hk imagery: photography by Heather K. Jacobsen

HEATHER JACOBSEN
Photographer
www.hkimagery.com
3805 W. Alabama #8307 * Houston, TX * 77027 * 305-807-3852 * heather@hkimagery.com

EXPERIENCE

hk imagery. Owner, Photographer. Miami, FL/Houston, TX. November 2006 – present.
Lead Photographer:

- Photograph commercial products, for catalog and promotional use. Products include reflective surfaces such as jewelry
and metallic objects, as well as perishables, such as tropical fruit. Layout includes pure white backgrounds, or creative
display of objects.
-  Create travel images for commercial and editorial use.
-  Shoot images of nature for editorial, stock and fine art.
-  Create documentary images and multimedia projects for photo essays, editorial use, scientific research and reports.

Photo Editor: Edit, crop, and re-touch images where needed. "Airbrush" portraits, correct images for color and exposure,
other advanced photo manipulation.
Production Designer: Design business cards, website and other promotional materials. Create multi-media presentations.
Sales and Client Consultation: Meet with prospective clients, follow-up on leads, market website, create newsletter, maintain
mailing list.

Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. Miami, FL/ Cockpit Country, Jamaica. Jan. – Sept. 2006.
Photographed scientists in action, and rare plants of remote regions of Jamaica on a National Geographic funded expedition. Photographed tropical plants (including gingers, heliconias, bananas) to be included in the Fairchild plants database, on their website and for publication in The Tropical Garden.

Fruit & Spice Park. Homestead, FL. January 2005 – January 2006.
Photographed park events for inclusion on website and in brochures. Photographed exotic tropical fruits when in season. Scanned and edited slides. Created multi-media presentations.

District Lab. Production Assistant. Miami Beach, FL. August – December 2005.
Took orders for specialized projects, including oversized prints, custom finishing and complex photo packages. Took orders for Photoshop re-touching. Ensured quality control of final products.

OTHER EXPERIENCE

Photographed local Filipino fishers and farmers for documentation and annual reports. Philippines, 2003.
Photographed local Zulus in land claims protests for use in graduate studies. South Africa, 1999.
Photographed fish habitat restoration projects for publication in annual reports and magazines. Anapolis, MD, 1998.

ACCOMPLISHMENTS

Editor's daily selection, 2008 National Geographic International Photography Contest.
Multimedia documentary project, Fort Lauderdale in Transition.
Multimedia documentary project, Voices of the Everglades for the American Museum of Natural History's Center for
Biodiversity and Conservation 2008 spring conference.
Two-page spread published in Everywhere Magazine.
Multiple photos published for an article in the Tropical Garden.
Product shot published in Glamour Latinoamerica.
Documentary photos published in Columbus Zoo and Aquarium Conservation Report.
Documentary photo published in Chesapeake Bay Magazine.

EDUCATION

New York Institute of Photography. September 2007 - present.
Washington School of Photography. January – May 2001.
University of Kent at Canterbury, UK. MSc Ethnobotany, with Distinction. October 1998 - June 1999.
University of Virginia. BA Environmental Science. August 1990 – December 1995.

SKILLS

35mm film & digital SLRs * digital & traditional darkroom * studio lighting * Mac & PC proficient * Adobe Photoshop * Soundslides * PowerPoint * iMovie * Macromedia Dreamweaver * NVu * FrontPage * HTML * javascript * Access * Excel * Word * Quark Express * Adobe Illustrator