Resume
Education
Kendall College of Art and Design, Grand Rapids, MI
Bachelors Degree of Fine Arts, Photography- Printmaking Minor, May 2010
Professional Employment
- The GRAM - Photography/ Marketing Internship, Grand Rapids, MI – September
2010-Present
- Photographing special events and speeches at the art museum
DaVinci Photography – Photographer’s Assistant, Grand Rapids, MI - August 2009 –
June 2010
- Setting up lighting and other equipment
- Second shooter
- Assisting photographer with photographic tasks
- Composing shots and dealing with customer needs
Laura Hollander Photography – Photographer’s Assistant, Grand Rapids, MI - July
2008 – Sep. 2008
- Second Shooter
- Helped compose shots
- Dealt with customer needs
Other Employment
Kmart – fashions / jewelry department, Grand Rapids, MI – June 2010-Present
- Customer service
- Organizing clothing and jewelry departments
Kmart – Stock Worker/Seasonal, Grand Rapids, MI - June 2008 – August 2008
- Restocked merchandise
- Basic janitorial tasks
Cinema III – Concession/Customer Service, Imlay City, MI - April 2005-August 2006
- Served and made concessions
- Dealt with money
- Customer service/ticket sales
Volunteer Work
Blanford School - Grand Rapids, MI - 2009
-Taught 6th grade children how to operate a 35mm camera, black and white
processing. Gave them the opportunity to express their creative potential
ArtPrize – Grand Rapids, MI - 2009
-Volunteer photographer for ArtPrize events
Michigan Land of Riches Exhibition – Grand Rapids, MI – 2010
- Shot Photos for exhibition space and helped put together gallery exhibition in Early
People’s Gallery.
Freelance work
Wedding photographer for Feller wedding - June 2009
- Groups shots & Individual shots of bride and groom
- Candid and reception shots
Wedding photographer for Harvey wedding – May 9th 2009
- Group shots & Individual shots of bride and groom
- Candid and reception shots
Technology skills
PhotoShop CS3 and above
- Photo editing including: color balancing, heal and stamp corrections, and
other essential techniques of photographic editing.
LightRoom
- Batch processing and all techniques needed to edit photos, color
correcting, exposure correction, etc.
Macintosh and Microsoft capable
- Able to run all basic processes on these computer systems
Photographic skills
Traditional processing
-Black and white processing, chromogenic, alternative processes
Film based photography
-35mm, medium format, 4x5 film
Digital Photography
-Trained on Canon brand cameras, but can operate all brands of digital SLR
capture
Lighting/ studio
-Trained in using hot lights and strobe systems, basic studio lighting
Exhibitions
- Governor’s Mansion Exhibition – Lansing, MI – 2009
- Human Nature –The DACC- Grand Rapids MI – 2010
- Smart Festival – The Arts Council of Greater Grand Rapids – Grand Rapids, MI - 2010
- Grand Rapids Festival of The arts Regional Arts Competition – Grand Rapids, MI - 2010
-Upgrade/Downgrade – Open Concept Gallery – Grand Rapids, MI – 2010
- Photographer’s Forum Magazine- 30th annual College Photography contest Finalist - 2010
- Michigan Land of Riches Closing Ceremony- Projection Assistant – Grand Rapids, MI, 2010
Awards /Organizations
- President’s list- 2007-2010
- MEAP- Michigan Merit Award- 2006-2007
- Member of Collective pressure – printmaking club
- Attended Southern Graphics council conference, Chicago - 2009
