Kyle Mclaughlin Email & Phone Number

Nashville, TN, US

• Established a freelance commercial studio in a new market. Expanded services offered and client base. Focussed on ad agencies, small businesses, fashion boutiques, fashion designers, musicians, as well as e-commerce.
• New Services: E-commerce, Fashion Photography, Product Photography, Jewelry Photography, Product Videos, Production, Set Design Consulting, Panography
• Clients: Amazon, Zappos.com, Saks Fifth Avenue, Singer Viking Pfaff, Sullivan Branding, Barbazon, Olia Zavozina Design, Miss Arkansas USA, Cranford Johnson Robinson Woods, RichSmith Properties, NTS Pro Media, Hillbilly.

Nashville, TN, US

Nashville, TN, US

Nashville, TN, US

As the Retouching Supervisor at a leading premedia/prepress company, I led a high-end retouching team serving prestigious, well-known brands. I was responsible for hiring and training staff, ensuring timely and high-quality project delivery, and managing offshore and part-time teams. My focus on excellence and client satisfaction helped build strong.

New York, New York, US

HudsonYards was purchased by LSC Communications and the rebranded to Kodi Collective.

Seattle, WA, US

Shot jewelry (stills and spins) in a fast-paced, high-volume studio. Special attention was given to daily quotas, but high-quality was of equal importance. Every metal needed a gradient and stone needed to sparkle. This large studio brought in freelance talent from all across the US, becoming a melting pot of best practices and approaches to shooting.

New York, NY, US

Little Rock, AR, US

• Transitioned from Freelance photographer in 2008 to in-house Product Specialist in 2009; promoted to Lead Fashion Photographer and overall Senior Photographer in 2010.
• Duties: Meet and exceed production quotas, book freelance photographers, stylists, hair/makeup artists, and help cast models. Train freelance photographers on lighting sets, software and applicable Photoshop needs..
• Accomplishments: Consistently produce 1/3 to 1/4 of all studio imagery as a part of a team of 5-8. Create 15,000+ images annually: 80/day fashion, 50/day product, 25/day jewelry. Increased my productivity by over 200%..

• Ran a full-service commercial photography studio.
• Services: Advertising, Commercial, Fashion, Product, Architectural, Editorial, and Fine Art.
• Duties: Regularly meet tight deadlines, concepted new projects, built sets, scouted locations, casted and booked talent, and propped for the shoots. Schedule and coordinate with clients, art directors, stylists, hair.
• Clients Included: Dillard's, Leisure Arts, Tony Bowls Design, 2be, Mon Cheri, Meineke, Ben E. Keith Foods, Potluck Food Rescue, Cocoa Belle, At Home Arkansas, Paul Page Dwellings, Mertyn's Dyke, Thumbprints, Arkansas.

Duties: Instructed students how to properly capture, process, manipulate, and batch process images from capture through printing, in a digital environment. An emphasis was placed on the balance between shooting cleaner versus cleaning up pictures in post.

• Intern, later assistant for a commercial and editorial studio. Later transitioned to staff photographer and imager.
• Duties: Assisted lead photographer with any and all needs. Built and tore down sets, maintained equipment, ran computer functions when shooting tethered, retouched images, delivered disks to clients, and maintained an.
• Accomplishments: Expanded on fundamental knowledge of functions and limitations of various types of cameras, lenses, lighting systems, and software. Became extremely familiar with architectural, editorial, product, and.

Exposed to a commercial photography environment. Packed gear, loaded equipment, assisted first assistant, and performed other assigned duties. Learned volumes about the commercial photography process as well as the photography business.