KIRAN PRASAD

PHOTOGRAPHER / PHOTO EDITOR / VIDEO EDITOR

PROFILE

I have more than 20 years of

experience in photography. As a

veteran in the business, I am

equipped to shoot in a range of

situations and have handled arts,

exhibitions, events, travel, food,

fashion, sports, business, entertainment

and portraiture assignments with

equal ease

SKILLS

Can handle all 35mm cameras.

Excellent knowledge of Adobe

Photoshop, Lightroom, Photo

Mechanic and Mac applications.

Skilled at photo editing and executing

visual content across platforms.

Capable of shooting video features

with DSLR camera and edit in Adobe

Premier Pro/Special Effects.

CONTACT

PHONE: Dubai

+971-**-*******

EMAIL:

adhyts@r.postjobfree.com

WEBSITE

http://kiranprasad.photoshelter.com/

INSTAGRAM

https://www.instagram.com/skiranpra

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YOUTUBE

https://www.youtube.com/channel/U

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EXPERIENCE

September 2019-Present

Multimedia artist / Photographer • Nathan & Nathan, Dubai February 2008-August 2019

Chief photographer / Photo Editor • Khaleej Times, Dubai November 2006-August 2007

Senior photographer • Arab Media Group, Dubai

December 2001-September 2006

Staff photographer • Gulf News, Dubai

April 2000-December 2001

Staff photographer • The Hindu, Bengaluru, India

April 1997-April 2000

Staff photographer • The Times of India, Bengaluru, India EDUCATION

Bachelor of Fine Arts: Photography and photojournalism April 1990–April 1995: The five-year course at Mysore University in Karnataka, India, covered basic photography, processing and printing, photojournalism, journalism and mass communications theory. Course in video editing and special effects

September 2019–December 2019: Completed a three-month basic course from Aptech Institute, Dubai

AWARDS AND ACHIEVEMENTS

Won the top prize for photography at Global Village awards, Dubai, in 2015.

The Society for News Design (SND) Special Merit Award for a pictorial on the “Strait of Hormuz”. I photographed American naval officers in action while staying aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln stationed at the Strait of Hormuz off the waters of Bahrain in 2010 in view of escalating tensions between Iran and the Gulf nations.

Winner of the first Arab Union Photojournalists award in 2004. Third place in Dubai Duty Free Tennis Championship 2002 and Certificate of Merit in Nikon competition.

Covered live matches at Dubai Tennis Championship from 2004–2018.

Participated in group photography exhibitions during Dubai Summer Surprises and Dubai Shopping Festival.

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