Vincent D. Johnson

Objective: Working as a staff photographer at a daily or weekly newspaper;
To help contribute to the overall excellence of the paper and help to capture the life of the community
that reads it through my photographs.

Education:

Columbia College Chicago, Chicago, IL
Degree: Bachelor of Arts in Photojournalism
3.08 GPA in major related classes.

Experience:

Columbia College Chronicle , Chicago, IL
·Photo Editor August '98 to Jan'99
Helped redesign layout and general appearance of paper
·Staff photographer September '97 to Jan'99
Helped to bring more personal photos & captioning to the paper.
Contributed photo stories and layout ideas.
Assisted with editing and layout with photo editor

Four Footed Fotos, Cicero, IL
·Color printer May '98-Nov '98
·Secondary Photographer
Photographing horse races using a 300mm lens

The Herald News, Joliet, IL
·Freelanced from January '97 to March '97
Photographed feature-style events for outlying areas.

Relevant
Courses &
Seminars/
Skills
Gained:

·Photojournalism I-Cropping, Captioning, Shooting awareness (John H. White/Chicago Sun Times)
·Photojournalism II-Better use of slide film, Picture story planning (Charles Osgood/Chicago Tribune)
·Photojournalism III-Long term projects development (John H. White)
·Sports Photography-Placement, Shooting movement, Timing (Phil Velasquez/Chicago Tribune)
·Digital Imaging I-Photoshop & QuarkXpress, Scanning negatives & photographs
·Magazine Photo Editing-Photo project budget planning, Editing & layout (Jeff Cohen/Playboy)
·Newspaper Workshop Fall & Spring Semester-Teamwork, Collaboration, Deadline preparation,
contacting people for photo opportunities (Jim Sulski)
·Illinois College Press Association convention Feb. '98-Community Photojournalism lecture (Scott Lewis)
·Atlanta Photojournalism Seminar '98


Awards: Illinois College Press Association ('99) for Non-Dailies over 4,000, First Place Photo Essay. Honrable Mention Feature Photo, Honarable Mention Front Page Layout.

Software Skills: Photoshop 4/5, Quark Express 3/4, Microsoft Word, PageMill 3, PC & very Mac literate.