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DARRELL ALEXANDER LAROSE
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am self-taught in the digital media, I have been a Photoshop user since
1995 (version 2.5) I found the transition fairly seamless due to my
long experience in labs. |
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∙ Over 35 years of professional photographic experience ∙ Studio, location and commercial
photography ∙ Lighting equipment set-up, prop
arrangement and test, medium, digital and large-format equipment test ∙ HTML authoring, WWW page design,
Internet consulting, Graphic design and digital imaging |
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∙ 35mm, medium, digital and large-format
camera equipment ∙ Studio strobe and quartz-halogen
lighting equipment ∙ Fuji, Copal and Noritsu minilabs,
Hope, Kreonite and Colenta print processors ∙ Corel WordPerfect, CorelDRAW, Corel
Photo-Paint ∙ Adobe Photoshop 5.5 and CS2, Macromedia
Dreamweaver 4 Ultradev HTML editor |
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Ottawa,
Ontario
Retail Sales/Client Service
∙ Maintained a high sales volume in
a high powered sales environment of doubling my sales targets. ∙ Professional sales. Including sales
of high-end Digital dSLR cameras and Professional lenses, scanners and
printers. ∙ Key-holder opening and closing daily
cash reports, reconciliation of cash. ∙ Training of sales floor staff |
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Ottawa,
Ontario
Webmaster/Sales
∙ Designed and implemented WWW site
and online colour catalogue, ∙ Digital photography, Designed in
store advertising graphics ∙∙ Studio assistant in The Little Studio,
the store's rental studio facility ∙ Responsible for graphics design,
HTML coding, image scanning and site maintenance ∙ Sales of used photo equipment in
store and on-line, FY 2002 web sales exceeded $100,000.00 |
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Victoria,
BC
Project
Director
Digital Visions product
∙ overall content choices and quality
assurance for a series of image libraries and screen saver products
∙ responsibilities related to composition,
photographer liaison and market analysis. ∙ through 100,000's of photographs
and correspond remotely with photographers in several globally ∙ Working from existing photographic
libraries, and in the commission of specific image needs ∙ This product spanned 20 content
titles marketed in 61 countries by our partner MCA/Universal Pictures |
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Ottawa,
Ontario
Webmaster/Client Service & Tech Support
∙ Designed and implemented WWW sites
and online colour catalogue for various clients ∙ Responsible for graphics design,
HTML coding, image scanning, content management and site maintenance ∙ Support desk service for our dial-up,
co-located, and web hosting clients ∙ During this period I was on the
team that ramped up client based by over 700% ∙ Provided logistical support to The
Ottawa Police Internet Crime Section by providing clean IP numbers and
proxy servers |
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Ottawa,
Ontario
Photographic Technician/Client Service ∙ Proofing and custom colour enlarging,
Quality control and maintenance of lab equipment ∙ Customer service, Daily cash reconciliation |
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Ottawa,
Ontario
Central Records Section - Data Clerk, Sworn Member ∙ Required an R.C.M.P Top Secret Clearance
as I had access to the Canadian Police Information Centre (CPIC) network
∙ The data entry of Police Occurrence
Reports into the in-house computer system ∙ Editing these reports down to a
short synopsis ∙ Understanding of basic police procedures
and terminology required to
effectively complete this task ∙ Reports included crimes, traffic
accidents, sudden deaths and recovered property reports |
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Ottawa,
Ontario
Retail Sales/Client Service
∙ Retail sales of new and used photographic
equipment ∙ Testing and evaluation of used photographic
equipment ∙ Handled daily spreadsheets, consignment
contracts and various administrative functions |
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Sherwood
Photographers 1978
to 1991 Ottawa,
Ontario
Studio Assistant and Technician
∙ Assisted with studio and location
assignments ∙ Included lighting set-up, prop arrangement,
camera set-up and test ∙ Copy and restoration photography ∙ Created Optical art graphics slides ∙ Custom lab work ∙ Mounting, canvas mounting, laminating,
framing of prints up to 30" x 40" ∙ Quality control and maintenance
of lab equipment ∙ Sales and promotion; included attendance
at exhibits and industry events |
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Earth
Physics Sector Ottawa, Ontario
Photographic Technician Acting PY-4 Term Contract
∙ Process monitoring and Quality Control
to provide photographic products to the highest possible standard ∙ Included lighting set-up, prop arrangement,
camera set-up and test ∙ Black & White and C-41 film
processing and equipment monitoring, Mixing of required chemistry. ∙ Copying maps, graphs and charts
creating slides for research scientists. ∙ Daily control and maintenance of lab equipment |
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Campbell
Reproductions 1980 to 1981 Ottawa,
Ontario
Photographic-Reprographic Technician
∙ Process monitoring and Quality Control
to provide photographic services to the highest possible standard ∙ Custom Printing both continuous
tone and high contrast materials to exacting engineering specs ∙ Operation and multi-tasking of vacuum
easels, point-light source enlargers, microfilm cameras and related
processors. ∙ Used a full range of litho, line
copy, PMT, diazo, photo paper, Chromaflex and other specialized photo-sensitive
materials ∙ Daily control and maintenance of lab equipment |
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HQ
Division Ottawa, Ontario
Forensic
Photography Services, Identification Section - Photographer
Technician (P.Tech
1) Term contract
∙ Required an R.C.M.P Top Secret Clearance
as was handling evidence on a daily basis ∙ Ensured that the photographic negatives
and prints in my control maintained their custody of evidence ∙ Process monitoring and Quality Control
to provide photographic evidence to the highest possible standard ∙ Black & White and C-41 film
processing and equipment monitoring ∙ Operation and preventative maintenance
of Kodak dual-strand CP-2 paper processor and Versamat processor ∙ Mixing of large quantities of C-41,
CP-2 and other chemistry in 200 litre batches. ∙ Daily control and maintenance of
lab equipment ∙ Police field photography if required |
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Photographic
Stores Limited 1976 to
1978 Ottawa,
Ontario
Sales Associate/Client Service
∙ Sales of new photographic equipment,
including cameras, lenses ∙ Photo finishing clerk duties including
taking processing orders and logging orders ∙ Camera repair clerk duties including
logging repairs ∙ Customer service and photo consultation
to inform and educate our customers |
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Various
Clients
∙ Studio portrait photography ∙ Wedding photography ∙ Web design and Internet consultation |
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∙ Competitve motorcycling |
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