The document provides a summary of Daniel Davis's skills, qualifications, and work experience for a role in photography. It outlines his education in digital photography and graphic design. It also details his photography experience, including assisting photographers, digital editing work, and photographing weddings and events. His employment history demonstrates experience in scheduling, customer service, bar and event management.
1. Daniel Davis
Address: New Addington, Croydon, Surrey
Mobile: 07767 831 683 Telephone: 0208 407 5289
Email: daniel_davis_1@hotmail.com
Personal Profile
The skills I have acquired through further education and employment I believe are essential to have in any company. These vital
skills are the reason I would be a strong candidate for the role. I am always keen to learn more and excel as much as possible.
I have continuously been practising photography using my Cannon 5D Mark III and Cannon 500d cameras. I often go on outings to
animal parks & centres, woodlands, trips away (for example – Ireland, Scotland and Wales). I enjoy photographing just about
anything and everything be it people, animals, landscapes, still life, street photography, etc. Please see my attached PDF portfolio.
My continual employment throughout my education shows a strong work ethic. Working in the hospitably industry has given me good
interpersonal skills. Having a creative background has given me a perceptive outlook towards all areas in work and my life. I also
have strong computer skills using Photoshop (University level), Lightroom, Bridge, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, and Flash mainly self-
taught. I also have a lot of experience with office programs such as Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
Photography Experience
Safeground
(Charity organisation) - Photographer on work experience
While working at Safeground I was their in house photographer. Photographing events such as school music productions in the
Battersea Arts Centre, political talks at the House of Lords, pub quizzes, training days or simply taking their staff photos.
( http://www.safeground.org.uk/ )
Stella Scordellis
(SMS Creative Photography) – Digital Editing
With photographer, Stella Scordellis. I had the chance to spend a week at her SMS Creative photography shop in Oxted helping out
with the day to day jobs that had to be done and helping out with the post-production editing work. I also spent some time shadowing
her photographing weddings.
( http://www.smscreativephotography.co.uk/ )
Andrew Atkinson
(Andrew Atkinson Photography) – Assisting on photoshoots
I had some work experience with photographer, Andrew Atkinson. I was instructed to walk around the Soho area of London as a
scout photographer. Photographing locations that he could use as an urban background to advertise skirts. I helped him with a few of
his shoots, including photographing the works of a textiles designer and the textiles outlet she used. I also helped with some of the
re-touching of the images.
( http://www.andrewatkinson.co.uk )
William Greenwood
(Freelance image retoucher) – Digital Editing
I also had work experience with an image re-toucher, William Greenwood. This involved going to the studio he worked at in Soho
and simply over see what was involved when he met up with the client, how he worked using programs such as Photoshop and
InDesign, seeing the environment, Mac equipment used, practice and learn more about the software and hardware myself. I was
given images to retouch and colour correct.
( http://billgreenwood.webs.com/ )
Weddings, events & general personal photography experience
(Independent work)
I have photographed a number of Weddings and events as paid jobs. This includes events such as work Christmas parties,
corporate events, etc. I also regularly enjoy visiting local and distant parks, animal centres, and picturesque landscapes which I hope
shows through in my portfolio.
2. Education
London South Bank University September 2009 - July 2012
BA (Honours) Digital Photography - Second Class Honours (2nd Division)
While at London South Bank I learnt the fundamentals of Digital photography and the importance of when to use Photoshop and how
to use it. I also found out the many different genres of photography, the history behind them and how history has defined such
genres such as portraits and editorial photography. I thoroughly enjoyed the course and it gave me a much broader understanding
about photography as a whole and how to keep learning, how to and why it is important to keep up to date with current trends and
technologies. The course also gave me key experience with how to get involved with showing my photography outside of university,
for example how to organise my own exhibition.
Modules included;
Image Fundamentals, History and theory of photography, Developing the Digital Image, Photography and the Body, Image
Production, The Photobook, Editorial photography, Interactive photography and New Media and Digital Art.
Ravensbourne College of Design & Communication September 2008 - August 2009
ABC Diploma in Foundation Studies
Art and Design - Pass at Level 4
NCFE Improvingown Learning and Performance - Pass at Level 3
Charles Darwin Sixth Form September 2005 - July 2008
Photography
Media studies
Art and design
Clait Plus
Employment History
Independence Homes - Scheduling coordinator July 2014 - Current
Independence Homes is the leading provider of specialist care and support for people with epilepsy. The people we support may
also have other needs, such as learning and/or physical disabilities. - See more at: http://www.independencehomes.co.uk
Schedule and filling shifts via phone, emails, text and face to face for 14 different services for the next 7 days, ensuring
every services has the right staffing levels and covering for sickness on a day today basis.
Manage 60+ bank staff (internal agency staff team). Managing their sickness, annual leave, unauthorised leave, return to
works, training and supervisions.
Building a rapport with new and existing staff.
Sort through and reply to 4 email inboxes (Annual leave, Shift pick up, personal and Group scheduler inbox).
Report to Managing Director with agency figures, shifts figures, amount of shifts covered for the day, signed scheduled
shift plan for the next 7 days to ensure all services are on safe operating levels.
Liaise with managers to keep them up-to-date with staffing changes, arranging any additional staffing for activities/
appointments and any quires regarding such things as who is cleared to administer meds.
Carpenter’s Assistant September 2013 – June 2014
As a carpenter’s assistant to my father’s limited company my role was liaising with clients and suppliers through the phone and online. Ordering
materials and invoicing. I occasionally spend time delivering materials to site and assisting with some basic carpentry.
Assistant Manager (The King and Queen Pub) December 2012 - August 2013
My main duties included banking, stock management, dealing with customer enquiries, maintaining the cellar, organising staff rotas, bar duties and
organising events such as charity fund raisers. Working in this position enabled me to enhance my customer service skills, taught me how to
manage staff and how to deal with any problems that may arise.
Bar Manager/ Team Leader, (Coltsford Mill – Wedding events venue) July 2008 - Present
I predominantly work as the bar manager at the weekends and occasionally on week nights where I tend the bar, cash up the tills and overall
manage the venue. I also waiter sometimes when needed. Waiting tables and sometimes other roles include helping the chef prepare and cook
food, at the end of a shift clean and close down the kitchen and delegate jobs to other staff when working an evening shift.
Supervisor (Parkwood Golf Club) September 2007 - December 2012
I was given the responsibility of securing the premises as I was a key holder. My duties were to work behind the bar, wait tables for sometimes an
excess of two hundred and fifty covers, change beer barrels and delegating jobs to other staff when needed. I was also in charge of cashing the till
up at the end of a shift, the stock checks and stock control.
Team Leader (Woldingham Golf Club) Feb 2008 - April 2010
I controlled the day to day running of the club house, mostly on my own serving drinks and food up to around thirty golfers at a time. I also worked
at Weddings and party events waiting tables and helped with preparation of the food.
References available on request