Carter Johnston

Armadillo Photography is a small, local photography business located in Central Texas specializing in architectural photography and work closely with real estate agents, architects, builders, designers, and remodelers to create beautiful images that capture the essence of any space. We can provide the complete package, including drone photography, 360 virtual tours, 2D floor plans, and more.

-Team strategy, research, and development of brand guidelines and briefs for internal and vendor purposes -Marketing research and storyboarding for social media and commercial advertising. -Retouching for website and mobile applications -Archiving digital assets for creative and photo library -Appstore design & development -Scouting and sole retoucher for location shoots all over the country for a project involving several photographers shooting 33 different cities and 7 Regions within 48 states. -Building in-house production Studio

• House photographer for a runway fashion show production company at Mercedes Benz Fashion Week in New York. Clients included Naeem Khan, Rebecca Taylor, Jill Stuart, and Chris Benz. • Contract photographer for on-location product photography for a retail packaging design, branding, and distribution firm. Clients included Sur La Table, Lands’ End, and Swiss Army. Worked with art director to refine concept and design. Produced corporate headshots. Provided all post-production. • Photographed flagship store of a popular Austin food and hospitality company for advertising purposes. • Assisted photographers with photo production, lighting, and staging.

Review, edit, and curate professional photo submissions for new listings all over the world. Provide technical support and maintain quality control of published photos consistent with company style guidelines and aesthetic. Provide product and event photography for company merchandise and social media.

• Specialized in darkroom, digital, and inkjet printing, and post-production processes such as retouching, color correcting, and layer masking. • Worked closely with clients to perfect exhibition and publication selections, and overall print quality. • Color consultant and assistant printer for photographs featured in Janet Delaney’s South of Market exhibition at de Young fine arts museum in San Francisco, and for the new San Francisco Museum of Modern Art’s opening 2016 exhibition. • Primary printer of master prints, private collections, and internationally travelling exhibitions for fine art photography books published by Mack Books, Nazraeli Press, and Twin Palms, and featured on the best-of art book lists for TIME Magazine, The New Yorker, Mother Jones, and Aperture. • Directed and curated juried gallery show featuring 31 emerging California-based photographers. Negotiated rights for image use and gallery logistics, and recruited prestigious jurors. • Guest lecturer for photography classes at U.C. Berkeley and the San Francisco Art Institute. Clients include(d): Mike Brodie, Janet Delaney, Lukas Felzmann, Lucas Foglia, Jim Goldberg, Todd Hido, Mike Light, Matt Lipps, Reagan Louie, Paul Schiek, and Catherine Wagner, as well as Pier 24, Robert Koch Gallery.

Builder of custom steel frames and forks

Assisted on a trip throughout the American Southwest, developing educational video and photos teaching basic and advanced photographic techniques. Set-up equipment and production sets, recruited models, and assisted with lighting.

Assisted with in-studio scheduling and client relations for a family and children portrait photographer. Designed and built studio sets. Provided printing and post-production retouching services.