photographer | educator
Profession photographer and educator with over 15 years of experience creating unique and dynamic custom imagery for Bay area companies. Owner at maginei photography, focusing on fine art photo montage, editorial, and commercial photography. Extensive experience working with art directors, stylists and brand guidelines. Have taught photography, lighting and marketing workshops and classes.
2020 – Present
Cabrillo College Extension, Teacher, Santa Cruz, CA
Teach highly interactive online workshops including lighting, photography business, macro and introduction to photography
2019
Cabrillo College Extension, Teaching Assistant, Santa Cruz, CA
Assisted teacher in introductory photography classes, both in classroom and on location
2013-2018
Symantec Corporation, Instructor, Mountain View, CA
Led marketing and customer experience and design workshops
2021 Communications Arts Photography, (finalist, juried)
2020 PhotoAlliance, Current(ly) Bay Area, (group , juried)
2020 PhotoPlace Gallery, Constructed Reality, Middlebury, VT
(group , juried)
2020 Academy of Art University Show, San Francisco, CA (juried)
2007 Bay Photo, Capitola, CA (solo)
2006 International Museum of Women, Imagining Ourselves (group, juried)
2006 Bay Photo, Santa Cruz, CA (solo)
2005 Chill Out Cafe, Santa Cruz, CA (solo)
2005 Bathori Salon, Capitola, CA (solo)
"A Dream Reimagined," ArtU News featured cover article, Feb 2021
CIO Digest magazine, regular contributor, 2010-2012
SMB magazine, regular contributor, 2010-2012
Ride A Wave Live and Love It Up, Film, photo stills, 2012
Rice University Alumni magazine, 2007
Practical Ecommerce magazine, cover, Mar 2006
Reflections of the Santa Cruz Harbor, Book, photo credits, 2005
Crystal Cruises
Enkata Technologies
Hyperion Solutions
Lyris Technologies
Palo Alto Networks
Platform Computing
Rice University
Ride A Wave Foundation
Star Analytics
Symantec Corp
Synergy Clothing
Academy of Art University
MA, Photography
San Francisco, CA
Concordia University
BA, Creative Writing
Montreal, Quebec, Canada