Photographer Freelance
Resume:
Bill Fredericks
Photography Excellence and Business Acumen. Years of successful service in Manhattan. Wappingers Falls, NY 12590
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• Dynamic Commercial Photography that projects and enhances a company's image
• Creative, Natural Style Family Portrait work.
• Looking for Photography employment where I can contribute my broad assignment and photo management/production expertise.
Authorized to work in the US for any employer
Work Experience
Photographer/Owner
Heathwood Photography (Manhattan Region and Hudson Valley - Wappingers Falls, NY September 2012 to Present
Photographer/owner shooting Commercial, Portrait, Event and other specialties. Full custom digital post production.
Photographer and Sales Specialist, Freelance
Lifetouch Church Directory Services - New York, NY October 2015 to December 2020
Shot high volume, high quality family portraits in a traveling studio and sold orders for prints at/after shoot Photographer/Owner
Bill Fredericks Studio, Inc - Manhattan, NY
April 1985 to August 201
• Started and managed Photography Studio. Photography, Marketing, Sales, Customer Service, Post Production, Administration
• Grew business to over $ 1m. gross sales. Hired and directed staff of five full time support staff employees, five freelance staff photographers and fifteen freelance assistants.
• Specialized in Commercial Photography for Advertising, Architecture, Industrial, Design Firms, Editorial, and Corporate.
• Still- Life and Catalogs, (food, tabletop products, fine art sculpture, jewelry, furniture). Shot People for Lifestyle Advertising and Editorial in studio sets and on location. Corporate PR photography, (portraits, events, still-life for annual reports, capabilities, media). Industrial Photography, (shipping ports, waste management industry). Architectural photography, (interiors and exteriors).
• Specialized in Personal Photography, (Weddings, Bar Mitzvahs, Family and Children Portraits/Shoots) Developed a staff of photographers and support team in addition to myself to service a burgeoning clientele. Curated photographers’ portfolios, and promoted and sold them to my clients.
• Managed and directed a full time artisanal black & white lab on premises. Analog fine art prints, custom film processing.
• Transitioned to full digital shooting and editing. Skills:
Shooting: All formats. Shoot to card and/or computer. Shoot RAW and edit/process/retouch in the latest versions of Lightroom, Bridge, and Photoshop using Adobe Creative Cloud. Experience shooting/editing with Capture One Pro Film scanning
Lighting: Very skilled technically and artistically with both studio strobe and tungsten lighting for still- life and people, studio and on location. Worked together with food stylists, prop stylists, art directors, account reps. and clients. Have shot large volume tabletop still life catalogs alone, and with a staff of three other photographers under my employ. Very experienced shooting action/events with on camera and off camera lighting.
Studio Sets: Designed and built for people and still life; advertising and editorial shoots. Interact easily and effectively with colleagues; clients, vendors, subordinates, superiors, photo subjects, co-workers, etc. Love the collaboration of teamwork in executing projects. Highly motivated. Quickbooks and Office. Bookkeeping and purchasing. Create page layouts using design software and Photoshop.
Social media experienced.
Marketing included co-creating website. Pre-press for promo print materials. Ran radio advertising. Partnered with industry vendors and lead sources. Created our own proprietary e-commerce photo print sales portal with our own in-house print fulfillment and shipping. Education
School of Visual Arts - Manhattan, NY
September 1990 to May 1992
Skills
• Adobe Lightroom
• Adobe Photoshop
• Photography
• Post Production
• Social Media Management Links http://www.heathwoodphotography.com https:// www.instagram.com/heathwood
• photo/ Assessments Verbal communication -- Highly Proficient December 2020 Speaking clearly, correctly, and concisely Full results: Highly Proficient Indeed Assessments provides skills tests that are not indicative of a license or certification, or continued development in any professional field.
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