EDUCATION:
Art Institute of Pittsburgh - Associates in Visual Communications 89-91
21 years in the business of Graphic Design, Illustration, Photography, Retouching & Printing.
EXPERIENCE:
•Berquist Photography - Fayetteville, AR / Retoucher
http://www.berquist.com
•MAC Specialized Services - Rogers, AR / Owner, printer, graphic designer, photographer
•NCK Talent Management - Fayetteville, AR / photographer, graphic designer
•Bath Junkie Corporate Studio - Fayetteville, AR / Graphic designer, photographer
RUNWAY SHOWS WITH KORTO MOMOLU FROM PROJECT RUNWAY SEASON 5:
•Korto Momolu Fashion Show - May 2009 Fayetteville, Arkansas
•Korto Momolu Fashion Show - Sept 2009 Fayetteville, Arkansas
•Designers Choice Fashion Preview with Korto Momolu & Tyson Beckford - March 2010 Little Rock, Arkansas
•Designers Choice Fashion Preview with Korto Momolu & Nicole Parker Apr. 2011 Little Rock, AR
http://www.kortomomolu.com
RUNWAY SHOWS: LOCAL DESIGNERS
•Rock the Runway - May 2010 Fayetteville, Arkansas
•Strut for a Mutt - Nov 2009 & 2010 Fayetteville, Arkansas
•Ozark Couture - Nov 2010 Fayetteville, Arkansas
•Unzipped - Nov 2010 Fayetteville, Arkansas
MY FABULOUS MODELS:
Adrianne Largent - Mayhem #1129832
Adrienne Pittman - Mayhem #0000000
Alisha Marie - Mayhem #215989
Alyssa Sims - Mayhem #0000000
Anita Sisouvong - Mayhem #859074
Arrebella Forbes - Mayhem #699930
Ashton Coleman - Mayhem #720748
Ashley N. Morgan - Mayhem #845023
Ashley Pham - Mayhem #554226
Breanna Kass - Mayhem #734821
Brittney Jordan - Mayhem #399071
Cara Easter - Mayhem #1378198
Carissa D. Estep - Mayhem #1174969
Chy L - Mayhem #825139
Elizabeth Hylton - Mayhem #1339645
Enji Iro - Mayhem #1982541
Emily Cole - Mayhem #1201051
Emily Dison - Mayhem #1029188
Esprite - Mayhem #1085799
Gabriela Greene - Mayhem #894723
Geneve Marie - Mayhem #835504
Jaclyn Kiah - Mayhem #0000000
Jacqueline M. - Mayhem #0000000
Jade Erwin - Mayhem #1737026
Jessica May - Mayhem #0000000
Kata Mari - Mayhem #0000000
Kathy Couture - Mayhem #1747153
Kayla Allen - Mayhem #670685
Lacey Arrington - Mayhem #712892
Lane Barrows - Mayhem #638679
Lauren Leigh - Mayhem #2474129
Lindsey Hale- Mayhem #1194007
Lo Hardaway - Mayhem #1335333
Lolita Lo - Mayhem #804385
Magdalena Rosa- Mayhem #1468273
Morgan E. Smith- Mayhem #1530917
Naomye - Mayhem #559979
Raney Elizabeth- Mayhem #1837993
Ronnieshia - Mayhem #661318
Sarah Anderson - Mayhem #0000000
SweetPeaRH - Mayhem #1135811
Tiffany Caston - Mayhem #0000000
TOP 14 THINGS I HATE SEEING IN PORTFOLIOS:
1. People who have these huge monologues on their page about all the expensive gear they have or all the years they've been a photographer or how long they've been modeling and then you look at their portfolio and it doesn't fit the hype. If you're good people will tell you, not the other way around.
2. White wrinkled bed sheet backdrops.... take those down right now and go outside and shoot.
3. The blur tool overdone to the point where skin looks fake & plastic. When I see a photo like this the realness of the model is gone for me. A person should not be able to point to all of the exact areas that you 'retouched', they should blend and be invisible. If you're the model it does the opposite of hiding bad skin, if you're the photographer it shows that you in fact do not know Photoshop.
4. Heavy black or white vignette done to every photo. This also goes for beveled edges, deckled edges, and giant frames around your photos. Good photos do not need these 'helpers'.
5. Japanese paper screens, plaster ionic columns & roses. No, no & no!
6. Selective color in a black & white shot. Can we all agree to stop doing this? It's been done to death and 90% of the time looks cheap & cheesy.
7. Zits, scabs, scars, bruises, ashy knees, deodorant crumbs & bikini line stubble. It's not that hard to retouch these, come on people.
8. Green screen shots with conflicting shadows, wonky perspectives and bad jagged cutting and pasting of subjects onto fake backdrops.
9. People who go nuts with very cheesy Photoshop filters. Lots of turd polishing going on out there. Photoshop can totally erase the soul of your subject if you use it too much.
10. What is the deal with railroad track shots? The most uncreative overused idea ever! It always reminds me of 1980's rock ballad music videos with their suitcase and guitar hitchhiking in their bikini & cut off jeans, barf. Pick a more creative idea, this one has been milked for all its worth, the cow is dry, in fact it's dead.
11. There's a difference between being a "model" and paying someone to take pictures of you "modeling." If you fall into the latter of the two, you have no bragging rights.
12. Yellow or orange skin, and don't say it's your "artistic style". People can tell when abnormal skin tones are supposed to be part of an artistic shot and when it's obvious the photographer doesn't know how to do a white balance.
13. Nude shoots that have no plan or idea other than to take a picture of a naked person. Usually taken with the cameras onboard flash, deer in the headlights style, in some unflattering pose against a cheap backdrop or on a hotel bed with a slight look of unease on the models face. Models dont fall for this without seeing examples first.
14. And lastly, giant pixely photographer signatures in a brush script font, Papyrus, or the god-awful Monotype Corsiva font (The "fancy" font that comes on every PC) emblazoned across your photo ruining the composition & mood of your photo.
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