Staff Photographer

Roger Hein

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San Antonio, TX 78233

Summary

I am looking for a place to be part of a team and to make a difference. My experience and talents will make me a valuable part of any company’s creative production department.

Qualifications

Photographic career path since enrolled in college. Have steadily and competently worked from photo lab worker to photographer’s assistant, to staff photographer by problem solving, adapting, and being flexible. I am a service-oriented person and enjoy producing good work for clients throughout my career. Being creative and thinking on my feet gave me insights to further my position in the companies I worked for. Executing and implementing plans both in the traditional and digital photography realms show my competency and dependability. Software and hardware that I am using to develop and execute photography and design projects are as follows:

Photoshop CS6 In Design

Final Cut Pro 7 and Adobe Premier MS PowerPoint

Macintosh OS Drone pilot/aerial digital photography

MS Word PC Proficient

Nikon & Canon Pro Cameras and lenses Digital film and flatbed scanners

Experience

Ultimate Realty

Staff Photographer/Digital Asset Manager October 7, 2015 to present

Photographing new construction, rental property and homes for website and promotional use. Using design skills to make print pieces for listings. Drone piloting to capture aerial photos of property and land for sale.

VRX Photography Studios

Contract Photographer May 23, 2013- April 11, 2014

Photographing hotels for website and promotional use. Travel and customer relations a high priority to keep good business relations with hotel chains. Use apps to plan best time of day to shoot exteriors of facades of buildings. Responsible for shooting only commercially valuable images for promotion of the hotel properties.

Arlington Independent School District

Career and Technology Teacher August ’02-May ’13

Cooperated and coordinated efforts in news and story photography and layouts for school paper and yearbook.

Using time management skills to oversee 22-26 students per class, 7 classes total.

Using time tested and best practices for conflict resolution for peer-to-peer student interaction.

Developing and executing curriculum in digital photography, digital video production for IB Film Class, Final Cut Pro and Photoshop CS5.

“Real world” design assignments that build and develop relevant job skills in today’s fast paced work environments.

Using the demographic of the school to make community trends relevant to student’s needs and assignments.

Self-Employed

Professional Photographer November 1998-August 2002

Self employed free-lance photographer providing professional photography services to creative media clients that use digital and interactive marketing. Provided everything from printing and design services to product, architectural, and aerial photography.

Managed and used conflict resolution techniques in a shared studio space with two other photographers.

Adapted and transitioned from an all film studio to 100% digital studio during this period.

Developed project management and communication skills to run photography business.

Education

Texas A&M Commerce

Bachelor of Science in Photography Dean’s List 4 semesters, President’s honor roll 1 semester. 3.43 GPA

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