Professional Experience
Award winning photographer specializing in editorial and high style portrait photography.
Photographer and Digital Artist offering the following services:
Unique Digital art service custom designs photographs for your project.
(see http://www.laurenpreller.com) which creates original art from photographs.
Experience also includes high quality archival large format printing on canvas, linen, art board and other archival
mediums.
Also acts as freelance consultant to create concepts, using photography, and graphic design for print & web.
Expertise
Illustrator
12 Years
Photographer
21 Years
Designer
10 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
20 Years
Lifestyle
20 Years
Home & Garden
6 Years
Industries
Magazine - Local/Regional magazines
16 Years
Academia Other
6 Years
Marketing (firm) - Small to mid-sized corp. cl
16 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
14 Years
Media Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Culinary Arts Magazine (1-2), Southern Living (1-2), Charleston Magazine (10+), Skirt! Magazine (10+), Charleston City Paper (10+), Garden Design Magazine (3-5)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Clemson University (6-10), Johns Hopkins Hospital (1-2)
Other Work History
JOB DESCRIPTION Media Coordinator/ Staff Photographer
Trident Technical College North Charleston, South Carolina
Duties include collaborating marketing campaigns as a creative team member of.the marketing department. Implementing the campaigns with photography and graphic design. Co-ordinating editorial shoots for departments within the college.Duties also included: Maintaining and upgrading studio equipment as necessary., Responsible for
digital editing for the web, print and PowerPoint presentations.
Archived and maintained a filing system of images.
Designed web & print ads, for magazines, brochures, billboards, postcards, banners, art and displays for college departments.
Technical Skills
Photography, on location & studio (editorial, portrait,event,product, landscape) Photo Editing, Adobe CS6, Large format printing (Epsom 9800), GraphicArt Design, Advanced Photoshop skills/
Computer Skills
OS MAC, Word,
Equipment
(2)Nikon D600 cameras
(2) SB 800 strobes
Accessories
Lenses - range 18-35 / 200
White Lightning – Complete portable studio lighting / strobes with soft boxes and umbrellas.
2.8 200mm Nikon / 35-80 Nikon / Tameron zoom lens / 35-80mm Nikon lens / 17-24 Tameron
Epson 900 wide format printer
References
John L. Knott, Jr.
President and CEO
The Noisette Company, LLC.
North Charleston, SC 29405
Direct Dial (843) 302-2103
Cell (843) 478-4030
John Niparko, M.D.
John Hopkins Hospital
Director of The Listening Center
Baltimore, Maryland(410)-955-2689
Richard C. Bing, American Institute of Architects,
Associate Principal LS3P Associates LTD
Charleston, South Carolina
(843) 577-4444
Margaret Howle
Vice President-Advancement
Trident Technical College
Charleston, South Carolina
(843)574-6356 Meg.Howle@tridenttech.edu
Awards
• Campaign photographer for President Bill Clinton during his SC campaign for Hilary Clinton.
• Art and Photography published in Communication Arts, Southern Living Garden Magazine, Culinary Arts, Charleston Magazine, SKIRT! Magazine. & Charleston City Paper.
• Published hardback book of Photography "The Charleston Gardener", also in paperback, "The Secret Gardens of Charleston, Wyrick Publishers 2000
• Created art/ marketing installations for John Hopkins University, Clemson University, Trident Technical College, & the RCMD Building
• Telfair Museum Juried Arts Fair, Savannah, GA (2009)
• Exhibition: Charleston Performing Arts Center, North Charleston Arts Festival Charleston, SC (2008)
• Piccolo Spoleto Photography Award, Exhibition Charleston, SC (2006) Guest Lecturer, Charleston Photography Center, SC
• Guest Lecturer, Gibbes Museum of Art Charleston
• SC Recipient of 5 American Advertising Federations ADDY Awards, Charleston, SC National Paragon Award.
