OBJECTIVES:
To apply and expand my experience and interest in photographic/digital imaging,
desktop publishing, graphic design/illustration, hard disk recording, webpage
design and multimedia.
EXPERIENCE
UNIVERSITY LEVEL:
IT Consultant, College of Communications, Cal State Fullerton, California. Install and maintain Mac OS 9 and OS-X hardware and software for two computer labs, Daily Titan newsroom and faculty desktops; assist students during and outside of digital imaging, desktop publishing, graphics, advertising, public relations and traditional photography classes and labs; provide Fujix Pictrography 3000, color laser and inkejt output of student projects. Assisted in design of lab and office floorplan
Full-time Instructor in Mass Communication, Ambassador University, Texas. Created syllabi and taught introductory and advanced photography, photojournalism and public speaking. / Served as the university's Photo Services Supervisor. Assisted in design of office floorplan and maintained inventory and equipment for campus darkroom facility; hired and supervised student photographers. / Produced and processed illustrative, news, candid and documentary photographs for the university's public relations materials, web site, newspaper, yearbook, alumni newsletters and other publications. / Photographed all faculty, staff and student portraits (film and digital) for the university's yearbook and student pictorial; arranged digital images in layout. / Advised yearbook and newspaper publications staff as Photo Editor. / Contributed feature articles and editorials to the university's newspaper and magazines
COMMERCIAL:
Served as principal commercial photographer for CitySearch.com's Nashville web site
Constructed sets, processed film, assisted photographers at
Photographic House studio
Stock photos, events, weddings, portraiture, album covers/liners,
art prints, advertising, etc. on a freelance basis
PUBLISHING:
Staff photographer, black-and-white darkroom technician, feature
article writer, columnist, photo archivist; mailroom and pressroom assistant
for the Suburban Trends newspaper, N.J.
EMPLOYMENT
1998-present: California State University, Fullerton, California
1997: CitySearch, Nashville, TN
1984-86; 1990-96: Ambassador University, Big Sandy, TX
1988-90: Ambassador University, Pasadena, CA
1981-84; 1986-87: Suburban Trends newspaper, NJ
1980: Photographic House, NJ
DEGREES:
M.A. (Communication/English), 1992, Stephen F. Austin State University, TX (3.8)
B.A. 1990, Ambassador University, CA (3.34)
PHOTOGRAPHIC EQUIPMENT EXPERTISE:
35mm, Medium format, 4x5, Digital, Norman strobes; flatbed/film
scanners; digital image output; black-and-white darkroom
SOFTWARE SKILLS (Mac OS):
Photoshop, Quark, Illustrator, Canvas, GoLive, Dreamweaver, Peak,
Deck, etc.
AWARDS / RECOGNITION / ACTIVITIES:
March 2000: Vector illustration published in Electronic Publishing magazine.
November 1999: Beta-tester comments featured in ACD/Deneba Systems'
promotional literature for Canvas 7.
September 1999: Digital imaging work featured in Desktop Publishers
Journal and Publish magazine.
June 1999: Written up on ACD/Deneba Systems' website for digital
imaging work using their Canvas 6 software
November 1998: Written up on MacCentral's website for digital
imaging work
1994-1995: Photos, poetry and bio published in Ambassador
University's Spots of Time literary magazine
1989-1990: Earned on-the-job photographic certification,
Ambassador University
1986: 1st Place Spot News award from Suburban Newspapers
of Northern N.J.
1985: Photographed and participated in archaeological dig,
Jerusalem, Israel
1977-1980: Primary yearbook photographer for the Butler High
School Nugget
1975: Local print and TV attention, various recognition letters
for home-made photo book about hometown
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