Octavio Jones

Photograph editorial stories, portraits, events, and news features on assignment or as personal projects pitched to publications.

Produce high-quality commercial imagery for businesses, agencies, and nonprofits across various sectors, including lifestyle, product, architecture, and corporate branding.

Collaborate with creative teams to understand the vision, audience, and goals of each project.

Manage pre-production planning, including location scouting, securing permits, and talent coordination when necessary.

Handle lighting, composition, styling, and direction to ensure effective and aesthetically strong visuals.

Perform post-processing and image editing to deliver polished, publication-ready, or client-approved content.

Maintain ownership of licensing, usage rights, and proper archiving of digital assets.

Stay up to date with industry trends, camera technology, and storytelling techniques.

Operate independently as a small business, managing client relations, scheduling, budgeting, invoicing, and marketing.

Covered a full range of news, sports, portraits, and enterprise stories across the Tampa Bay region.

Produced visuals for daily print, digital, and social platforms under tight deadlines.

Shot and edited video packages for tampabay.com. Pitched original story ideas and built community trust through inclusive storytelling.

• Collaborated with editors to ensure alignment of photographs with editorial themes and audience expectations.
• Captured compelling visual narratives through engaging photography for news stories and features.
• Developed strong relationships with local community members to secure exclusive access to events and stories.
• Conducted thorough research to accurately represent subjects within cultural and social contexts in photo essays.