Photographer in Long Beach, California

• More than 20 years experience as a professional photographer in both film and digital formats. • Adept with editing and design applications on both Mac and PC platforms including Photoshop, Illustrator, Final Cut Pro, Photo Mechanic, Lightroom, After Effects, Dreamweaver and InDesign. • Gifted teacher; able to demonstrate and express concepts in a manner that students can easily grasp. • Organized; able to handle a multitude of details at once and meet tight deadlines. • Experienced with maintaining and calibrating full, working wet and digital labs. • Maintain accurate records and material safety data sheets of chemistry and photo supplies. • Awarded First Place in 2006 and 2008 for sports photo and First Place in 2008 for breaking-news photo by the California Newspaper Publishers Association. EXPERIENCE Photography • Served as primary photographer for award-winning semiweekly local newspaper. • Covered diverse areas of photojournalism including spot/breaking news, sports/action, feature, lifestyle, architecture and design, portraiture, street photography, underground music, live events and studio photography. • Performed a variety of freelance assignments for magazines and business periodicals • Did pro-bono photography for charitable organizations including Special Olympics, Friends of the Los Angeles River, LAJCC’s Ready to Learn and the Cal Heights Neighborhood Association.