Welcome to my portfolio! I'm excited to share my work with you.My grandparents handed me my first camera when I was in middle school, and I was instantly captivated by it. In the same way now as when I was a child, I approach digital content creation with a love for the artistic process and a fascination with the cutting-edge technology I get to use every day to realize my creative vision.In the many years since that moment, my personal visual style has grown and evolved with me. I spent 3 1/2 years as a photo and video producer at Pomona College where I honed an eye for capturing candid and moving stories within bustling events and further developed my competency with varying camera and software ecosystems. If you're looking for an adaptable digital media expert who excels in a team and thrives in fast-paced work environments, I'm the person you're looking for.

Wedding Videography Reel:

Objective: Serve as the sole videographer for this wedding, taking video at important moments and synthesizing them into an edited wedding film.

Considerations: I worked within a tight planning period, only having one month between booking and wedding day. I acted quickly to get in touch with the wedding planner, photographer, and second shooter to obtain a wedding itinerary and floor plan of the venue. Planning early also afforded time to rent equipment needed to best accommodate venue conditions the various sections of the itenerary, such as a second camera body and a telephoto zoom lens.

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Final Product:

About: 4/7 Day is a Pomona College student festival. April 7th is chosen for Pomona College's school number, 47. Students gather to celebrate school pride and enjoy various outdoor activities like lawn games and water slides.

Objective: Capture and edit a set of photos from which the Associate Director of Communications and Multimedia will cull and release on various social media channels, in order to highlight student experiences and engagement with on-campus life.

Considerations: I aimed to document a wide set of activities while maintaining a mix of posed and candid photos. When possible, I waited for active moments involving multiple students in order to highlight the community and physical activity elements of this event.

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Deliverable Examples:

About: Kinokokai is a nonprofit organization based in Hiroshima, Japan that supports Hiroshimans living with radiation-induced microcephaly. It hosts a birthday party event every year to commemorate their lives and preserve their collective memory. Kinokokai's work contributes to a larger mission of supporting the livelihoods of the hibakusha, or atomic bomb survivors.

Objective: Document the event for use in internal communications by the Executive Director while working with local journalists from news networks (NHK, Kyodo News) as they carry out public broadcasting.

Considerations: As I was documenting a sensitive group, I consulted with the Executive Director to discuss best practices (e.g. at what points picture-taking is approproate, what types of pictures are allowed to be published) for documenting this occasion. Despite being indoors, I used a telephoto lens for this event in order to more easily work behind livestream operators.

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Communications Office Final Product:

About: The Claremont Colleges Ballroom Dance Company is a student club at Pomona College among others within the Claremont Colleges consortium. It hosts regular ballroom dance competitions, organizes student-run practices and performances, and acts as a hub of student community.

Objective: Take a set of vertical videos and photos from which Associate Director of Communications and Multimedia will use to supplement into an informal interview-style video to be released on various social platforms. In addition, take a separate set of horizontal photos for the club's internal communications and outreach.

Considerations: Seeing as both clients had varying needs, I was deliberate with my time management and file organization in order to properly deliver two distinct sets of photos. I sorted the photos for each client in different folders in Lightroom to ensure that upon delivery, each group had unique ownership over their respective set of media.

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