December 2008 – November 1998 (10 years 2 months)
Manager, Retail Associate | Ritz/Wolf Camera | Monroe & Lafayette, LA
A position in camera retail sales and imaging processing industry. Filling every position from store manager to sales associate and lab manager. Duties include, but are not limited to camera sales, photo-finishing, one-hour lab maintenance, customer service, employee training, technical troubleshooting, work scheduling, budget management.
December 2000 – May 1999 (1 year 8 months)
Studio Assistant | University of Louisiana at Monroe | Monroe, LA
A student worker for the University of Louisiana at Monroe Photo Services
Department under the tutelage of University Photographer Richard Lupo. Duties include, but were not limited to: Shooting student, staff and faculty head shots; Mixing chemicals for color/ black and white darkroom; Studio management (background and lighting set up, metering subjects, cleaning camera equipment, negative filing, Printing contact sheets.); Photographing sports (football, basketball, baseball, softball, tennis, soccer, volleyball), student life, campus scenery.
August 1998 – November 1997 (10 months)
Laboratory Technician | Fox Photo & One Hour Lab | Monroe, LA
November 1997 – August 1998
Working as a lab technician, duties included, but were not limited to camera sales, photo- finishing, one-hour lab maintenance, customer service, employee
training, technical troubleshooting.