Mike Gray

Background

About Mike Gray

Experienced and innovative, with experience managing teams. Award winning commercial photography and post-production expertise. Reputation for “making it better” – an ingrained talent for improving processes and finding or creating better tools for improved performance. Designed and built numerous one-of-a-kind software and hardware systems to solve unique needs efficiently. A “Hands-on” manager that consistently delivered high-quality imagery at high volume with competitive pricing on a tight schedule for small clients and multi-billion dollar international corporations. • Photo Studio Management (Up to 16 direct reports) • Commercial Studio Photography (All subjects from extreme macro to big rigs) • Location Lifestyle Photography (From location scouting to final edits) • Post-Production (Both practicing and teaching) • Teaching / Mentoring (16 years) • Tool & Process Innovation (Hardware and software) • Welding / metalwork (Fabrication of dedicated product sets and tools) • Fiberglass Design & Lay-up (Proprietary styling tools) SOFTWARE: Photoshop, Capture One Pro, Illustrator, FileMaker Pro, Excel, Word, etc. SCRIPTING: AppleScript, BASH Shell Scripting