Creative Photographer offering expertise in photography sales and marketing, customer service and project management. Talented at various photography styles, identifying client needs and providing innovative suggestions. Practiced in on-location shoots, studio set-ups and equipment maintenance.
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Yonas Yohans
North York,Ontario
Summary
Overview
13
years of professional experience
Work History
Vintage Photos
Portrait Photographer
04.2021 - 07.2023
Job overview
- Implemented lighting, set design, and model posing, in-studio and on location, producing images that increased engagement by 11%
- Collaborated with manager to maintain quality studio photography lighting for portrait photography and family photoshoots
- Remained up-to-date on photography trends, providing new approaches that increased photoshoot speed by 1.5 hours
- Sharpened knowledge of Lightroom,Photoshop, photo retouching, photo manipulation, color correction, cloning, and digital camera use.
- Assisted clients in selecting poses, wardrobe and backgrounds to photograph different looks, concepts and locations.
- Digitally edited photos to enhance appearance.
Ellys Studio’s
Photographer/Video Editor
12.2014 - 05.2020
Job overview
- Followed best practices for on-location photo shoots regarding equipment to get right exposure and lighting, reducing time to complete shoots by 13%
- Created welcoming atmosphere for customers
- Collaborated with clients to solicit photograph feedback on selecting, uploading, and retouching images
- Worked tight deadlines with team or independently and made quick creative editing decisions to maintain high quality of work
- Organized and worked with raw footage from multiple cameras and sources
Sun&Moon, Asmara
Assistant Photographer
02.2010 - 08.2014
Job overview
- Collaborated with in-house photographer and creative department
- Maintained equipment inventory, set preparation, wardrobe, and backdrops, reducing time-on-shoot by 33 minutes on average
- Assisted with post-production processing such as retouching, exporting, and resizing
- Managed clerical duties such as scheduling shoots to free 11 hours week for creative department
- Changed camera lenses and made small light adjustments
- Kept photography equipment available, clean and working
- Scheduled studio appointments to shoot wide variety of subjects
Education
Denden Commercial SchoolAsmara,Eritrea
Certificate of Technical Studies from Records Manager
01.2008
University Overview
Skills
- Software
- Adobe Photoshop
- Adobe Lightroom
- Adobe Premiere Pro
- Adobe After Effects
- Final Cut Pro
- Google Drive
- Web Practices
- Shot Capturing
- Lighting Management
- Video Editing
- Wedding Photography
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Timeline
Portrait Photographer
Vintage Photos
04.2021 - 07.2023
Photographer/Video Editor
Ellys Studio’s
12.2014 - 05.2020
Assistant Photographer
Sun&Moon, Asmara
02.2010 - 08.2014
Denden Commercial School
Certificate of Technical Studies from Records Manager
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