Projects
Work history
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Junior photographerBonhams Auctioneers
Knightsbridge, London, UKFull Time
• Working as a Junior photographer, photographing various artwork & objects that are going to auction. Images are used both online & in their catalogues.
• Everything is photographed on a Hasselblad camera tethered to Mac computer using Phocus software.
• I work specifically with the following departments; Pictures, Prints & multiples, Books & Manuscripts & Entertainment Memorabilia. Occasionally working with Fashion & accessories.
• Artwork is photographed framed & unframed with balanced lighting and colour checked.
• 3D objects & clothes are photographed with fairly balanced lighting, drop shadow on a white background & colour checked.
• Post production is carried out on all photos making sure everything is colour corrected, cropped & if there is a white background that it is ‘255’
• Occasionally creating installation shots for the Prints department on request. Pieces of artwork edited into a fake backdrop/setting to give a more realistic way of viewing artwork in the catalogue.
Junior photographerScience Museum Group
- 23 Blythe Rd, Hammersmith, London W14 0HA, UKFull Time
• Working as a junior photographer, photographing the 'One collection' project that holds an extensive wide range of objects.
• I produced documentation style photography – which consists of a white backdrop, balanced lighting and colour checked.
• I have object handling training.
• Received asbestos awareness, general hazard and health and safety training due to the various different hazards that are within the collection.
• Between 1-3 days a week I worked with and helped managed volunteers.
• Occasionally I help the core photography team in the main studio shooting publication style photography.
• Created 360 photographs for specially requested objects.
• Catalogued objects onto the system; Asset panda
• Each day I had to reach the daily target of 66 objects a day.
• Carried out minimal post production on all images; removing any noticeable background marks, cropping, editing out edges of backdrops and merging images together.
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Skills
- Photography
- Adobe Photoshop
- Creative
Education
BA (Hons) PhotographyFalmouth University
- Falmouth, United Kingdom
- Second class honours Degree (2:1) in BA (Hons) Photography
- Projects completed during first year include: brief based projects, group presentations and self-devised projects.
- Projects completed during second year include: a group set build project, two self-devised assignment, Dissertation proposal
- Projects completed during third year include: Two self-devised assignments, Dissertation, Audience and context module
- Theory based essays and critical reviews for each completed project.
- Presenting work in local exhibitions both at university and in Falmouth town (View my website for more details)
A Level, AS Level, GCSE
- Chalfont Saint Peter, United Kingdom
- A-levels in Photography B, Art and Design C, English Literature C
- 10 GCSE’S at A*-C