Photography

Events, locations, places ...

Ever since I used my parents Brownie camera for an elementary school photo class, I've been interested in photography, but it wasn't until college and my first SLR, a Nikon Fe2, that I really started to master the art. Back then you needed to know how film behaved, along with how to develop it, to get the best image for any given assignment.

 

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Macro Photography

Small objects, samples, experiments ...

Working at the University of Pennsylvania initially in a Metallography facility, I developed skills to shoot macro and some micro images. Shooting with 4x5 and 35mm cameras, I regularly photographed small samples and objects being studied by Penn scientists.

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Portraiture

Head shots, location portraits ...

Throughtout the years one of my responsibilities has been to photograph faculty and staff to be used for web sites, brochures and flyers. I have a full functioning portrait studio where I can capture portraits while tethered directly to my computer.

I can also bag up my gear to travel across campus, and beyond to shoot portraits indoors and outside, or in any location need - at an office desk; in a research lab; or by a pond.

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Computer Design

Static website design

With a degree in Illustration, I had the artistic foundation I needed when it came time to move to the digital sphere. Starting with one of the earliest versions of Adobe Illustrator, on an Apple Macintosh Quadra with ZIP drives and all the high-tech "power" I began drawing with vectors, rather than pen and ink. Over the years I have produced numerous logos, graphics, flyers and has created several major publication covers.

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Web Design

Static website design

Beginning in the 80's, when the World Wide Web was in its infancy, I began designing static web sites by hand coding HTML. As designs became more sophisticated and with the advent of CSS, I began using Macromedia's (now Adobe's) DreamWeaver program to build sites, using its template structure. Sites designed this way could be edited by clients with no web skills using a companion, web-based, software, Contribute.

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CMS Design

Drupal, Wordpress web design.

With the new millennium, web design began to incorporate data driven, Content Management System (CMS), web design more. The two main packages have been WordPress & Drupal - both open-source PHP based, template systems. Similar to the DreamWeaver/Contribute designed sites, once a site is designed and implemented, non-web-savvy people can update and create pages. The CMS systems go one step further, by allowing users with little training, to re-structure an entire web site, on the fly.

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Videography

Video capture and editing.

Video has always been an important medium for artistic creativity, but until VHS and on-line video, it was not very accessible. It continues to gain popularity with faster internet connections, social media, and a plethora of devices on which to view it. Through my work with outreach projects, I have acquired skills in HD video capture and editing for multiple platforms including DVD & web broadcasting.

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