RC Rivera
Photographer / Photo Assistant
601 Van Ness Ave #35 San Francisco, CA 94102
646-321-4712
http://www.rcrivera.com
Portraits, Fashion, Editorial, Travel & Still Life Photography
Available 7 Days a week
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PHOTOGRAPHY SKILLS
Cameras
Medium Format - 645, 6x6 and 6x7 (Hasselblad, Mamiya, Fuji, Contax and Pentax)
35mm Film (Canon, Nikon, Minolta, Pentax, Leica and Contax)
Large Format View Camera (Sinar, Omega and Toyo)
Digital SLR (Canon, Nikon, Fuji, Kodak DCS and Minolta)
Digital Backs (Phase One and Kodak DCS)
Lighting (Studio and On Location)
Profoto, Speedotron, Broncolor, Hensel, Dyna-lite and other AC/DC Battery systems
Softboxes, Diffusers, Gels, Grip Equipment, Stands and other lighting equipment
Exposure and Light Balance, Metering, Flash, Ambient and Reflected Light
COMPUTER/POST PRODUCTION SKILLS (MAC anc PC)
Scanning/Printing (35mm, Medium Format and Digital)
-Nikon Coolscan, Epson 3200, 4990, UMAX mirage and other film and flatbed scanners
-Epson 2400, 4800, 9800 and other digital printers
-B&W, Color and Slide Printing
Adobe Photoshop CS2, Illustrator and Elements
-Retouching, Color Correction, Restoration
Macromedia Dreamweaver, Flash, and Fireworks
-Basic Web Design, HTML, CSS, Web Galleries and FLASH
Microsoft Word, Excel and Powerpoint
WORK EXPERIENCE
Photographers Assisted for:
Steve Tirona, Bryan Ghiloni, Michael Goesel, Andrew French June 2001 – Present
o Pre-Production, lighting setup and exposure metering, film loading, digital processing (in studio and on-location)
PVR Designs / pvr-nyc.com, New York, NY June 2005
Keri Wynt MUA, New York, NY July 2004 – Present
Freelance Photographer
o Fashion Portfolio Photographer
BOSS Models NY, New York, NY May 2005
V-Model Management, New York, NY March 2004 – Sept. 2004
Freelance Photographer
o Fashion Portfolio Photographer
Alkit Pro Camera Inc / alkit.com, New York, NY April 2003 – Jan 2006
Supervisor of Internet Sales and Studio Manager
o Managed a team of eight employees, overseeing all online equipment sales, rentals and inventory
o Provided technical support for cameras, lighting equipment, printers and software
o Daily maintenance of Alkit website
o In-house product photography and post-production image editing
o Designed templates and web site layout using HTML, CSS and basic Javascript
References Available Upon Request
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