Miles Cole
MILESISAWESOME.COM
Brooklyn, NY
Education
-The Academy of Art University- BFA in Advertising and EditorialPhotography
-Tallahassee Community College- I took a bunch of random art classes.
-Okeechobee High School- Class Clown
Experience
-Color Correction and customer service for Aluminyze.com - March 2017 to Present Editing incoming photos for print and checking prints for color cast. Also, doing customer service via email and phone calls.
- Freelance Photographer at Stomping Ground Photo - Aug 2015 to March 2017 Being a part of a team that goes to schools and takes pictures of New York's crazy kids. It's actually fun and sometimes reminds me of how horrible I was as a kid.
- DogVacay Photographer - April- 2016 to July - 2016 Going to dog sitters houses and taking photos for their DogVacay Profile's. It's fun but I'm allergic to animals so I get all benadryled up and have to make it quick.
-Here With You Photography- Wedding Second Shooter- 2015 -Present It's not as bad being the second shooter.Because shooting weddings on your own can be a nightmare.
- Freelance Photo Assistant / Production Assistant- March 2015 to present Assisting photographers and producers doing anything from Driving people to and from set, picking up food to moving lights, holding reflectors for long periods of time, smiling and nodding and whatever else is needed.
- Personal Photo work - 2006 to present.
Shooting and setting up crazy photography shoots and art projects based on weird ideas I have
- Promo Photography- 2006 to 2012
Taking pictures for rap artists, Magicians (Seriously DJ's, Actors, Puppeteers (Seriously), and Comedians.
-Wedding and family photographer- 2006 to 2013.
Family portraits are rad but I'll never shoot another wedding as long as I live. Skills
- Photography
- Photoshop
- lightroom
- Studio and Location lighting
- Coming up with crazy ideas and Storyboarding
- I used to be the Breakdance Club President in College which totally comes in handy in the mean streets.
Published
- FoundFolios Enhancement Collection -October 2014 and August 2015 Some fancy monthly contest FoundFolios does. It's free Promotion so I was stoked.
-TheWorldsBestEver .Com Picture of the day -April 13th 2011 TWBE has been my favorite blog for years and I was super happy to have them pick one of my photos
- Dan v Collaboration BuzzFeed - December 2011
I really have no idea how BuzzFeed works
- HoboPancakes.Com Cover - May 2010
I submitted artwork because their websites name is hilarious.
- Muslim Man Rap Online Magazine -Feb 2010
This is or was an actualMagazine.
- Heeb Magazine Online- December 2009
I shot some Christmas Parties and whatnot for them and they published some of the shots. Jewish people totally know how to party.
-SF Chronicle- July 2, 2009 Magic
My promos for the Magic Parlor appeared in their review in the Chronicle.
- West Coast Performer Magazine - September 25, 2008 I shot a few live music shows for free for the editor and they put them in the magazine. Slightly before WCPM became Just Performer Magazine and slightly after I decided shooting concerts was boring and I didn't like working for free. Art Shows
-Open Studios at The Clemente- May 20th and 21st- New York,NY Group Art Show. I was invited to show my Cheeseburger Catholic Art Paintings.
-Studio Gallery "Tiny" - Nov 14- Dec 22,2014- San Francisco,CA Group Show. All works were tiny. 6' by 6' or smaller. I showed my "Arr-Chitecture" Pictures
- Cafe La Vie- Nov,2014- San Francisco, CA
Group Show. I showed my Ninja Turtle Pizza and Diabetes Pictures.
-The Tin Cow- Oct,2014 to present- Tallahassee, Florida- I answered a craigslist ad and now I have how related goofy art hanging in a hamburger joint in Tallahassee. I know you must be jealous.
- Pancakes and Booze - Oct - 2012 - San Francisco,CA Group Show. Just as crazy as it sounds. It's an art show that serves "Pancakes and Booze."
- Modern Art Monthly Celebration - May 2009- San Francisco CA This was my first group art show in San Francisco.Basically in a garage with live bands and art. I was pretty stoked!