Basic Photography
Product/Pack-shot Photography
Responsible for maintaining retail brand product image libraries.
- Receive product promotion lines and identify missing, new or updates packing
- Source images from brand agencies
- Source location of products to stock holding store
- Determine gear requirement for shoot - lighting, camera, tripods, light booths etc..
- Prepare shoot environment
- Locate products in the store
- Photograph all products and save using SKU naming conventions
- Photograph any promotional displays at location
- Retouch and deep-etch new products
- Confirm correct resolutions, colour modes, formats for web and print
- Enter and update library assets
- Notify build team of image availability
General Photography (staff, events, functions)
- Group photos for individual and team awards ceremonies, print academy classes, functions
- Sporting events - soccer, cricket, cycling, running
- Internal newsletters, human resources personnel database
- Staff security profile images
Photography - Outsourcing
- Source and evaluate photography service providers -nationally
- Negotiate shoot rates in keeping with project budgets
- Co-ordinate (client/photographer) shoot locations and dates for product and lifestyle shoots
- Quality control, retouch, deep-etch and reformat for image libraries
- Supply to design and retail catalogue build teams
AFGRI, Metcash Africa, Creda Head-Office and Training Academy, Tupperware, Amway, Western Cape Provincial Government
NOTE: I am most familiar with basic lighting setups using Canon DSLR's or Sony Alpha operating systems and enjoy outdoor photography.
