SKILLS
SKILLS
Photoshop -Lightroom - Illustrator - InDesign - Capture One
Website organization to ensure clarity
Data asset management maintaining consistency for large file systems
Workflow optimization creating actions, scripting, and having the flexibility to evolve better practices; executing adjustments across programs efficiently.
Compositing seamlessly; creating shadows, unifying competing color temperatures and textures, recreating reflections.
Masking using a constantly evolving tool kit for isolating objects- including complex content like hair and fur. Creating paths, alpha channels.
Maintaining non-destructive methods of file management.
Bringing a versatile understanding of style to suit branding
Understanding of color spaces in the printing process
Textile design
Familiarity with copyright and licensing
Photographer, Photo Editor and Designer
I work with architectural, art, portrait, fashion and product imagery for web and print publication, restoration, archiving and more.
WORK EXPERIENCE
Touch of Modern, San Francisco —Photo Editor
January 2022 - March 2023Editing imagery for an e-commerce platform, compositing visually striking heroes, and organizing products on the website to ensure clarity. Researching stock imagery for compositing. Writing scripts and actions to batch edit. Managing asset library. Editing out-of-house photography to fit in-house style guidelines. Communicating across several teams to create visual stories in line with brand identity. Analyzing customer engagement to determine best strategies.
Impart Photography, San Francisco —Photo Editor
October 2020 - November 2022Editing still and video images of art, museums, and gallery exhibitions for advertisement in print and web publication, as well as for archival purposes. Restoring damaged slide, film and 20th c. digital assets. From brochure to billboard-sized image files. Clients included Lucasfilm, the Jewish Contemporary Museum, DeYoung Museum, and Pace Gallery.
Vacation Vintage, San Francisco, -Graphic Designer
2022- PRESENT
Design gal Friday for the ongoing art project that is this punk vintage shop.
Freelance Image Retouching and Restoration
2016- PRESENTAs a freelancer I restore and colorize old and (often severely) damaged family photos as well as archival images for museums. I also retouch portrait photography, headshots, weddings, and fine art film.
EDUCATION
Berkeley City College, Berkeley CA — Certificate of Achievement in Digital Imaging
May 2013A decade after earning my undergraduate degree I pursued this certificate to bring my digital skills up to date.
Memphis College of Art, Memphis TN — BFA in Photography
Graduated 2005Although I did learn digital photography and editing here, at the time a fine arts photography degree was primarily focused on film and darkroom techniques. Learning film and even 19th Century photo processing gave me a vital foundation to understand light and composition.