Christine Sipes
Chicago, IL *****
adufhq@r.postjobfree.com
Visual Image Photography, Inc. (1999 – present)
Title: Staff Photographer/Account Manager
Duties include:
-Photograph team and individual and composites of youth and high school sports portraits and teams.
-Plan, organize, and photograph onsite photo days.
-Photograph preschools/dance recitals and any other school or park district clubs.
-Photograph headshots for schools/sports events/miscellaneous events.
-Set up photo days and maintain over 500 accounts
-Use GPS system to navigate to jobs, and FTP to upload images on a daily basis.
-Plan and organize photo day details from start to finish.
-Research new business and sole salesperson for preschool market.
-Extensive data entry, customer service, sales inquiries and creating of documents, very proficient in Excel spreadsheets and Microsoft Word, Google drive, etc.
-Experience in tradeshow setup, presentation, sales etc.
CS3 Design Photography – (2019 – 2021)freelance work
LCP360 Photography – (2022-present)freelance work
Stills and 360 Panoramic Virtual Tours of commercial and residential properties.
Legends Photography – (1998-1999)
(same duties as current employment, company dissolved)
Part Time/Seasonal photography jobs: (while employed full time in another field) – (1993-1998)
-Chappell Studios – graduation photos, Chicago Marathon annual photographer
-George Todt Photography – Chicago event photographer, head shots, candids for any local events (political/restaurant openings/fairs/etc)
-Empire Photography – candids (party photography), PetSmart (photos with Santa) photographer
-American Reunion Photographers – candids and group shots for high school reunions
BPO Photo Flow – (2014 – 2020)freelance work
Photograph exterior foreclosure homes and submit to corporate via FTP within 24hours.
Current Equipment:
CAMERAS: Canon Rebel XTI (2), Canon 20D camera (2), Canon 6D camera (2)
LENS: 28-105 / 18-200 lenses / wide angle 17-40mm / 8mm Fisheye Lens
Nodal Ninja full spherical tripod head/bracket for 360 photography
Alien Bee lighting/flash/Norman 200 battery pack
Pocket Wizard /Remote trigger
Light stands/umbrella for indoor use
Minolta Light Meter
CF/SD cards and reader
Tripods Ball head /flat head