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MATTEW TOMSON
1234 Sample Cresent, Aurora , Kentucky, USA
Cellular: 646-568-8975
Email: sample-resume@greatresumexample.com
Objective
To obtain a position in which I can put my digital and/or photography skills to use in the business world.
- Brooks Institute of Photography – Santa Barbara, California June 2007
Bachelor of Arts in Professional Photography with a major in Commercial Advertising
- University of Miami – Coral Gables, Florida
- Applicable courses: Introduction to Photojournalism
Art History – Native American Art
Art History – African Art
Skills and Abilities
Photography
- Small, medium, large format equipment, digital and film
- Flash and natural lighting setups
- Black and white darkroom printing (wet and dry)
- Prop placement and styling
- Group work
Computer
- Microsoft Office (Word, PowerPoint, Excel)
- Adobe Photoshop CS, CS2, CS3
- Adobe InDesign (Layout and Design)
Other
- Writing, proofreading, grammar
- Work well with animals (shelter volunteer)
- Photographer, Actor Head Shots and Portraits – Santa Barbara, California 2007
- Photographer, Personal Travel Assignments 2005-2007
- Hawaii – Landscape, scenery, and tourism photography, balanced outdoor and flash lighting, organized and edited over 3,000 images, enhanced and captioned/key worded final images, coordinated with business for on-location photo shoots.
- San Diego – Coordinated and shot wildlife photography, displayed patience, practiced timing for lighting and angles, enhanced and captioned/key worded images.
- Digital Technician (retouching/printing), Santa Barbara, California and Dallas, Texas 2004-2007
- Portrait, Product, Wildlife, and Travel portfolios for photographer Eric Heiss and myself
- Colorization for mayoral candidate’s/realtor’s publicity
- Retouching for actors’ and dancer’s head shots and portraits
- First Assistant, Eric Heiss – Santa Barbara, California 2004-2007
- Coordinated models, scheduled appointments, arranged lights, digital work in Photoshop CS and CS2
Recognitions
- Photography displayed on set of television show – The Bad Girls Club Season 2 2008
- Photography and digital work displayed on website 2007
- Actor’s head shots and portraits
- Digital work published in newspaper – The Orange County Register September 7, 2006
- Dancer’s head shot – Lakers Dance Team
