Yang Cheng

• Complete high-pressure photoshoots by managing over 600+ students daily from PreK to 12th grade, while maintaining a professional attitude, and a calm and confident demeanor. • Travel between 50+ schools across NYS during Q1, 2, and 4, as a way to assemble at various venues, using Teamup to provide curated setups for the spaces available. • Resolve multiple issues on the spot by carrying backup equipment in case of emergencies.

• Focus on Portraiture includes studio, graduation, family, street, and commercial events. • Exceptional knowledge of set up and operation of various studio and location lighting systems. • Edit, processed, cataloged, and delivered high-quality photographs in a timely manner. • Proficient with Adobe Lightroom and Photoshop. • Technical knowledge of film/digital camera equipment, lenses, filters, flashes, and accessories.

•Co-lead 16 underemployed grads with 3 co-captains and support a cohort pod of 4 members nightly over 17 weeks to learn fundamental Excel, SQL, Python, and Tableau skills to transition into analytics careers •Facilitate head, heart, and hustle remote workshops at least 2 nights a week

• Led onsite photography shoots for 35+ newborns monthly within a controlled environment and under time restraints, with an average turn-around time of 35 minutes. • Developed a comfortable setting for newborns and parents to capture natural expressions, delivering photo galleries of an average of 20 photographs for each family. • Incorporated customer feedback and executed touch-ups using Adobe Photoshop and Adobe Lightroom. • Independently facilitated, organized, and curated photo shoots within 12+ hours on an ad hoc basis.

• Dedicated and responsible to the extreme attention to detail to ensure students safety. • Provide technical support on film cameras, develop process, enlargement process and studio environment. • Set up and Maintains chemicals needed and operation for Film develop darkroom, photo enlarges darkroom. • Proficient with 35mm, medium format film cameras.

Concentration: Economy and Photography.