COMMERCIAL & ADVERTISING PHOTOGRAPHER 

Additional Skills: Photo Retouching

  

I have a passion for stunning images. It is that one thing which actually reaches me when so much else falls painfully short. Art is what drives me.  I am one of those people who have had the subscription to Vogue magazine since I was 14 years old. Photography and design have been the fodder of my intellectual diet since Avedon’s Calvin Klein ads of Kate Moss and Co. first ran in the mid 90s.

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I currently act as Senior Project Manager for a high-end photo booth company, popularized by its proprietary Bullet Time technology, an activation producing a 180 (up to 360) degree rotating GIF of every shot. As Senior Project Manager, I’m primarily responsible for coordinating with project team members, venue managers, technical staff, clients, and agency intermediaries, to ensure the smooth execution of each event activation. With clients like the NFL, Amazon, and Warner Brothers, the margin for error is virtually non-existent. When I’m not behind the lens at an event, I’m designing graphics, print assets, multimedia gifs, or a new marketing pitch deck.

 

In addition to my work with Matrix Custom House, I have more than a decade of on-the-job photography experience as a freelance photographer specializing in editorial fashion, and just as many years of digital retouching. I blazed my own path building my business, teaching myself Photoshop in the process. I focused efforts on fashion and beauty retouching in order to grow as an artist and ultimately get my work published in books and magazines. It was this era of my career in which I advanced the most in breadth of my Photoshop expertise.

 

At this point in my trajectory I consider myself a well-rounded asset possessing both technical knowledge as well as the management and administrative skills to get the job done right and on time! My strengths are a wealth of experience in photography, both in digital and film formats as well as alternative processes, a honed eye, strong retouching skills and much passion. Thank you so much for your consideration. Please do not hesitate to reach out to me with any questions. I look forward to hearing from you with any potential opportunities I could be of assistance with.

 

Respectfully,

Stephanie Edmark

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OVERVIEW

 

• A decade of experience as a professional photographer specializing in Portraits, Fashion and Fine Art genres. 

  • Staff photographer for San Francisco based SOMA Magazine, a host of event and nightlife companies, and test photographer for Ford Models, LOOK Models and San Francisco’s Passport Modeling Agency

• Technical proficiency with professional camera and lighting systems

  • Familiarity with a broad base of cameras, ranging from film to digital, 35mm through large formats. Comfortable with Hasselblad, Mamiya, Canon, Nikon, etc. 

  • Medium format digital backs including PhaseOne and Mamiya Leaf systems.

  • Profoto and Broncolor lighting systems, hot lights, strip LEDs, etc.

• Studio and production team experience

• Expert level knowledge of Photoshop

  • 10+ years Adobe Photoshop experience, fluent in CS6, self-taught and continually updating.

• Capability with Adobe InDesign, Illustrator and Lightroom.

• 10+ years in customer service-related industries including retail environments

  • Acting customer service representative for numerous photography businesses, a magazine, a newspaper, and event promoters.

• Team-player, friendly, easy to be around

• Goal-oriented self-starter

• Comfortable with fast-paced working environements, setting own deadlines, juggling multiple projects, accomplishing tasks efficiently and on-schedule

 

 

 

WORK EXPERIENCE

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Matrix Custom House

Senior Project Manager

Portland, OR

May 2017 – Present, August 2013 - December 2013

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• Overview Creative project lead and photographer for a high-end international photo booth company providing photographic services for commercial shoots and events across the United states, Canada, the UK and Australia for major corporate clients such as Nike, Amazon, Microsoft, Sony, Warner Brothers, Xbox, FOX, NBC, to name a few.

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• Clients (Short List)

​• NFL - Private Event, Superbowl LIII, Atlanta, GA

​• Microsoft - WeWork Creator Awards, Austin; MSFT Create & Cultivate, Redmond
• Amazon - Smart Play / Amazon Launchpad & NFL
• Nike - Promo Shoe Commercial, Portland
• Warner Brothers - San Diego Comic Con WB Private Event, San Diego
• FOX - San Diego Comic Con FOX Private Event, San Diego
• Sony - PSX PlayStation Experience Convention, Anaheim
• NBC - American Ninja Warrior Television Episode, Los Angeles
• Alibaba - Gateway '17, Detroit & Toronto
• XBox - Gamestop Expo, Las Vegas
• Molex - Chicago Marathon Health and Fitness Expo, Chicago
• Comcast - Xfinity Despicable Me Opening, Portland
• Adobe - Adobe MAX 2018, Los Angeles Convention Center
• Coca Cola-Swire - Christmas Party at the Westin, Bellevue​

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• Responsibilities and Demonstrable Skills

  • Successfully oversaw and managed the planning and execution of photo booth activations for conventions (i.e. San Diego Comic Con), expos, publicity events, television (i.e. NBC’s American Ninja Warrior), corporate and company parties, and advertising (i.e. Nike promo commercial).

  • coordinated with project team members, venue managers, technical staff, and agency intermediaries, to ensure cohesion, adherence to timelines and corporate quality standards.

  • Communicated with clients to interpret their vision in designing and creating graphics, signage, and the dedicated event-microsite.

  • Performed lead role in the design and production of print, brand identity, multimedia, and web design, using both Adobe Ps and Ai.

  • Designed, executed, and rendered minor motion graphics sequences, green screen background graphics, digital branded overlays, web graphics, etc.

  • Designed a fresh look to Matrix company branding maintaining continuity throughout company’s marketing materials and visual online presence. Campaign helped with meeting sales goals for the year.

  • Collaborated with sales and marketing team to graphically design and author agency-quality company pitch deck used to generate over 1 Mil in annual company revenue.

  • Managed multiple, concurrent projects in different stages

  • Demonstrated ability to learn and use new technology

  • Participated in creative and business strategy meetings with sales team, technical team, agency reps and clients

  • Troubleshooted projects when issues arose and created viable solutions

  • Acted as on-site event manager and lead photographer at events, overseeing the seamless operation and networking of a complex system of photo equipment, electronics and software programs.

  • Cultivated excellent rapport and trust with clients to facilitate long term relationships, referrals and repeat business.

  • Daily management of Dropbox, Basecamp, MS Office, and Google Docs filing systems to ensure files were properly established and maintained.

 

 

Self-Employed Freelance Photographer

Edmark Photography
2004 to Present

 

• Overview As a freelance photographer I have had experience in numerous photographic genres, including weddings and events, fashion, product and advertising, portraits and portfolio building.

• Accomplishments My work has been published in a variety of books, magazines, and websites, most notably appearing in the SuicideGirls book, Beauty Redefined, 2008.

• Demonstrable Skills

  • Directing large groups of people (such as a wedding party).

  • Disarming and earning the trust of the people I photograph to get a better picture.

  • General customer service skills.

  • Interpreting the desires of the client and striving to meet their goals.

  • Technical proficiency in camera operation, photographic lighting, composition, color theory, editing and retouching photos.

 

 

 

Photo Booth Photographer

Limelight Photobooth

Portland, OR
2013 

 

• Responsibilities

  • Photograph event guests on the set of a portable photo booth studio

  • Network Administration: making sure all computers, printers and social media programs are speaking to each other, usage of proprietary photo editing software, setting up and breaking down photography set.  

• Demonstrable Skills

  • Technical knowledge of proprietary computer software

  • Network administration

  • DSLR camera and photography equipment operation

  • Customer service skills in directly assisting the public

 

 

 

Wedding Photographer

Portland, OR
2004 - 2012

 

• Responsibilities

  • Second shooter or primary photographer at weddings in and around Portland.

  • Capturing portraits, still lives, and action shots throughout the day

  • Driving between locations.

• Demonstrable Skills

  • Time management in fast paced environement

  • honed shooting accuracy and composition

  • capturing the decisive moment

  • organizing and directing large groups

  • learning to pace oneself during 12 hour days

  • album making skills

  • FTP file transfers

 

 

Staff Photographer

SOMA Magazine

San Francisco, CA
2008 to 2014

 

• Responsibilities

  • In-house staff photographer assigned to profile various businesses or socialites in the San Francisco Bay Area for magazine articles.

  • Photographing SOMA Magazine's official sponsored events and parties as an event photographer. 

  • Handled all retouching duties personally.

•  Demonstrable Skills

  • I demonstrated the ability to discern the needs of my client on the fly, arriving at a location and divising how to best capture the shots needed for the publication after arriving.

  • Critical thinking skills in successfully interpreting a variety of different types of assignments, from portraits to lifestyle, and food and drink photography to fashion and events.

 

 

 

EDUCATION

 

BA in Fine Art, Emphasis in Photography

University of California, Santa Cruz

Santa Cruz, CA
2001 to 2005

 

 

 

References available upon request.