freelance photographer meg daniels
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Megan Q. Daniels84 Goose Creek CourtPittsboro, NC 27312
Education: M.S., Adult and Community College Education, North Carolina
State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 2005.Master’s Thesis: A Picture is Worth a Thousand Negotiated Meanings: Conversations with Women Regarding Credible, Still Photographs
B.F.A., Photography, Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester, NY, May 1997.
Professional Experience:
Photography Faculty – The Art Institute – April 2010 – October 2015
Freelance photographer Non-traditional stock, portraiture, and editorial photography – January 2002 – Present.
Photography Instructor – Center for Documentary Studies, Duke University, Feb 2008- Present
Photography Instructor – University of North Carolina Friday Center, October 2008 -Present
Photography Instructor – Central Carolina Community College, June 2007 – February 2010
Photography Instructor – Carrboro Arts Center, April 2006 – February, 2007
Photography Instructor – Durham Technical Community College, March 2005 – February 2006.
Photojournalism Contractor – Duke Corporate Education, December 2004 – February 2005.
Freelance Photographer – Raleigh News and Observer, Raleigh, NC, June 2000 – January 2004.
Staff Photographer – Democrat and Chronicle Rochester, NY, August -1997-June 2000
Exhibitions AI faculty group show – Alizarin Gallery; May 2015 AI faculty group show – Litmus Gallery; Sept. 2013 Two Juried shows: Duke facility – Aug thru Dec. 2012 and Aug.
thru Dec. 2013 AI faculty group show - The Carrack, May 2012
Awards and Accomplishments Featured photographer on Behance (online platform) for
project titled “Lifestyles of the Not Rich and Not Famous” – May 2015
Honorable mention: Santa Fe juried “Backyard” contest – Dec. 2013
Faculty of the Quarter – Fall 2010 Nancy Pollack Award – Award given for outstanding scholarly
research and the positive impact of graduate-level research on both the NC economy and the quality of life for its citizens, July 2005. Thesis Title: A Photograph is Worth a Thousand Negotiate Meanings: Conversations with Women Regarding Credible, Still Photographs
Second Place: Feature Story – "Aging with HIV,” Annual regional "Newspapers Over 125,000 Circulation" contest, NY, 2000
Notable Photography Assignments:
Book Publications Susan B. and Me , two images selected to accompany prose.
Released: September 14, 2006.
Freelance Magazine work : I-5 Publishing: Horse Illustrated Rodale Publishing Company: Organic Gardening Magazine The Rambler Magazine; numerous images used from 2006-
2012 The Sun (Chapel Hill, NC), “Man Smoking”. February 2007. Mothering Magazine, numerous images used from 2006-2009 The ADA Times, numerous images used from 2006-2009 Christianity Today International, “The Rutba House”, July
2005. Inside Lacrosse Magazine, “E. Chapel Hill Rolls to Win”, Vol. 6,
Issue 6, August, 2004. USAA: U Magazine, The Calvo Family; Issue 27, 2002 Time Magazine, portrait of local businessman (Rochester, NY);
October 1999.
Contributing stock photographer Design Pics Tandem Stock Novastock VWPix Alamy
Software/Hardware Skill Sets Software
PhotoShop: versions CS6 and Creative Cloud Bridge: CS6 and Creative Cloud InDesign: CS6 and Creative Cloud Premiere: CS6 and Creative Cloud Acrobat Pro: XI
Lightroom 4 and 5 2011 Microsoft Office fotoBiz
Hardware Nikon camera systems: D300, D610, V1 Canon: 5D Mark II ProFoto lighting equipment Paul C. Buff equipment Nikon Creative lighting system