Catherine Sharp
Education
Masters in Digital Photography 2020 at The School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
School of Photographic Arts and Sciences Bachelor of Fine Arts, Rochester Institute of Technology May 2017, Advertising Photography Immersion in Psychology
Professional Experience
Photographer/ Digital Tech Saks 5th Ave Working on the editorial for Saks online doing photography and digital tech.
CSharp Photo Starting CSharp photo working mostly in weddings and high school portrait photography at age 14, I have moved my work to be in studio, working on editorial, advertising photography, being on sets for W Mag, Vice, and Womens Day. I also assisted many other established professional photographers to hone their skills in the field.
Photo Assistant For Rachel Neville Studio Rachel Neville is a photographer in NYC who has a patented way of photographing dancers. Working with Rachel and learning from her way of working with athletes has been beneficial to mynew approach in photographing people in High Speed water Photography.
Photo Assistant for Kezi Ban Photography Kezi Ban is an amazing triple threat, photographer, videographer and editor in NYC. She has taught me to work outside the box and try new things, which is so important as a photographer.
Photo Stylist at the Garage Learning Create unique looks and ideas for food on set, coordinated with photographer, and chef to make interesting videos.
Social Media Manager for NYC Salt Non Profit Built up their awareness on Instagram, Linkedin, Facebook and Twitter, wrote their newsletter, while facilitating marketing ideas.
Adobe Creative Residency Community Fund Built awareness about Lightroom's new discovery feature. Made 10 discovery files and created social media posts.
Web-designer for Kerry Hair Redesigned entire brand for the hair studio, centered on the website to create an inviting place for clients to get appointments and learn more about what services expected.
2019-2020
Studio Manager at B12 Studio Working with Juice Pharma on editorial shoots, while maintaining the studios everyday tasks and working heavily on their social media.
2018-2019
Logistics Project Manager in Marketing (Photography and Technology) at B&H photo Video Pro Audio Managing trade shows from start to finish. Doing shows like NAB Vegas, Photo Plus, WPPI, Vidcon, Adobe Max and more.
2017-2018
Social Media liaison Carl Zeiss AG- Consumer Optics Oberkochen Germany Support for international marketing in still photography. Worked on photography, videos, logos, social media support and marketing ideas. Participated on projects to help launch new products. Went to trade shows and talked to Photographers about Zeiss. Worked on the Lenspire Blog.
2017-2020
Photo Assistant (Steve Giralt, Tiffany Nicholson, Stephanie Peterson, Erika Barker, Kezi Ban, ect.) Provide operational support during photo shoots. Kept the studio clean and organized, greeted customers, did paperwork, prepared the background for photo shoots, and maintaining inventories, among others activities.
2014-2017
Image System Lab Tech at Rochester Institute of Technology Printed and processed film for all of Rochester Institute of Technology including most of the Rochester area. In this role, we were responsible for the function and operation of the Lambda, HP, Epson, and Canon Printers. Additionally, we develop 35mm, 120, 220, 4X5 and 8X10 formats for negative and Reversal
(Slide) film.
Skills
Digital Photography (Canon, Nikon, Phaseone and Sony)/ Film Photography (35mm, 120, 4X5, and 8X10) /Adobe Suite(Lightroom, Photoshop, Premier, After Effects)/ Photo Production/Editing/ Strobe Lighting (Broncolor & Profoto)/ Print media (Canon, Lamdba, HP and Epson)/ Microsoft Word/Google Suite/ Social Media Marketing /Photo Styling/ Graphic Design
Publications
-Recalled 2021- SVA Galleries Letting Go
- Parallel Adaptations 2020 -SVA Galleries Letting go
-Photoville 2020 Letting Go
-B&H Photo The Love of the Craft (YouTube)
-Zeiss Lenspire- Clay Patrick McBride (YouTube)
-Zeiss Lenspire- Steve Giralt (YouTube)
-RIT Honors Gallery (2 Prints)
-Ellipse Magazine- Photographer (mag) Producer
-Phat Plant Zine Photographer, producer (mag)
Awards
-National Advertising Award
- #ARMORUP Mock Advertising Campaign for Body Armor Gold (ad) 2017
-National Advertising Award- Ellipse Magazine Gold (mag) 2017
-American Advertising Awards - Ellipse-Magazine- Gold (mag) 2017
-Ellipse Magazine- Photographer (mag) 2017