Education                                             

 

Master of Fine Arts

Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA

Major: Photography

Cumulative GPA: 4.0

 

Bachelor of Arts

                The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Major: Biology

 

 

Experience                            

 

Freelance Analogue / Digital Photographic Technician                                                           Asheville, NC

Various Photographers Including Michael Oppenheim and Steven McBride

June, 2003 to the present.

 

-          Provide high end custom digital printing services.

-          Responsible for digital retouching, computer system design and maintenance, as well as digital imaging workflow management.

-          Assist with lighting and camera equipment during on location photographic jobs.

-          Responsible for Digital Asset Management

-          Serve as primary source for technology information.

 

 

SCAD, Photography Department                                                                                                   Savannah, GA 

Work-study Program

June, 2001 to May, 2003

 

-          Checked out equipment to students and was responsible for its return.

-          Maintained the facilities at Bergen hall, including machine maintenance and the mixing of photographic chemistry.

-          Monitored students and computers in the digital imaging lab and repaired any equipment failures.

                                               

 

Rob Amberg Photography                                                                                                               Marshall, NC

Paid Internship

June, 2002 to September, 2002

 

-          Acted as a general photographer’s assistant and darkroom technician.

-          Produced high quality, analogue, work prints.

-          Scanned and digitally retouched prints and negatives.

-          Installed and troubleshot computer hardware and software.

 

 

Recreational Equipment Incorporated                                                                                         Cary, NC

Head Sales Specialist, Rock Climbing Sub-Department

Nov, 1999 to September, 2000

 

-          Produced and maintained new product display and sales floor organization. 

-          Specialized in sales and equipment specific customer service. 

-          Responsible for Inventory and employee training.

 

 

 

Awards

-          Untitled photograph named the winner of the 2005 Blue Ridge Parkway Photography Competition sponsored by Appalachian State University.

-          Granted a solo exhibition of fine art photography at the Turchin Center for the Visual Arts at Appalachian State University, July 2006.

 

Skills

-          Windows, XP, Vista, 7. Mac OSX.

-          Microsoft: Word, PowerPoint, Excel.  

-          Adobe: Photoshop.

-          Various internet applications.

-          PC and Mac: networking, hardware installation and troubleshooting.

 

 

Activities        Rock Climbing, Running, Ultimate Disc.