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Experienced Photographer and Creative Professional

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Skilled, well rounded, photographer. Well versed in digital and traditional photography in all formats. Background in location and studio photography utilizing available and strobe lighting. Fine art photography exhibited nationally. Has worked with clients of all ages and backgrounds. Capable of complex post production, editing and retouching using industry standard software. Moderate degree of carpentry knowledge. Looking to become a part of a creative team in a catalog or e-commerce development department.

 

Experience Highlights

 

  • Exhibited personal photographic projects in national and regional shows.
  • Utilized digital and traditional photographic techniques to produce images for print and exhibition.
  • Handled location and the studio shoots for events, collaborations, and documentation.

 

Professional Experience

 

Tyler Robbins Photography – June 2005-present

  • Capture and edit photographs for wedding, portraits, events and magazines.
  • Document art works, installations and performances for artists’ portfolios.
  • Work with creative teams on commercial product and lifestyle shoots.

 

Archer Geographic, LTD. – June 2009-April 2012

  • Enhance satellite imagery to improve overall visual aesthetics
  • Merge satellite imagery from various sources into one image, create cohesive color schemes.
  • Correcting color of imagery and removal of unwanted anomalies/objects

 

Visual Image Photography – August 2010-September 2011

  • Posed arranged and photographed individual athletes and teams.
  • Utilized portable lighting in indoor and outdoor locations to produce consistent results.
  • Efficiently captured large volume shoots with consistent cropping and posing.

 

Photography Project Assistant – UW Madison Art Department – 2008-2009

  • Documented departmental art, events and facilities.
  • Maintained and expanded archive of photographs used for print and web
  • Instructed art documentation seminars.

 

Notable Freelance Projects

 

  • World Hunger Conference 2007- Event documentation photography
  • Brava Magazine – portrait, editorial, and food photography.
  • Doheny’s Water Warehouse – 2012 – product and lifestyle photography for web and print catalog
  • Forest Art Wisconsin – Catalog photography, art documentation, created artist portraits, produced prints for traveling exhibit. www.waldkunst.com/2007/
  • Yale Economic Review – Winter 2007 Issue – portrait photography
  • Douglas Rosenberg 2009- 2012 – assisted performance artist on several book / photographic projects
  • Trans : Visual Culture Conference 2006 – Event / Art Documentation

 

Education

2006-2009 – University of Wisconsin Madison – Master of Fine Arts – Photography

2003-2006 – University of Wisconsin Madison – Bachelor of Fine Arts

1999-2001 – University of Wisconsin Milwaukee

 

Teaching Experience

 

Chimpsy Photo Fieldtrips – August 2011-present

  • Teaching photography courses designed to introduce beginning and novice students to exposure and composition fundamentals.

 

People Program, UW Madison – Madison WI – Summer 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008

  • Instructed 12 high school students. Taught 3 week traditional black and white photography class.

American Collegiate Scholars – Madison, WI – Summer 2008

  • Taught 3 week introductory digital photography class and 3 week traditional photography class.

Alternative process lecture/demo – University of Wisconsin, Madison – Fall 2006, 2007

  • Demonstrated cyanotype and Van Dyke printing. Also covered methods for producing a negative for contact printing.

 

Publications / Press

 

2010

 

Lenscratch.com – http://lenscratch.blogspot.com/2010/08/tyler-robbins.html

Treehugger.com – What Does Sustainability Look Like? Photos From Around the World

JPGmag.com Blog – “Sustainability” Best of Photo Challenge

 

2009

JPGmag.com Blog – “What’s In Your Fridge” Best of Photo Challenge


 

2008

Photo Forum – Best of College Photography 2008 – Honorable Mention

2006

Americas 2000: Works on Paper – Exhibition Catalog
Madison: People, Places and Events – Exhibition Catalog
Illumination – Undergraduate Journal of Humanities – Photography

Awards

 

Vilas Travel Grant 2009

Photo Forum – Best of College Photography 2008 – Honorable Mention

Glenn R. Allen Graduate Student Art Scholarship
Kathryn J. Krug Scholarship
Hooper Foundation Scholarship

Collections

Wisconsin Union Art Collection

Interests

Photography, historical processes, daguerreotypes, cycling, gardening, ecology, sustainability, cooking, teaching, brewing, art, design, wood working, lawn care

 

 

Lectures

 

2011

 

St. Nobert College, DePere, WI – Visiting artist slide lecture and large format camera demo.

 

2009

 

Reconciling Suburban Life – Society of Photographic Educators National Conference – Dallas, TX

 

 

Solo Exhibitions

 

2014

 

Anatomy of a Weekend – James Watrous Gallery, Madison, WI – Photography, Mixed Media

 

2011

 

Suburban – Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI – Photography

 

2009

 

Pleased to Meat You – 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI – Photography

 

Exhibitions

 

2012

 

No Strings Attached – Shepherd Fine Arts Gallery – Reno, Nevada

 

2010

 

Contemporary Daguerreotypes – Case Study Terminus 100 – Atlanta, Georgia

Daguerreotypes

 

Home Sweet Home – Jackie Macaulay Gallery, Madison, WI

Van Dyke Print

 

Love Lost and Found – Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno Nevada – Photograph

 

Home Sweet Home – Overture Center for the Arts – Van Dyke Print


2009

 

Masters’ Mystery – The Ritz Carlton, South Beach, FL – Photographs

 

6×6 – SUNY Jefferson Community College, Watertown, NY – Photographs

 

Home Sweet Home – UW Memorial Union – Van Dyke Brown Print

 

2008

 

Worlds Away: New Suburban Landscapes – Walker Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN – Video

 

Post Petroleum – Sheppard Fine Arts Gallery, Reno Nevada -Christine Pinney Karkow, Curator Photography

 

House Work – School Woods Supper Club, Madison, WI – Douglas Rosenberg, Curator

Performance : Sausage Party

 

F-stop – 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI

Photography

 

80th Annual Student Art Show – Porter Butts Gallery, Madison, WI

Photography

 

 

GRFX – 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI

Photography

 

Third Gear – 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI

Photography

 

Fresh Hot Press – Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Photography

 

Two Timed – 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
Photography

 

2007

 

Advance – 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
photography

 

First Year MFA Review – 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
Photography

University Of Wisconsin Madison MFA Review Exhibition – UW Oshkosh
Photography

InfluX – Overture Center for the Arts, Madison, WI
Photography

 

2006

Madison: People Places and Events – Overture Center & Steenbock Gallery, Madison, WI
Photography

 

Americas 2000: Paper Works – Minot State University, Minot, ND
Photography

 

Art Student Invitational – State Street Gallery, Madison, WI
photography

 

Fresh Hot Press – Overture Center for the Arts
Photography

 

Illumination – Open Book Cafe, College Library, UW Madison
Photography

 

78th Annual Student Art Show – Porter Butts & Class of 1925 Galleries, Madison, WI
Photography

 

New Works – Espresso Royale Cafe, Madison, WI
Photography

 

Fresh Hot Press – 734 Gallery, Madison, WI
Photography

Circus World – 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
Photography

B.A.T. – 7th Floor Gallery, Madison, WI
Photography

Fresh Hot Press – Madison Municipal Building
Photography


2005

 

Size – 7th Floor Gallery – UW Madison, Madison, WI
Ceramic sculpture

 

77th Annual Student Art Show – Porter Butts & Class of 1925 Galleries, Madison, WI
Photography

 

Vacancy (solo exhibition) – Espresso Royale Cafe, Madison, WI (May 2005)
Beans & Cream Cafe, Sun Prairie, WI (August 2005)
Photography

  • Work with creative teams on commercial product and lifestyle shoots.