Gregory Melle's Photography Resume

 

I am a somewhat talented amateur photographer. I like to think that I have a good eye for colour and composition. While I will never be a real professional, I thought that a photography resume might still be useful.

Photography Resume Gregory Melle 2020

Gravelbourg, Saskatchewan  S0H 1X0  -- See Blog Profile for Contact Details

Summary

Having a camera ready and available is half of what it takes to capture good photographs.
My background in database software helps me keep my photos indexed and well-organized.
My photos can be found at CanadaGood on Flickr.com. 

Photographic Equipment Highlights

·  My father had an old folding Kodak camera. I was allowed to tinker with it but I don’t remember actually using any film.

· In elementary school, I learned to setup the Bell & Howell movie projector and thread the film. I was given the privilege of doing this in different classrooms.

· May 1963: I received my first Brownie camera. I experimented with taking B&W. Film and developing were always expensive so I learned to frame my shots and think before pushing the shutter button.

· Christmas 1968: I was given a Model 250 Polaroid camera. 
Many of my best Polaroid photos were unfortunately given away to family and friends. I would love to see what happened to them.

· About 1970: I purchased a Rollei 35 camera. It was a beautiful piece of engineering but had the awful habit of shredding the film sprockets if great care was not taken in rewinding. I lost two rolls that way in memorable circumstances.

· 1975: I bought my beloved Olympus OM-1 camera. I took it on an extended world trip. Unfortunately, this camera was left on a Honolulu city bus in July 1983. I was on my way to Japan. There I purchased an Olympus OM-10 which was the cheaper cousin of the OM-1.

· For a couple decades, most of my photos were captured on slide transparency film.
I preferred Kodachrome but occasionally branched out to Ektachrome or Fuji Film.
I bought a Bell & Howell Slide Cube projector which I eventually sold. I still store my slides in B&H Slide Cubes. I eventually scanned all my 4000+ slides two times. I still have a Kodak Ektagraphic III A carousel slide projector.

· Starting in 1986 I experimented with cheaper film from Seattle Film Works. In the nineties my photos were taken on some cheaper cameras. The results were often less than perfect.

· In 1997 and 1998 I took some memorable videos with a JVC VHS-C Camcorder. 
I eventually scanned them and used them as the basis for short YouTube videos.

· In 1998 I went digital. Since then I have owned a variety of Olympus, Kodak and Nikon cameras. Many other photos were captured by a Palm PDA and several phone cameras.

· My current camera is a Nikon Coolpix L340. When I shop for more expensive cameras I start to think of all the trips that I could make with the money. 
I might need something better before my next big trip!

Photographic Experience

 · Lots of Travel and many Travel photos

o I have made at least brief stops in more than forty countries: Europe, Australia, Asia and North America. I walked many miles carrying a camera. I have also travelled the length of Canada and touched on every American state.

· CanadaGood on Flickr.com since 2008

o 37,000 photos and videos posted with more than 16 million page views. They are tagged, geotagged and edited.

· CanadaGood on YouTube.com since March 2006

o I have posted almost 100 videos on YouTube. Many are quite short. Many are based on my VHS-C camcorder tapes. I use Pinnacle Studio for editing. 

Photographic Exhibits and Usage

· An Anatomy of Influence (Amazon) book published January 2018

o Author Thomas Daniell explains “the theory and practice of 12 leading Japanese architects”. My photo ‘gm_02507 Shinjuku Area Lights’ is reproduced full-color and full-page.

· Inspired Eye online photography magazine issue L (June 2017)

o I was featured in a 19-page section titled ‘Japan 1980’.
It contains 15 of my Japan travel photos and a short interview

· Slingshot Vancouver Agency campaign for Granville Island Brewing in October 2014

o I was excited that my photo was getting blown up on the side of a bus; 
but by the time the agency was finished it was hard to make out any of my image!

· Oscar Brockett Theater of the University of Texas at Austin 

o projection design for Bacha Bazi: Boy Play in February 2012.
It used several of my Afghanistan images

· Alberta Views Magazine

o December 2011 issue – Eye on Alberta section featured photo (Page 20)

· Alberta Views Magazine

o March 2011 issue – Eye on Alberta section featured photo (Page 18)

· Rural Councillor Magazine (Saskatchewan Association of Rural Municipalities)

o April/May 2011 issue – Front cover photo

· Peugeot dealer sales poster “Are You Ready for Winter?”

o featured highly-modified form of my edm09b63 Edmonton automobile snow photo. It was designed and produced by CMW Agency in London UK in late 2010

Photography Education

I read some photography books and I have been to some fine museums. Exposure to fine art of any type helps in photo composition and editing.

I have taken no photography courses. I have never been in a darkroom. I have been a member of a photography club. Nothing against joining, I just never had a chance.