Professional Experience
From NYC Fashion Week events to the wild debauchery of Saint Patrick's Day in Philadelphia, I've photographed a wide spectrum of events for marketing companies, news media, and fashion directors.
Expertise
Content Editor (online)
13 Years
Photographer
10 Years
Writer
10 Years
Specialty
Fashion
Entry Level
Family, Children & Teenagers
10 Years
Law
4 Years
Industries
Online/new media
13 Years
Newspaper - Community
1 Year
Total Media Industry Experience
13 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Bella Online (1-2), Culture Now (1-2), NYC Photobloggers (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
3BG Marketing (1-2), Nice in Harlem Productions (3-5), New Jersey Young Professionals (3-5)
Other Work History
As a freelance writer, in addition to the writing positions above, I've had the following pieces accepted for publication:
* Culture Now Zeitgeist Writing Competition Finalist. "Life after
the Singularity"
* Hyper-Short Stories: "At a wedding"
* The Fourth Estate (CHC Newspaper) (2004, as M. Elizabeth Coy)
* Teen Storytellers, Vol. 2, Contributor. (2001, as M. Elizabeth Coy)
* Bound Poetry Magazine (Winter 2001, as M. Elizabeth Coy)
* Poetically Incorrect, Vol. 2, contributor. (2000, as M. Elizabeth Coy)
* RavenElectrick Online Magazine, (2000, as Mary Coy)
* MillenniumSHIFT Online Magazine (2000, as Mary Coy)
* So There Online Magazine (Nov. 1999, as Mary Coy)
I was the head writer on Shit Happens, a webcomic illustrated by David R. Williams and published by Raincannon.com (http://www.raincannon.com/shithappens) from 2005 until 2009.
Technical Skills
Photo editing in Adobe Photoshop, Lightroom, and Aperture. Hand-coding HTML & CSS plus PHP experience & experience writing and editing templates for WordPress.
Foreign Language Skills
Some Japanese & some French
Unions
none
Computer Skills
MS Office 2002-2008 suite of applications including Word, Excel, Access, Publisher, and PowerPoint; MS Visio; OSX Tiger and above; Windows 3.1-Windows 7; HTML 1 - HTML 4, CSS, Adobe Photoshop, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Aperture; Final Cut Pro, Firefox, Opera, IE, Mozilla Suite, and Safari browsers
Equipment
MacBook Pro, Nikon D80 (backup) and Nikon D200 (main) camera bodies, Nikkor 28-105mm lens; Sigma 28mm 1.8 wide-angle lens; Tonkin 80-300mm telephoto lens; Mamiya 645EZ medium-format camera body & 50mm 1.8 fixed lens; tripod; Nikon powerpack; Quantum strobe battery pack; Nikon SB900 strobe & SB800 backup strobe; Adobe Lightroom 2.6; Adobe Photoshop CS3; One main softbox studio light & two slave umbrella lights; backdrops; reflectors;
Work Permits & Visas
US Passport
References
Laura Occhipinti, New Jersey Young Professionals, laura@njyp.org; Sandra Zimmerman, 3BG Marketing, sandra@3bgmarketing.com;
