Michael Winter Photographer

Thank you for giving me the opportunity to show you my work. I hope the following material is equal to the caliber of work you are seeking for the position of Audiovisual Production Specialist.

Experience

Provide photographic, video, audio and graphic design services and products. Collaborate with others including stakeholders, customers on media requests and assignments. Design, translate ideas, construct media representations that appeal to intended audience according to established standards. Use, order and maintain media equipment and programs to optimize products/services within allotted budget. Coordinates plans, organizes, and executes formal requests for media productions including but not limited to negotiating content, deadlines, and setting priorities.

As a current VIS at VA Portland Health Care System I provide a variety of media deliverables of the highest quality to clients. This includes photographic, audiovisual, graphic design, and media support. I have taken established standards in design and reworked them with new visual elements resulting in 100% customer satisfaction with positive feedback.

“Use, order and maintain media equipment and programs to optimize products/services within allotted budget.”

After some time on the job I was able to analyze and optimize our current services. For example: While examining the process of providing lamination of large format posters, I found a solution that cut time, materials, and labor. The old process involved Medical Media printing posters, then sending the packaged posters to Vancouver REPRO SERVICES for lamination, they would then repackage and send them back to Medical Media for QC inspection - finally delivering to customer. I bought the same laminator that REPRO SERVICES use and we are now able to provide this service IN-HOUSE. This process saves time for each of the stakeholders resulting in saved time AND money.

“Transform spoken or written descriptions into visual representations.”
Customer provided this concept.
(Outside cover) This is what I came up with, the customer was very happy with the result.
(Inside)
"Provide instruction to management, SMEs, training development staff and instructional media staff related to the development of educational media programming."

I love to teach photography basics! What I often see from non-creatives taking photos is that most of the time they will frame the subject in the middle of the screen, from quite a distance away, and shoot at eye level. My advice is to get as close as the action allows (being mindful of your surroundings, and knowing what you can and can’t do), and CHANGE YOUR PERSPECTIVE! Get down low or raise your camera up and angle it down a bit. Use your surroundings to compose the frame… Leading lines, framing the subject, and even shooting through foreground elements. These simple tricks will make your photos way more interesting! See the photos below from a shoot I did that uses all of the aforementioned techniques.

Members of Portland Navy Operational Support Command clean the Salvation Army building to prepare for holiday events.
Shutter drag at night.

Work Samples:

Photography

Travis Jones - Army Veteran Combat Photographer
Kershaw Knives
Oregon Coast
Haystack Rock, Oregon
Seaside, Oregon

Video

My wife and I made a zombie home movie… It’s awesome!

This is a promotional video I made for the band WANDERLODGE to showcase the songs on their new record.

Bertha’s Healthy Homemade Dog Treats shot entirely on iPhone

Graphic Design

Art Direction

WANDERLODGE 12” record cover. I provided art direction for the content and marketing build up leading to the release of their debut record.
Sticker and tee shirt I designed in Adobe Illustrator.
Photo from the session.
Thank you for taking the time to look through my work. I look forward to hearing from you!