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Resume Roast for Photographers

Photographer resumes are portfolio delivery vehicles, and reviewers treat them that way: link first, then a scan for specialties, clients, and the production logistics that separate professionals from enthusiasts. Passionate about visual storytelling is on every photographer's site already. Shot 40 commercial jobs last year, managed lighting for full-day product shoots, delivered 48-hour turnarounds: that is the professional part, so write it down.

What Gabe checks first on a Photographer resume
  • Portfolio link up top, curated by the specialty you are selling: product, portrait, event, editorial. A wedding gallery does not sell a product shoot.
  • Name clients and volume, like 35 shoots a year for e-commerce brands, 200 finished images per job. Volume plus consistency is what studios buy.
  • Include production skills plainly: studio lighting, tethered capture, retouching depth, turnaround standards. The craft behind the camera is half the hire.
Worth knowing

Recruiters spend about 7 seconds on a first resume scan. (Ladders eye-tracking study)

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