Resume

Professional Experience

United Press International - August 2006 to present San Francisco, CA
Freelance/Staff Photographer. Duties include assignment photography of celebrities, events and sports for international news agency. Meet ‘in event’ deadlines, process for print and Web including captions, keywords and tagging.

Fog City Journal - October 2006 to present San Francisco, CA
Staff Photographer. Duties include assignment photography of features, events and politics for Web published daily publication. Meet daily deadline, processing photos for Web including captions.

San Francisco Sentinel – October 2005 to October 2006 San Francisco, CA
Staff Photographer. Duties included assignment photography of features, events and politics for Web published daily publication. Meet daily deadline, processing photos for Web including captions.

El Reportero - September 2003 to October 2005 San Francisco, CA
Photography Intern/Staff Photographer. Duties included: assignment photography of news, events, politics and sports for bilingual newspaper, story writing and copy editing. Produce photos for weekly deadline, formatted for print and Web including captions.

Golden Gate [X]Press - August to December 2002 San Francisco, CA
Photo Editor for weekly student publication – academic position. Duties included: managing team of four photographers, performing assignments, editing content and captions, story writing and copy editing.

S.D.M. Photography - February 1995 to present San Francisco, CA
Freelance photography. Duties include: preparing images from stock files, assignment photography and custom photographic and digital services.

Relix Magazine - September 1992 to October 2006 San Francisco, CA
Contributing/Staff photographer. Duties included: providing images from stock files, assignment photography, story writing and preparing work for a publication deadline.

Bill Graham Presents - October 1993 to December 1998 San Francisco, CA
House photographer. Duties included: photography of promoter’s events and organization of archives.

Faulkner Color Lab, Inc. - September 1993 to April 1996 San Francisco, CA
Custom color printer. Duties included: Type "C" & Type "R" custom printing of multiple sizes and quantities, using various enlarger systems, and color correction.

Skills

Photojournalist with field and newsroom experience, writing and copy editing skills, including use of AP Style. Computer experience with both Mac and PC systems including: Adobe: Acrobat, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, InDesign and Photoshop. Microsoft Office Suite, BBEdit, Fetch, Photo Mechanic and Quark Express. Internet savvy with FTP, HTML and Web design experience. Typing speed: 75 WPM.

Education

San Francisco State University - September 2001 to May 2003 San Francisco, CA
Journalism major with concentration in photojournalism. BA in journalism: June 2003.

City College of San Francisco - September 1999 to May 2001 San Francisco, CA
Concentration in photography. Enrolled in photography classes and workshops and general education.

Awards

National Press Photographers Foundation Joseph Erenreich Memorial Photojournalism Scholarship – 2002
SF State Golden Gate [X]press Award for Best Photo Story: "Baseball, Gator Style" - May 15, 2002
SF State Golden Gate [X]press Award: Gladiator Photographer for Outstanding Service – Spring 2002

References Available On Request