About me

I have a vast amount of experience and knowledge working on a picture desk, having worked on Vogue.com/GQ.com and Glamour.com as well as Tatler and Coast magazines. I have a huge amount of shoot and picture research experience and am very passionate about photography in all its forms.

Skills

Skilled in commissioning and producing shoots on everyday busy picture desks, Picture research skills, ranging from fashion, beauty, travel, interiors, celebrity and lifestyle., Up to date and full contacts list/book inclusing great relationships with all different types of photographers inclusing fashion, travel, beauty, still life, interiors and lifestyle., Very good at dealing with tight budgets and rise to any budgetry challenge. Including negotiating fee's and syndication., Great at working fast and under pressure, Clean Driving Licence, Computer literate: experienced in Word Processing, competent in Adobe Photoshop, InDesign, Media Mogul, Censhare and a full knowledge of digital picture desks.

Sector Experience

Commissioning, producing and styling shoots, Picture research, Magazines mark-up (budgets), Meeting and liasing with photographers, liasing with photographers and bringing in new photographers to magazines/websites., Working independantly on picture desks or with a team., Working with and commissioning illustrators, Dealing with and a good understanding or a digital picture desks and the content necessary for this.

Awards

University of Plymouth, Exeter:, Bachelor of Arts Honours Degree, Photography and Graphic Design, - Studied photography to an, advanced standard from both a practical and theoretical perspective., - Website design, dissertation, final exhibition, shooting on location and in studios, darkroom usage, using Adobe Photoshop to create and manipulate imagery, continuous self-evaluation., Truro College, Truro, - HND Photography and, Graphic Design., - A Level: Photography., - G.N.V.Q Media Studies., Penrice Community College, St Austell, Cornwall:, - 9 GCSEs C-grade and above

Clients

Conde Nast titles, Conde Nast- Vogue.com, Glamour.com, GQ.com, Kelsey Publishing: Coast Magazine, Natmags/Hearst: Coast Magazine, Tatler Magazine

Trade Associations

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