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| May 2004 | Master of Arts — Photography |
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| The College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
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| May 1986 | Bachelor of Fine Arts — Photography | ||||||||||||||||
| The College of Fine, Performing and Communication Arts Wayne State University, Detroit, Michigan |
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| Photo Educator History | ||||||||||||||||
| Over twenty years experience leading students in academia and participants in workshops. Development and maintainance of instructional resources via Website supports students' hands on time in the completion of assignments in the digital lab, in the studio, and/or on location. |
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| January 2000 to present | Digital Media Arts | Professional Faculty — Photography | ||||||||||||||||
Washtenaw Community College, Ann Arbor, Michigan ›› Two-year occupational program that provides students with a strong technical foundation to enable transfer to four-year art schools, entry-level employment, or small business start ups. See ‹‹Advise Link›››› Facilities have a 20-station BW Darkroom; BW film process area; 6-bay studio; 2, state of the art digital labs.›› Fifteen years[+] teaching digital photography exclusively on the Apple Mac OS platform and Epson [3880 & 7900] printers. Color darkroom teaching experience [2000 ››› 2002] until department moved into new facilities.›› Instrumental in negotiating long-term Canon Equipment Loan to photography department, fall 2004.›› Photography Department Advisory Committee Liaison: 2001 ››› 2004 and 2008 ››› 2013›› Software proficiencies include Curricunet, Microsoft Word, Excel, Powerpoint, & Outlook. Filemaker Pro. Web authoring and design proficiencies include HTML, CSS, & Javascript.›› Imaging software proficiencies include Adobe Acrobat Pro, Lightroom, Photoshop, Illustrator, Dreamweaver. CHROMiX ColorThink Pro. Monitor calibration & color management workflow from input to high-quality output.›› High-quality digital capture and workflow via Adobe Camera RAW, Canon EOS Utility & tether workflow to Adobe Lightroom, Nikon Capture NX, Capture One Pro, Imacon FlexColor for CFV Digital Back and Film Scanner. Digital Asset Management [identify, metadata tag, keyword & copyright imagery].›› Lead faculty for department photo studio, featuring Arri, LTM, and Mole Richardson Tungsten Lighting Systems; Speedotron, Profoto, Alien Bee, small strobe systems and peripherals; Matthews Studio Equipment.
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| May 2006, 2008, 2010 | Visiting Scholar | ||||||||||||||||
| The Japan Center for Michigan Universities, Hikone, Shiga, Japan Kate Simon, Program Director — Michigan State University, East Lansing Color Photo Design in Japan ›› Two-week course where students activate a personal plan for an immersion experience in international living, and produce images with digital SLR cameras, portable computers & printers.›› Students produce a handmade book with inkjet print media prior to departing Japan.›› JCMU Web sitehttp://www.isp.msu.edu/JCMU — Click ‹‹HERE›› to view 2010 student work. |
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| July 1996 to Sept 1999 | Workshop Instructor | ||||||||||||||||
| The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico The New Mexico Journey — July 1996, Feb. & July 1997, Feb. & July 1998, Feb. & July 1999. Color Fundamentals — September 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999. ›› Each one-week workshop, averaging 45 contact hours, is a hands-on learning instructional model providing beginning to advanced assignments, critiques, and demonstrations.›› Each workshop was location intensive and required field session management of participants on assignment. |
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| Jan 1994 to Dec 1999 | Operations Manager | ||||||||||||||||
| The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, New Mexico Reid Callanan, Owner/Director Coordinator of photographic workshop support systems; inclusive of hiring, scheduling, budgeting, |
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| June 1991 to Oct 1993 | Course Assistant & Work/Study | ||||||||||||||||
The Santa Fe Photographic Workshops, Santa Fe, New MexicoProduced/coordinated materials for assigned workshop. Assisted class sessions, critiques, image presentations. Provided technical assistance, explained workshop support systems, and performed field session management.
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| Project Coordination History | ||||||||||||||||
| May 2004 | Education Coordinator | ||||||||||||||||
| Great Lakes Digital Conference Ruth Summers-Knoll, Director ›› A special collaborative, fund-raising event to benefit scholarships of WCC and Summers-Knoll [K-12] School.›› Seminar presenters contacted and scheduled included nationally recognized photographic artisans
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| 2003 to present | Special Events Coordinator | ||||||||||||||||
| Coordination of several special guest presentation events for WCC Digital Media Arts students. Judith Hommel, Executive Associate to the President [WCC] ›› Dan Burkholder: iPhone Artistry, Three-Day Workshop — winter 2012
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| April 2013 to present | Volunteer | Technical Coordinator & Photographer | ||||||||||||||||
| The University of Michigan Comprehensive Cancer Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan Sheila Morris & Margaret Nowak Project Directors Life Images of Today & Tomorrow In partnership with Washtenaw Community College Digital Media Arts Photography Faculty and Students, this volunteer project offers an opportunity for patients and their families to have professional, studio quality portraits produced on site at the Cancer Center. ‹‹View MLive Article››
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| Freelance Employment History | ||||||||||||||||
| Eight years experience, assisting over forty commercial/advertising photographers in five market areas of the USA; Detroit, New York, Los Angeles, Houston, and Phoenix. Extensive experience in studio and location lighting techniques, including natural light, tungsten, strobe, and HMI. Extensive experience with Nikon 35mm systems, Hasselblad, Mamiya, and Pentax medium format camera systems; 4x5 studio and field camera systems; 6x17 panoramic camera systems; 8x10 studio and field camera systems. |
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| 05/88 to 04/94 | First Camera Assistant | Northlight Studios, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||
| Guy Morrison | Don Johnston | Bob Williams | Bruce Ayers, Photographers. Madison Heights, Michigan & Los Angeles, California Coordinated and assisted on numerous national print ads and catalog images for automotive clientele and related industries. Extensive experience with studio and location lighting, from small to very large products. |
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| 03/93 to 05/93 | Second Camera Assistant| Rascona Studios, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||
| Rodney Rascona, Photographer. Phoenix, Arizona. Ten week project for GMC Truck. All studio. |
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| 08/91 to 03/93 | First Camera Assistant | Joe Baraban Photography, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||
| Joe Baraban, Photographer. Houston, Texas. ›› Commercial photography studio specializing in location lighting techniques for national print ads and corporate annual reports. Responsible for several pre- & post-production tasks, job coordination, specialized camera supports for automotive clientele, set construction & rigging, film handling & processing, maintenance of equipment and crew management.›› Color darkroom production of 8x10 duplicate transparencies for portfolios sent to ad agencies, graphic designers, editors & art buyers. BW darkroom print production included. |
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| 08/90 to 12/90 | Camera & Lighting Assistant | General Motors Design Center | ||||||||||||||||
| David Tellefsen, Photographer & Supervisor. Warren, Michigan. Assisted in project to document competition vehicles in current market. Data was provided to designers and engineers. Mostly location. |
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| 06/88 to 12/90 | First Lighting Assistant | Morawski and Associates | ||||||||||||||||
| Michael Morawski, Producer | Fujio Takeguchi, Lighting Director | Yoshikatsu Baba, Photographer. City Lights Stage | Madison Heights, Michigan. Principal liaison for Japanese camera crews to coordinate and adminsiter tasks. Projects were catalog images and national print ads for the Inkpoint Ad Agency & The Ford Motor Company of Japan. All Studio. |
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| 07/87 to 02/91 | First Camera Assistant | Zone Five Productions, Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||
| Janine Menlove, Photographer | Chuck Cirgenski, Producer Hamtramck, Michigan. Assisted in lighting still life and food photography for magazine publications and print ads. Mostly studio. |
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| 08/87 to 12/90 | Production Assistant | Satterwhite Productions, Inc. | ||||||||||||||||
| Al Satterwhite, Photographer | Joy Satterwhite, Producer. New York City, New York. Exclusive vehicle consultant and prep in national ads for SAAB, Jeep, and Oldsmobile. Mostly on location. |
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| 05/87 to 08/90 | Second Camera Assistant | Tim Doyle Studios, Ltd. | ||||||||||||||||
| Tim Doyle, Photographer. Ferndale, Michigan. Automotive, commercial cinematography. Extensive location and studio experience for automotive catalogs. |
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| 05/86 to 02/87 | First Camera Assistant | Thomas Drew Photography | ||||||||||||||||
Thomas Drew, Photographer. Troy, Michigan. A variety of clientele that included automotive, health care, and financial industries, and editorial publications. Extensive studio and location lighting. |
Don Werthmann
professional faculty — photo
washtenaw community college