Summer Robyn Pierce

www.summerpiercephotography.com

PHOTOGRAPHY EXPERIENCE:

Magazine: Photographed portraits of 22 Luxury Home Tour Builders around the Twin Cities for the April 2002, June 2002, April 2003, and June 2003 issues of Midwest Home and Garden; Photographed luxury home interiors for the March 2002 issue of Midwest Home and Garden; Photographed a fund-raising event for Minnesota Monthly.

Textbook: Photographed artist at work for textbook entitled: "Portfolios Grade 6" by Barrett/Kendall Publishing Company.

Trade Book: Chief portrait photographer for book entitled: “Texas Wisewomen: ‘Let me tell you what I’ve learned,’” published July 2002 and now in its 6th printing; Author and photographer for story entitled “It’s in the Bag,” a chapter in the book, “Silent, They Speak,” a collection of photo documentaries.

Events: Photographed the Special Olympics Connecticut Fall Festival 2006. Official Photographer of Minneapolis Uptown Art Fair 2001 and 2002. Covered various events (concerts, sports, etc.) for Arizona Hispana Newspaper.

Food: Restaurant reviews and on-line restaurant profiles (including two images featured on MSN homepages).

Portrait: Families, children, babies, high school seniors, engagements sessions, business portraits, animals, proms/homecoming dances in-studio and on-location.

Wedding: Digital wedding photographer- over 200 weddings photographed.

Commercial: Four covers for a real estate magazine; Architectural residential interiors for luxury home builders; Product shots for various clients for web and print; 360 degree IPIX images.

Sports: Photographed Pilot Pen Pro Tennis Tournament, University of Texas basketball, swimming, and track and field, University of Arizona swimming and gymnastics, Yale football, Olympic rowing, skydiving, St. Paul Saints minor league baseball, soccer.

Newspaper: Staff Photographer for The Daily Texan, an award-winning student newspaper, Photographer for Arizona Hispana, a bi-weekly Hispanic newspaper in Tucson.

DIGITAL RETOUCHING:

Digital Retouch Artist: Digitally retouched, cropped, and prepared orders utilizing Photoshop CS; Prepared, burned images onto CD’s, FTP'd, and sent all orders to the lab.

MANAGEMENT:

Digital and Web Photographer/Manager of a Photo Department: Researched, hired, and managed freelance photographers- assigned projects, edited, scanned, and put images on-line, handled freelance paperwork; Scanned all images (prints, slides, negatives) needed in office and manipulated in Photoshop as needed; Scheduled all photo shoots and interacted with clients.

PHOTO EDITOR: Photo editor of various documentaries for the book, “Silent, They Speak,” a collection of photo documentaries; photo editor for all freelancers as well as my own work.

MAGAZINE AND NEWSPAPER LAYOUT AND DESIGN: Magazine and newspaper layout and design for various class projects at The University of Texas.

WEB DESIGN: Utilized Microsoft FrontPage and html to design, build, and update my own website as well as client websites.

TEACHING EXPERIENCE: Individually taught various professional photographers to utilize Photoshop to retouch portraits.

SKILLS:

7 years of digital photography experience
Proficient in QuarkXpress, Adobe Photoshop 8.0 (CS), Microsoft Word, Excel, FrontPage, Adobe Illustrator
Artwork/retouching/photo manipulation in Photoshop
Proficient with both Macs and PC’s
Proficient with Hasselblad, Bronica, Canon (digital and film) cameras, Nikon (digital and film) cameras, Fuji digital cameras, Photogenic Powerlights, Speedotron lighting, and Lumedyne lighting
Fluent in American Sign Language
Proficient in conversational German
Film developing and color and black & white hand printing

EDUCATION:

The University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor of Arts in Journalism specializing in Photojournalism

EXPERIENCE:

Yale Sports

New Haven, CT June 2006- present

Steve Conn (203) 432-1455

Special Olympics Connecticut

New Haven, CT September 2006- present

Laura Gremelsbacker (203) 230-1201 x240

Precious Time Photography

Farmington and Westport, CT

September 2006- present

Cassandra Lindquist (877) 399-PHOTO

Karen Almond Photography

Dallas, TX October 2004- July 2005

Karen Almond (214) 358-6049

Sally Larroca Photography

Dallas, TX August 2004- July 2005

Sally Larroca (214) 363-2598

Arizona Hispana Newspaper

Tucson, Arizona November 2003- July 2004

Joe Ramirez (520) 979-0517

Envisions Photography

Tucson, Arizona June 2003- May 2005

Minnesota Monthly/Midwest Home and Garden Magazines

Minneapolis, Minn. October 2001 – April 2003

Tom Gavaras (612) 371-5812

Accent Photography by Gregory Gittsovich

Plymouth, Minn. September 1999 – May 2003

Gregory Gittsovich (763) 383-0589

The Photographer's Guild

St. Paul, Minn. July 2001- January 2003 and July 2005- July 2006

Lisa Jaster (651) 646-3239

Vernon May Studio

St. Paul, Minn. July 2001- January 2003 and July 2005- July 2006

Renea Olsen (651) 633-3040

On the Level, Inc. freelancer

Carver, Minn. February 2003 – April 2003

Pillar Homes freelancer

Wayzata, Minn. August 2002 – December 2003

Ticketmaster Online-Citysearch, Inc.

Minneapolis, Minn. October 1999 – March 2001

Freelance photographer until July 2002

Ami Johannson (651) 702-6290

Barrett/Kendall Publishing Company

Austin, Texas 1996 – 2000

Robyn Turner (512) 472-8092

University of Texas Press

Austin, Texas 1996 – 2000

Theresa May (Exec. Editor, University of Texas Press) (512) 471-4278

Evergreen Studios

Austin, Texas February 1998 – August 1999

Susan Hoermann (512) 450-0418

University of Texas College of Communications

Austin, Texas 1998

The Daily Texan

Award-winning student newspaper

University of Texas at Austin Summer 1997