Jean-Pierre Vailllancourt Photography

www.jpvimages.com

805-***-****

Education:

Brooks Institute, Santa Barbara, CA, USA

Bachelor of Arts in Professional Photography M ay 2010

Collège de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada

DEP (Diplome d’études collégiales) in Pure Sciences. J une

2005

Skills and abilities:

Enhancement, retouching, compositing and color correction of

i mages:

-Deep knowledge of all versions of Adobe Photoshop, Bridge and L ightroom.

-Strong Abili ty to path and mask out a wide variety of components of an image.

Web Development and Video production:

-All versions of Adobe DreamWeaver, Indesign and Flash

-All versions of Final Cut Pro, Adobe Media Encoder and Quick Time

P rofesional.

L ighting and image capture:

-Deep knowledge of studio and on-location lighting using various types of

equipements

and light modifiers (Monoblocks, Hot lights, Single Flash heads, Beauty Dish,

Z ip disks, reflectors, soft boxes and diffusion panels among other equipments).

-Knowledge of large format film photography manipulations (distorsion and

p lane of focus.)

-Capable of operating various company camera systems for small, medium and

l arge format such as Canon, Hasselblad, Valeo, Nikon, Leica, Olympus,

PaseOne, Pentax and Mamiya.

-Industrial Scientific photographic skills such as Infrared, ult raviolet,

m icroscopic, ballistic and high speed photography and videography.

Computer generated Imaging (CGI):

-Ability to composite in 2D and 3D using various programs such as Hypershot,

P hotomatix and PTGui among others.

-Ability to create HDRI environments to light 3D models by either shooting

m ultiple exposures 360 environements on location or by creating a computer

generated 32 bit pattern.

-Knowledge of Maya and Zbrush.

Communication :

-Bilingual (Writ ten 10/10 and spoken 10/10) in both French and English.

-Strong wri ting skills to express critical thinking.

Working Experiences

Freelance Photographer 2006-

Present

Freelance photographer accepting various contracts going from weddings to

n ightlife events. Responssiiblities mainly include image capture and retouching

and on-location l ighting.

P hotographer and graphic designer for Graduation Lussier. 2008 to

P resent

G raduation Lussier is a well established canadian company providing

g raduation products to H igh Schools, Colleges and Universities. Responsibilties

cover a wide varieties of graphic s kills that includes the designs of the comapny’s

catalogs and posters to photographing and d igitally path out r ings. Another featured

responsibili ty consists in graduates portraits (Studio lighting, image retouching

and printing).

T.A. (Teaching Assistant) for Anna Jensen at the Brooks Institute.

2009 to Present

Anna Jensen is a teacher at the Brooks Institu te of Photography, located in

Santa Barbara,

Ca, USA. Position was obtained based on grades and perfromance in the

teacher‘s class.

Responsibilities involed putting in perspective and grade other students’ work.

Photographer for fashion designer Nancy Cook.

2009

Nancy Cook is a fashion designer based in Santa Barbara, CA, USA. The main

responsibili ties involved while being her photographer included studio lighitng,

i mage retouching, layout of outfits and f lat art photography.

Professional Tennis Instructor for various clubs and private contracts.

2004-2007

Certified tennis instructor with experience at the Whistler Racquet Club (BC,

Canada), the B ishop’s University (QC, Canada) and under private contracts in

London, UK. Responsbilities involved communication skills, critical thinking and

physical demonstrations.

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