Sales Training

michael d. cannon

cannondigitalimaging.com

retoucher/ photographer / digtal tech

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St. Louis Park, MN 55416

612-***-**** . 612-***-**** cell . *******@****.*** .

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http://www.cannondigitalimaging.com/

Skills

. Digital Retouching and Color Correction. High-end creative retouching,

compositing, and color for clients demanding the highest standards of

quality; Fallon, Martin Agency, Carmichael Lynch, LKM, McKinney-Silver,

Martin Williams, Richards Group, Target, Tiffany Jewelers, Redwing Shoes,

Schwan's Foods and many more.

. Photography. Have worked with medium format digital cameras Phase One,

Hasselblad, Leaf cameras/digitalbacks, also Nikon and Canon DSLRs.

Proficient in the use of studio lighting using light packs, mono lights,

or tungsten lighting. I have also worked with Medium format Film cameras

i.e Mamiya 645s, 67s, and Hasselblad. I shoot lifestyle, portrait, event,

product, landscape and fine art photography. In my personal work I've

been experimenting with HDR imagery, check out my website

http://www.cannondigitalimaging.com/

. Software. Expertise using Capture One, Leaf Capture, Photoshop, Camera

Raw, Adobe Illustrator, InDesign, Adobe Acrobat, Adobe Bridge, Microsoft

Office, Power Point, Adobe Lightroom, Dreamweaver and QuarkXPress.

Working knowledge of XHTML. Fluent using Windows or Macintosh OS.

. Pre-press/Pre-Media. 15+ years working with cutting edge digital output,

in demanding pre-press/agency environments. Skilled in conventional

print, photographic, large format, flexographic, and newspaper production

environments, with many types of output hardware/software, Kodak

Approval, Lino-Hell, DTI, Scitex, Eagle Inca Large (format UV inkjet),

Light jet, Zund, Black Magic, Bisque etc. Worked with high-end drum and

flatbed scanners. Years of digital asset management experience.

Experience:

09/2000 - present The Cannon Agency LLC/Cannon Digital Imaging, LLC.

Minneapolis Retoucher/Photographer/Owner

High-end creative retouching, photo restoration, photography & color.

Working as an independent contractor with local agencies,

photographers, educational facilities, businesses and printers on

various projects in the role of a photographer/retoucher/designer/art-

director to fulfill a variety of imaging needs.

05/2008 - 10/2008 Pro Litho Inc., Minneapolis Retoucher/Production

Artist

Complex high-end color and retouching, for publication, catalog, large

format display, and packaging. Graphic assembly using: InDesign,

Illustrator, and Acrobat. Output proofs to Kodak approvals and various

Epson inkjet printers. Client list included; Target, Redwing Shoes,

Polaris and Msp (Workforce reduction)

07/2007 - 05/2008 Vertis Communications, Minneapolis Retoucher/Production

Artist

Worked closely with sales and clients on a variety of complex high-end

color and retouching projects, for publication, large format display,

and packaging. Graphics assembly using: InDesign, Illustrator, and

Acrobat. Output proofs to Kodak approvals and various Epson inkjet

printers. (Workforce reduction/currently out of business)

11/2004 - 07/2007 StarTribune, Minneapolis Digital Imaging Specialist/

Retoucher/Photographer

Worked closely with photographers, designers and art directors in a

fast paced environment, to produce creative imagery for: promotional

ads, magazine covers, outdoor graphics, newspaper ads and classified

ads. Digital prepress duties included: scanning, color correction,

retouching, creating logo graphics, page layouts and paginating, pre-

flighting customer PDF files and working with management to streamline

the graphic services production work flow. Photographic

responsibilities included shooting portrait and product images in

studio for Startrib ads. (Outsourced to India)

01/2002 - 11/2004 Cable Imaging, Bloomington Production Artist/Retoucher

Cutting edge large format output. Established color profiles,

substrate and file prep procedures for various large format printing

devices, including an Inca UV inkjet printer (first in the US).

Extensive experience with scanning, color correction and retouching.

Designed promotional materials to market Cable's new technology.

Preflight customer files and prep for printing, using; Acrobat,

InDesign, Illustrator, QuarkXPress and PhotoShop.

2/1995 - 8/1999 Colorhouse, Inc., Minneapolis Production Artist/Creative

Retoucher

High-end creative retouching & color specialist, High-end systems

(Barco) operator. High End Systems/The Barco Department was renamed to

"The Creative Imaging Department" due to my contributions. Worked

directly with sales and clients on extremely high profile accounts.

Education:

University of Minnesota, Minneapolis BFA

Graduated Magna Cum Laude, Painting and Drawing.

Minneapolis Community & Technical College, Minneapolis

Graphic Design Certificate of Completion. Training in graphic

design, illustration, typography, and production art.

Minneapolis Community & Technical College, Minneapolis two year A.A.S.

degree

Finishing up an A.A.S. in the Digital Imaging and Photography

Degree program as well as Web Design/Web Development program.

. Camera Raw training, online training for Adobe CS5 software,

through Photoshop User magazine, Kelby Training, Layers Magazine

. Ongoing training in industry related software and hardware.

Recent Photoshop seminars, web graphics coursework. Recently

completed CAD coursework at Dunwoody Technical Institute,

Minneapolis. I am also a Photoshop tutor at MCTC.

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