEA Photographer of the Year• Working proficiency in video production, collaboration, storyboarding, editing• Working, professional fluency with Adobe Photoshop, Photo Mechanic, Final Cut Pro X and Audacity (switching platforms, so finally starting to learn Adobe Premiere)• Roughly four years as Amherst College's New Media Content Developer and College Photographer; Expanded the publicly visible still photography catalog by 392%; Produced dozens of videos: viewership increased 238% and viewer duration increased 50%; Started one of the first institutional Instagram accounts in higher education, which was the most successful account in global academia (per-capita: potential social media audience v. followers), and posted more than 1100 photographs in three and a half years of being the sole moderator; Actively worked with and mentored Amherst College students; Concepted and produced the campaign strategy and content for "Ask Big Questions," a Provost-led initiative that encouraged students to open their minds and eyes to diversity and difference, and embrace the concepts through active collaboration• Former staff photographer with the New York Times Co. (Herald-Tribune) and Sun-Times Media Group (Courier News)• 2003 IPPA Clip Photographer of the Year• Twice nominated for Pulitzer Prizes in Feature Photography ("State of Citrus") and Breaking News Photography (team coverage of Hurricane Charley) (***NOTE*** Nominations aren't necessarily a huge deal, but these two are for me, as I'm immensely proud of the work produced from both)• One of 100 participants selected out of thousands from around the world to attend the Eddie Adams Workshop (Barnstorm XIV - Orange Team)
Listed skills include Multimedia, Photojournalism, Image Editing, Digital Photography, and 48 others.