Simon Ledder

Simon Ledder

1st Photographic Assistant

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Freelance Retoucher & Digital Operator at Simon Ledder

  • Education

    • Accrington & Rossendale College

      1998 - 2001
      NVQ Wood Occupations

      CITB NVQ Level 1, Level 2 and Level 3 Wood OccupationsCITB Wood Occupations Modern Apprenticeship

    • Falmouth University

      2004 - 2007
      Bachelor of Arts - BA Photography
    • Blackburn College (UK)

      2002 - 2004
      BTEC National Diploma Photography

      EDEXCEL Level 3 BTEC National Diploma Photography

  • Experience

    • James Lightbown Photography

      Apr 2005 - Sept 2006
      1st Photographic Assistant
    • Vue Represents

      Jan 2007 - Jan 2007
      Intern

      Portfolio callouts, Booking couriers, Making appointments, invoicing, portfolio updates

    • Taylor James Ltd

      Jul 2007 - Oct 2011
      Creative Retoucher, Photographer & Digital Operator

      • Senior Level Retoucher. • Collaborated with a team to create award-winning campaigns and images. • Worked with Producers to evaluate the requirements of a project and estimated schedules. • Responsible for the formation, procurement, and maintenance of the in-house photographic department. • Captured assets to be embedded in CGI environments, matching perspective, scale, and lighting. • Photographed images for Taylor James client productions as well as internal projects. • 360° HDRI panoramic image capture and creation for utilization in CGI environments. • Creation of multi-part compositions on a daily basis. Show less

    • Simon Ledder

      Sept 2011 - now

      • Advanced retouching, compositing, masking, and color correction abilities. • Constructing images utilizing lighting, scale, perspective, focus, realism, and color. • Maintain color consistency and quality assurance on all images. • Strong visual skills, extremely attentive to detail. • Exceptionally organized, logical, reliable file handling methodology. • Excellent Mac problem-solving skills, including both hardware and software issues. • Phase One Certified Professional. Highly Experienced with Capture One / Tethered shooting. • Highly organized and able to manage multiple projects concurrently. • Able to effectively communicate with cross-functional partners when problem-solving. • Self-reliant, proactive and independently motivated. • Strong time management skills and ability to prioritize. • On Set retouching, comping, grading. Show less

      • Freelance creative Retoucher & Digital Operator - San Francisco USA

        Jul 2013 - now
      • Freelance Creative Retoucher & Digital Operator - London UK

        Sept 2011 - Jul 2013
    • Stanley's Post

      Jan 2013 - Feb 2013
      Freelance Creative Retoucher
    • Third Eye Studio

      Feb 2013 - Feb 2018
      Freelance Creative Retoucher
  • Licenses & Certifications