Skills
•Film & Digital Photography, Illustration & Cartoons, Graphic Design
• Programs experienced with; Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Illustrator, Adobe Acrobat,
Adobe ImageReady, Quark Express, Adobe InDesign, PitStop Pro & Fetch, Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Dreamweaver, Adobe Pagemaker, Adobe GoLive, iMovie, Microsoft Word, Excel
• Tools Experienced With (and own); Macintosh & Windows PC, 4x5, medium format,
35mm, & Digital SLR cameras. Kodak dye dublimation printer, Portable studio strobes, drawing tablet, scanner, FTP site & web site

What I'm Doing Currently
Creative Services Manager/Graphic Artist for The Patriot Ledger
- 1999 to present
• Manage workflow of advertisements for The Patriot Ledger and The Enterpise
• Create art, images and documents, for print or the web, for the
Promotions and Advertising Services Departments
• Create ads and art for publication's website using Flash or Image Ready
• Preflight, trouble shoot and repair client provided Acrobat pdf files
• Scan, retouch and color correct images for press

Freelance Photographer-Graphic Artist-Illustrator/Cartoonist - 1996 to present
• Perform diverse photographic, illustrative and graphic work for a varied clientele
• Create photo composites, cartoons, info graphics, illustrations and images digitally or conventionally
• Produce editorial, public relations, product, advertising photos with digital, medium and 4x5 format cameras
• Layout and produce finished art for print and internet advertisements

Samples of Freelance Clients Served - 1995 to present
• THE PATRIOT LEDGER- photographs for the newspaper’s special sections, i.e. “South Shore Women”, “Your Home”, “Your Wedding”
• SETRA SYSTEMS, LISTA TOOL CABINETS, VIISAGE, DAIMER,- large, medium format and digital photography used for advertising, trade shows, trade articles, annual reports and on-line catalogs
• AAA SOUTHERN NEW ENGLAND, THE DIGITAL INDUSTRY NEWSPAPER- photos, cartoons, info graphics
• DEAN COLLEGE- photography and art for PR and Communications Department
• GRAY & RICE PUBLIC RELATIONS, BUCK/HARRISON LOUIS,
• GRAHAM COMMUNICATIONS- large, medium and digital format photography used for advertising, trade shows, trade articles, annual reports
• MICROSOFT/ENTERTAINMENT PUBLICATIONS- photos, art, ad layout, and copy writing for The Boston Sidewalk website advertisements

People I've Worked For
Staff Photographer- Graphic Artist for Buck/Harrison Louis - 1984-1995
• Responsible for all photographic work, on location and in studio. Produced product, portrait, corporate, event, and architectural images in B&W, color print and
ransparency films
• Developed and printed B&W film and photos
• Duplicated color 35mm and 4x5 transparencies
• Achieved special photographic effects in camera, in darkroom, or digitally
• Produced layouts and finished art for print
• Work used in annual reports, print advertising, trade articles, brochures, catalogs,
presentations, press releases, and show booth graphics
• Photographed, stripped and prepared negatives for offset printing plates

EDUCATION - 1980 - present
• ART INSTITUTE OF BOSTON, MASS COLLEGE OF ART- continuing ed classes in studio photograghy, design, drawing
• BUETERA SCHOOL OF ART, VESPER GEORGE SCHOOL OF COMMERCIAL ART-
certificates in the Commercial Arts programs
• ADOBE ACROBAT SEMINAR- plus I keep up with other program and techniques with related trade publications
• FLASH 8 RICH CONTENT- Certificate from Sterling Ledet

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