KEITH DILLON
19 W Longport Ave. PO box 476
Ocean Gate, NJ 08740
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TECHNICAL SKILLS OVER 25 YEARS EXPERIENCE, SEVEN YEARS DIGITAL CAMERA EXPERIENCE. LOCATION AND STUDIO WORK WITH STRONG LIGHTING SKILLS. MEDIUM & LARGE FORMAT CAMERAS. MAC AND PHOTOSHOP PROFICIENT, COLOR CORRECTING, TOUCHING UP IMAGES, AND DIGITAL PHOTO ILLUSTRATION WORK. AND I HAVE COORDINATED LARGE PROJECTS, FROM CONCEPT TO COMPLETION. WITH DESIGN AND ART BACKGROUND.
OBJECTIVE STAFF OR CONTRACT POSITION: Location & studio, digital & conventional, advertising, editorial, public relations, product, or instructor position. MY PORTFOLIO ON CD, is available on request.
EXPERIENCE
Feb 1998-Present KMI Incorporated Ft. Dix, NJ
Staff Photographer
Performing studio and location photography, portrait, public relations, historical documentation and photojournalism. Using a Kodak DCS Pro 14n, and Kodak DC 520, Nikon D1X, downloading files onto a Mac G4 using Adobe Photoshop 7.0,and printing on a Fujix 3500,and 4000 printers. Shooting images for the graphics department, images used for brochures, posters, and trade show displays. Also scanning prints,negatives and transparencies,combining images together and burning cds. Also color correcting, and touch up work.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Learning and working in total digital. Setting up Mac workstations, learning Adobe Photoshop. By using past knowledge, and working outside the box, I saved the company $60,000.
Oct 1994-Feb 1998 Keith Dillon Photographer Ocean Gate, NJ
Owner
Free lance work,stringer work for:The Star Ledger,Asbury Park Press,SandPaper. Color and b&w photojournalism.Also work for advertising agencies & public relations firms.
ACHIEVEMENTS: My time working for newspapers, made me realize how much I enjoyed newspaper work. And how covering stories, improved my way of telling a story with images.
Jun 1988-Oct 1994 AT&T Bell Laboratories Holmdel, NJ
Staff Photographer
Perform studio and location work in color and b&w using medium and large format cameras. Projects included studio 4x5 product, for marketing. Location for PR, marketing, photojournalism, environmental portraits, and technical documentation photography. Experience includes lighting, art directing, magazine production.
• 1992 KODAK (IMPACT THOUGH APPLIED PHOTOGRAPHY COMPETITION) PUBLIC RELATIONS/ADVERTISING,SLIVER AWARD
ACHIEVEMENTS: Perfecting my product photography, and bringing marketing projects back in house, saving company money.
May 1978-Jun 1988 Keith Dillon Photographer Wharton, NJ
Owner
Opened studio in N.J. after working several years with my own location in Seattle Wa. In N.J.,working in advertising and corporate photography.
• ACCOUNTS: BELL ATLANTIC, AT&T, NEW JERSEY ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AUTHORITY, NEWSWEEK INC.,BASF CORP.,DUN & BRADSTREET, BENEFICIAL FINANCIAL CO.,...and many more.
• PUBLISHED WORKS:Andy Warhol's INTERVIEW, BUSINESS JOURNAL OF NJ, DUN'S MARKETING HORIZONS, TOWN & COUNTRY MAGAZINE, MANHATTAN CATALOGUE,...and many more.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Running my own business, and doing advertising work that was internationally publish.
Additional Education & Training
• CAPE MAY PHOTOGRAPHIC WORKSHOPS, CAPE MAY, N.J. USA,
1989-1993,One week workshops,with the MASTERS.
Photo Illustration from concept to Execution (Art Kane)
Location Lighting (Toby Stanford)
Discovering The Intuitive (Larry Fink)
Elements of a Portrait (Harvey Stein)
International Photojournalism (Antonin Kratochvil)
TEACHING SKILLS In 1986,developed a course at BELLEVUE COMMUNITY COLLEGE, Bellevue [login to view URL] IN ADVERTISING, a course for art & photography students,and working professional. Teaching the skills for a commercial photography & advertising career.
ACHIEVEMENTS: Finding how much I enjoyed teaching.