Ed Bunyan

Contact Info and Resumé

Edward J. Bunyan, Jr.
2102 Whitehall Rd
Frederick, MD 21702

During my career as a photojournalist shooting the daily news, features, and sports assignments, I have:

Developed strong skills using Photoshop to create award-winning illustrations , and specialized in shooting studio, aerial, documentary, underwater and industrial photography.
Edited photo assignments for 15 weekly newspapers, 5 periodic magazines, and 8 community telephone directories.
Demonstrated creativity in illustrating concepts and ideas for stories, illustrations, and work processes for departmental procedure.
Acquired excellent teaching skills in conveying abstract ideas, concepts with computers, Photoshop software and various archiving software.
Demonstrated strong aptitude for problem solving with computers and alternative methods for workflow.

Managed staff of five full-time, and two college intern photographers, including scheduling and payroll.
Contracted freelance photographers on a daily basis for an increasing number of assignments.
Reviewed portfolios and hired photographers to work in the department.
Developed departmental budgets for equipment, software and staff.
Defined needs and recommended equipment and software purchases.
Monitored incoming photo assignments for quality.
Liaised between Photography and Editorial departments.

Retouched images in LAB, RGB and CMYK color spaces.
Created multimedia presentations with video, still images and graphics using Final Cut Express, iMovie, and Garage Band.
Won awards for documentary projects on National Guard Training for a Light Infantry Unit and for an educational story about a child's first day of school.
Developed a system for lighting a story shot under water for an award-winning sports story.

Maintained computer hardware, software, and lab equipment in the Photography department.
Determined new software needs for department.
Calibrated monitors for Photo and Design departments.
Wrote scripts for converting images from color to black and white, providing auto-corrections for advertising design, and using Photoshop to streamline scanning of images for real estate advertising.
Established and maintained Intellitune software to provide auto corrections for editorial send-in photos.
Created workflow solutions for the editorial archive system.
Streamlined the system for scheduling and tracking photo assignments.

Provided training and ongoing support to all Patuxent staff regarding image archiving and Photoshop.
Tutored on a daily basis Director of Photography regarding routine computer usage.
Mentored high school photography students.
Trained college intern photographers on advanced Photoshop techniques.

Employment History: Photo Editor - Patuxent Publishing Co., July 2007 to present.; Photo Assignment Editor - Patuxent Publishing Co., May 2000 to July 2007.; Staff Photographer - Patuxent Publishing Co., November 1981 to May 2000.

Community Activities: Counselor and Photographer - Mid-Atlantic Burn Camp, Annually, 1992 to present. Provided images for the web page and produced slide show for the camp's closing campfire.

Education: Bachelor of Arts, Visual Performing Arts - University of Maryland, 1981; Stan Kalish Editing Workshop - Ball State University, 2005; Software Workshops - DreamWeaver, Flash, Fireworks and Photoshop Color Management - Maryland Institute College of Art, 2006

Awards: President's Award, Patuxent Publishing (July 2003) - Company's highest award; nominated by 15 people in 3 different editorial departments for going above and beyond in my position as Photo Assignment Editor.; Catholic Press Association (1996) - First Place for photograph of Pope John Paul II and Cardinal Keeler exchanging the Sign of Peace during Camden Yards Service; ran in the Catholic Review in Baltimore, and chosen as the cover for the book commemorating the Pope's visit.; Suburban Newspaper Association (1986 and 1987) - First Place in Sports Picture series.; Maryland Delaware DC Press Association - First and Second Place Awards in Feature Picture Story, Illustration and Sports categories.; National Press Photographers Association, Monthly Clips-Region 3 - Second and ThirdPlace finishes in the categories of Sports, Features, and Feature Picture Story.; Maryland State Teachers Association School Bell Award (1987) - A story of young Matthew Teal on his first day of school for The Howard County Times.; Department of Defense, U.S. Army - Letter of Commendation for a story on light infantry unit during Florida training in waterborne assault for Fort Meade's Soundoff! and The Laurel Leader.