Freelance Photographer Lighting Technician
Resume:
Simon Andrew MacArthur
***********@*****.***
www.behance.net/sama3033
Photographer. Videographer. Visualist. Diver.
Experience
Videographer/Lighting Designer 2001 - Present
Video camera operator and programmable lighting technician for TV, live broadcasts, webcasts, board meetings and fund-raising
events
Large screen projection technician
Clients include: Chase Bank, American Museum of Natural History, Metropolitan Museum, Citibank, Barclays Bank, Michael Andrews
Audio Visual, Morgan Stanley, New York Fashion Week, Polycom Inc, Pugilist Films, Red Line Studio, Ike Communications
Freelance Photographer 1989 - Present
Producing high-level photographic projects in New York and London for magazine, web and advertising
Clients include: AC Delco (UK), Anne Klein, BL Cars, Coach, Conde Nast, Court TV, Daily Mail (UK), Golf Digest, Hello (UK), Guardian
(UK), Radical Media
Web Consultant, B&H Photo 2013 - 2015
Online technical consultant in camera and lighting equipment. Writing up equipment items for the print and online catalogs, video and
still cameras, tripods, underwater equipment, lighting equipment and software. Moved to the online chat department and dealt in real
time with customers, assessing their needs and recommending solutions to those needs within their stated budgets.
Freelance Photography Assistant 1984 - 1993
Photography assistant in London, Milan and New York working with many of the world’s best known magazine and advertising
photographers including Annie Leibovitz, Mark Seliger, David LaChapelle, Timothy White, Steven Klein, Sheila Metzner, Neil Kirk and
Philip Dixon
Volunteer Experience
Engel Brothers Media May 2003 - September 2003
Logged video footage on Avid for Emmy winning NOVA documentary A Walk to Beautiful
Camera Planet Inc. September 2002 - May 2003
Videography and editing assistance for Iraq war protest footage, licensed by NY1
Expertise
Programmable lighting technician, Video camera operator, Gimbal Set-up, Photography, Photoshop, Lightroom, NLE Editing, Digital
Projection & Scaling, Storyboarding, Set Construction, Proficient with power tools of all kinds
MS Word, Writing
Certified PADI Rescue and Drysuit Scuba Diver, Emergency First Responder
Education
Gwent College of Art & Design - Newport, Gwent, Wales
BA in Documentary Photography, studied under Magnum Photography alum David Hurn
Interests
Documentary, Visual Arts, Literature, Music, Writing, Scuba diving, Environmental impact, Sustainability, Swimming, Astronomy,
Travel
Equipment
Cameras: Canon C100, C300. Blackmagic, Red Komodo, Sony HXC series, Sony FS7, Sony A7 series, Panasonic studio, Fuji X
cameras
Lights: HMI, KinoFlo, strobes, LED (DMX 512 programmable)
Editing: Adobe Premier, After Effects, Apple FCP X
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