Quality Control Operator
Resume:
Chicago, Illinois
JORDAN BALDERAS
photographer / digital assistant M: 847-***-****
who travels **************@*****.***
Website
Jordanbalderas.com
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www.jordanbalderas.com
EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER AT JUICE INTERACTIVE, CHICAGO. 2012-PRESENT
Photographed & coordinated marketing material shoots for several national brands including: Allstate & Miller-
Coors. Gear used: Capture One, Nikon D800, Profoto Lighting systems.
CAMERA OPERATOR, FOR TLC'S ‘FOUR WEDDINGS‘ - IL, NY, MA, PA & AZ 2011-2013
Worked as B-CAM operator, Duties included shooting & lighting “on the fly” interviews of the shows guest-
brides, shooting wedding ceremonies, episode finales and beauty shots of various venues interiors / exteriors.
Gear used: Sony EX-1, IDX Cam-Wave HD Wireless video transmitter, light panels, Kino Flo’s, 400 Joker- Bug
HMI.
CAMERA OPERATOR, FOR ‘STEVE HARVEY SHOW‘ CHICAGO - 2013
Worked as B-CAM operator, Duties included shooting & lighting “on the fly” interviews of the shows guest Gear
used: Sony EX-1, light panels, Kino Flo’s, 400 Joker- Bug HMI.
CAMERA OPERATOR FOR DISCOVERY CHANNEL ‘PROPERTY WARS‘ - ARIZONA 2012
Worked as ‘additional camera operator’, Duties included shooting & lighting “on the fly” interviews of the home
buyers, shooting beauty shots of home interiors . Gear used: Sony EX-3, light panels, Kino Flo’s, 400 Joker Bug
HMI
DIGITAL STILLS IMAGING TECHNICIAN - CINEMAX’S TV SERIES ‘BANSHEE‘ - NORTH CAROLINA- 2012
While shooting in all various locations across North Carolina, packing light weight and packing smart were two
key factors of our production. Being in charge of ingesting all images, broadcasting client previews, creating mul-
tiple backups on a cluster of drives and adjusting the images’ “looks” on-the-fly as they were captured was both
challenging and extremely satisfying. For client previews we had multiple IPads & IPhones connected to our
server for instant on-site client review. Gear used: Macbook pro 17”, Capture one, Capture Pilot, Photoshop
CS6, Canon 5D MII, multiple Profoto lighting packs & lighting diffusers used.
CAMERA OPERATOR & VIDEO ENGINEER FOR SARDIS MEDIA - IL, DC, NV, MA, TX, CA, SC, TN, LA, FL,
WA, NE, MO,CO,NY,CT,IN, PHX. 2009-PRESENT
Sardis, is a live staging production company, we put on large conferences and meetings for fortune 500 compa-
nies all over the world. Duties include building and operating cameras, creating promotional and corporate vid-
eos. Some of the gear used: Panasonic AF-100, HPX-500 & HPX-3000, Panasonic AF100, Canon 11-363mm
zoom.
DIGITAL MEDIA ACQUISITION @ MK FILMS - CHICAGO 2011
MK specializes in ‘table-top’ commercials seen all over the world. While working at MK I was in charge of down-
loading footage from multiple RED cameras, doing quality control inspections of all footage, processing out Pro-
res files and prepared multiple backup drives for various client needs. Clients include: Sears, Whirlpool, Pantene
amongst many more. Gear used: Mac Pro with Red Rocket card, multiple RED One MX camera packages,
REDCINE-X.
DIGITAL MEDIA ACQUISITION @ SILENT PARTNER FILMS - CHICAGO 2010-2011
Silent Partners specializes in national ‘table-top’ commercials seen all over the country. While working at Silent
Partners I was in charge of downloading footage from multiple RED cameras, doing quality control inspections of
all footage, processing out Pro-Res files and prepared multiple backup drives for various client needs. Clients
include: Home Depot, Eckrich Meats, International Delights, Toys-R-Us amongst many more. Gear used: Mac
Pro with Red Rocket card, multiple RED One MX camera packages, REDCINE-X.
ADDITIONAL TEACHER FOR “GALE TATTERALL’S HDSLR WORKSHOP” LOS ANGELES 2010-2011
Gale Tattersall is renowned as the cinematographer for Fox’s TV series ‘House M.D.’. Helping teach and admin-
istrator the classroom alongside Gale was not only a extreme honor but a delight, we taught the students ad-
vance filmmaking and lighting techniques used by industry professionals by building sets in studio and explaining
how F/stop and ISO correlate to lighting set ups and what tools are needed. We also helped answer any ques-
tions students may have had about using their own cameras and its settings.
CO-OWNED AND OPERATED FASHION PHOTO STUDIO - CHICAGO 2008 -2011
Nestled in downtown Chicago's historic Pilsen neighborhood myself and two partners decided to start up our own
photo / motion studio to help spark our portfolios and strengthen our skills. Countless hours have been put into
the studios renovation and building our studio to become as ergonomic and productive for us as possible. We
soon had a steady flow of clients and projects to keep us occupied such as Ford Modeling Agency and Factor
Women Agency. Decidedly after being brought on to shoot for TLC’s “Four Weddings” around the country, letting
the studio go to one of our partners was the smartest decision.
WORKED IN THE CAMERA, GRIP & ELECTRIC DEPARTMENT ON VARIOUS FEATURE FILMS, COMMER-
CIALS, MUSIC VIDEOS AND SHORT FILMS - IL, WI, IN, MI, CA, AZ, MA & NYC. 2005 - 2014
I have over 30 + IMDB credits for various roles available for review online
http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3226378/
EDUCATION
Columbia College of Chicago Studied cinematography & photography 2006-2010
SKILLS
My strengths are problem solving and organization by creating workflow charts to help explain ideas and structure. I’m able to
work as a local in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles & Phoenix, very flexible for travel.
I’ve worked with many different film and photographic lighting gear and am proficient in use of ProFoto, Speedotron, Kino Flo,
Arri, Mole, HMI’s, LEDs, etc.
I own and rent out photographic and lighting gear as well as a professional 42” HD-SDI Client preview monitor, an Epson 7880
mural printer and many other specialty items.
Before aspiring into photography and filmmaking fields, I achieved my Cisco networking CCNA 1 & 2 certification and was
employed as an onsite network technician for a 1,000 + user network, problem solving is definitely in my blood.
REFERRALS
Referrals are available upon request.
Thank you for taking time to review my resume.
Cheers,
Jordan Balderas
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