Ben Hider

Independent Photographer specializing in food, portrait and event photography Creative food photography for restaurants, bars and coffeeshops Headshots, Executive portraits and on location portraiture On set production stills and BTS coverage for television Clients include Alibaba, Associated Press, Budweiser, Bluestone Lane, Citibank, Dunkin, The Guggenheim Museum, New York Botanical Gardens, NYRP, Ethisphere, IFF, and others. Full production video shorts for social media and online use. FAA Certified Drone Pilot

Ran an office with a team of photographers and editors to handle multiple events simultaneously Manage all photography for bell ceremonies, meetings, parties and events on location at the New York Stock Exchange and at offsite conferences and events. Install and maintain several remote camera at various new locations throughout the trading floor. Moved all photography from physical media storage and built an online storage solution for all digital photography to be accessed by multiple internal and external clients simultaneously. Digitized historic archive of film negatives. Communicated and planned photography needs with incoming clients. Updated headshots and portraits of senior executives, employees and new clients. Managed a high volume production photo booth print station at cocktail receptions. Covered historic IPO's and mergers including Alibaba, Twitter, Linkedin, GM, T-Mobile, Pandora, Oracle, Citizens Bank, The Container Store and many more Covered visits and conferences hosting world leaders and government officials including David Cameron, George W. Bush, Ban Ki-moon, General Petraeus and many other international figures.

News, Sports and Entertainment Picture desk editor Caption and distribution of live images to worldwide news feeds Retouching and scanning of archives including Kevin Mazur, Ron Gallela and Larry Busacca Onsite picture editor at live events across the US including CMA, Jingle Ball, The Tony's and more.