GREG PRICE PHOTOGRAPHY
phone: 908-294-1492         email: gregprice@mac.com


Résumé

 Background:


Greg Price Photography:
I have been involved in photography since 1972 and have been working full-time in the field since 1977. Since 1983 I have been a partner or principle in a number of commercial photography studios in the Union County, NJ, area. In August, 2003, I moved into a new studio in Metuchen, NJ, with two partners. Click here for more information about the studio. My fields of specialty include public relations, commercial/industrial, publicity headshots, and glamour.


  Education:


I graduated from Cranford High School. After 2 years in the US Army I attended the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City as a Fashion Photography major. I also have taken non-credit photography courses at the School of Visual Arts, the New School for Social Research and The Learning Annex. I have taken courses in Computer Basics and Photoshop at Union County College.

  Clients:

Shoreline Investment Group LLC:  Ongoing
I spent 10 days in March, 2003, in Jamaica shooting productions stills for the reality pilot "Natural Beauties of Hedonism III". We also shot a pilot for a woman's pro pool/celebrity show in Las Vegas. We have also shot segments for the TV show Steel Wheels in Indianapolis.
PrimeShot.com: November 2000 - ???
I shot for "the world's premier professional event photography service". I would go to different events, mostly class reunions, and shoot photos of the participants. PrimeShot would then post the photos on their web site where they could be ordered directly. This company is no longer in business.

SBP: 1999 to May 2000
I started working semi-full time (while continuing my freelance work) as Director of Marketing for a company that supplies emergency power in 1999 after having them as a commercial client for my photography business for many years. As Marketing Director at this company my duties included building and maintaining their web site, marketing research, photography, working with graphic artists and layout artists, ad placement, and computer tech support.

Fram Trak Industries, Middlesex, NJ: 1999 - present
Fram Trak does custom plastic extrusion and injection molding. I have shot photos of their factory and employees in operation and their finished products for their annual report, literature, and web site.

Union County College, Cranford, NJ: 1986 -
I have done much public relations photography for Union County College including almost all the photos in three of their course catalogs, photos for their brochures, press releases, and newspaper ads.

Cranford Chronicle, Cranford, NJ: 1977-1990
As a freelance photographer I did most of the photography for this local independent weekly newspaper from 1977 till it was bought out by Forbes Newspapers in 1990. My assignments included editorial, human interest, advertising, pictorial, and special effects photography. During my 13 years as their main photographer I received a total of 22 awards from the NJ Press Association and the Society of Professional Journalists. I also did some writing for them.

New Jersey Epicure Magazine: 1977-1980
I was staff photographer and photo editor of this gourmet food magazine during its four years of publication and did all of their in-house photography including the shooting and styling of cover photos, photography for use in ads and editorial photography. I also did some writing for them.

Contempra Communications, Tinton Falls, NJ:
I was hired full-time as head of the photo department of this advertising agency after working for them on a freelance basis for a few years. They specialized in multi-media slide shows and print advertising. I did all of their in-house photography including product and location shots, titles and special effects for multi-projector slide shows, Kodalith processing, and video operation.
 

  Teaching:

I have run the Greg Price Glamour Photography Workshop since 1991 and have had over 250 workshops as of April, 2008. I have done a number of programs for the Cosmopolitan Chapter of the Photographic Society of America. In 1995 I taught a staff development course for the Public Relations Department at Union County College.

  Clubs & Professional Organizations:

I was Secretary and Newsletter Editor of the Advertising Photographers of New Jersey (formally the New Jersey Society of Commercial Photographers) for 8 years. As secretary some of my duties included setting up and managing their database of photographers, recruiting new members, taking minutes of executive board meetings, and to help organize and run general meetings. As newsletter editor my duties included writing articles, page layout, ad design and placement, and overseeing the printing and distribution of the newsletter. The monthly newsletter ran from 8 to 20 pages and had a circulation of about 1500.

In the past I have also been active on the camera club circuit and was vice-president of the Garden State Camera Club (Roselle Park, NJ) for 2 years. I have presented multi-projector slide programs on special effects photography, gave demonstrations on studio lighting techniques, and have lectured on the business of photography at camera clubs throughout the state. I have also judged photographic competitions for camera clubs, church groups, and a local hospital.

  Art Shows & Exhibits:

In the past I have done my own printing, matting, and framing and have exhibited my fine-art photography at many outdoor art shows throughout New Jersey and have won numerous awards including 10 “First Place” awards and 1 “Outstanding” award.

I have also had my work displayed at a number of indoor spaces including the Ultimate Image Gallery and Kusiv Color Lab in Cranford, the Cranford Library, Tony's Cafe in Cranford, and I have had five shows at the Cranford Dramatic Club.
 

  Equipment:

Film Cameras:
I have expertise in the following camera formats: 35mm, 645, 6x7, and 4x5. I have a Minolta 700si with the following lenses: 28-80mm zoom, 70-210mm zoom, 16mm fisheye, 20mm super-wide angle, and 55mm macro. I also have a Mamiya 645 with an 80mm and a 150mm lens and a Nikon N80.

Digital Cameras:
Nikon D-200 and D-70 bodies, 24-120 zoom, 12-24 zoom, and a 10.5mm fisheye lens.

Lighting:
An assortment of Alien Bees studio strobes including two B400 heads and four B800 heads.

Darkroom:
In the past I had done my own black and white film developing and printing for many years, including printing for myself and all the other photographers who worked for the Cranford Chronicle for the 13 years that I was their main photographer. Since I switched over to digital I no longer do any darkroom.

Video:
Sony TRV-85 Hi8 video camera. JVC Mini DV Digital Video GR-DVL520u camera. I also have a S-VHS video deck.

Computers:
(2) 20" iMac G5s; an Apple PowerBook G4 15" (Titanium) with superdrive; an Apple iMac PowerPC G4 with 17" flat display.



Greg Price Photography

phone: 908-294-1492
email: gregprice@mac.com



copyright 1999-2008
updated 6/18/08