GearoidHayes

I am a freelance professional photographer and image editor specialising in Commercial Photography, documentary photojournalism and Event & Travel Photography. I am also an experienced Image Editor and Photographic retouch artist. I have been working in all aspects of the photographic arts for the last ten years. My professional photography experience includes photojournalistic/documentary photography, theater photography, live event photography, music and fashion photography and on set unit photography for film. A Masters Degree graduate in Image and Communications from Goldsmiths University of London, I specialised in photography; both digital and analogue techniques including lighting and composition. Technically I operate using Adobe Camera Raw, Photoshop and Lightroom I use advanced retouching and image editing techniques to create seamless realistic imagery. I am also skilled in a variety of post-production software such as After Effects and Final Cut Pro. Professionally my photographic career has covered commercial photo editing, retouching and creative composition. As a lead photographer and retouch artist in the marketing assets team with EA Games on their Need For Speed: Hot Pursuit console game, my role involved the design, shooting and retouching of all high quality photographic assets for use in worldwide promotion of the title across a vast range of marketing platforms. I am constantly working on new portfolios and have participated in exhibitions in the Truman Brewery, Brick Lane and in Goldsmiths, University of London as well as curating a series of photography pop up galleries and exhibitions around South East London, New Cross and Deptford over the last number of years. In addition and finally, I have a deep understanding of photography, its history, the technical processes involved and their limitations, as well as a knowledge of the storage, manipulation and retrieval of digital imagery.