Leslie Colon
Certified Professional Photographer
Los Angeles,CA
Summary
Creative Photographer offering expertise in sales and marketing, customer service, product promotion, administrative processes and project management. Delivering outstanding skills in creative photography, lifestyle photography and product photography. Identifying client needs and providing innovative suggestions to enhance photography needs. Collaborating with decision-makers at all organizational levels. Delivering key presentations and building productive relationships to increase revenue and book of business. Presenting familiarity and experience in location shoots, print house operations, studio set-up and equipment requirements. Photographer continually inspired by people from all walks of life, especially in urban scenes. Bringing advanced experience knowledge from continued coursework.
Overview
12
12
years of professional experience
7
7
years of post-secondary education
3
3
Certifications
Work History
Photographer / Editor
Leslie Colon Photo
Southern California , CA
2015.10 - Current
- Leslie has been a freelance photographer since 2015 and has been given the opportunity to work with small business and major companies for their photography needs.
- Excellence in retouching portraits, fine art and commercial photography.
- Knowledge making actions and presets for professional work.
- Knowledgeable with ecommerce product photography.
- Emphasis in creative and commercial photography.
- Shot photographs in controlled lab, field and remote environments.
- Work with a Creative Team to create the right vision for the company
- Market the right people to reach website and social media
- Maintained productive professional relationships with models and modeling agencies.
Head Photo Editor - Retoucher / Photographer
JLUX LABEL
Los Angeles , CA
2019.08 - 2020.05
- Photo Editor / Retoucher for massive amount of photos on the daily from product photographer.
- Face Retouching professional model for website use images
- Color corrected images to fit the product exact color
- Photograph products for website use
- Work along side Campaign team and photograph for Campaigns
- Met quota for tight deadlines
- Worked with Creative Team to create a creative vision for everyday social media and product releases.
Photographer/ Photo Editor
Craft County Magazine
San Diego , CA
2016.02 - 2016.10
- Craft County Magazine main emphasis is to capture San Diego Breweries as a lifestyle.
- The Photographer main duties were to photograph the main subjects for each story the magazine was working on for the next issue.
- Worked with the main editor and graphic designer to fit the right style the magazine wanted to portray.
- Every month we worked together as a team to achieve a successful assignment.
- Photograph Photos for Magazine.
- Lifestyle, Commercial and Portraits.
- Edit photos for magazine layout.
- Work one on one Graphic Designer to create Creative Layouts Gear: Canon EOS 5DSR, Canon 24 – 70mm f/2.8 Zoom Lens, Canon 50mm f/1.4 Fixed Lens, Canon 600 EX‐RT Speedlight Flash, Tripods and Studio Accessories.
Head Photo Editor / Back
Moddeals.com & 10dollarmall.com
Chula Vista , CA
2014.12 - 2016.01
- As a former employee of Moddeal.com and 10dollarmall.com I was hired to re construct an easier form of editing mass quantity of images in tight deadlines.
- Creating Actions and Presets for the photo editing team and I were able to meet higher standards then what the company expected.
- I have a talent and passion for photo editing and loved my time with Moddeals.com and 10dollarmall.com.
- Editing Photos for Website use.
- Creating Actions for faster editing.
- An eye for good imagery for website use.
- Working with latest Photoshop Softwares (CS6).
- Editing high volume of photos in tight deadline.
- Knowledgeable with ecommerce Product Photography.
Education
Associate of Arts - Photography, Commercial and Fine Art Photography
2008.09 - 2013.01
Skills
Retouching, Face High End Retouching, Editorial Photo Editing, Photo Coloring skills
undefinedCertification
Fine Art of Photography
Timeline
Commercial Photography
2020-01
Head Photo Editor - Retoucher / Photographer - JLUX LABEL
2019.08 - 2020.05
Photographer/ Photo Editor - Craft County Magazine
2016.02 - 2016.10
Photographer / Editor - Leslie Colon Photo
2015.10 - Current
Head Photo Editor / Back - Moddeals.com & 10dollarmall.com
2014.12 - 2016.01
Fine Art of Photography
2013-01
Palomar College - Associate of Arts, Photography, Commercial and Fine Art Photography
2008.09 - 2013.01
Portrait Photography
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