Family
Education
Work Experience
Family
Education
Work Experience
Education
Southern Illinois University Carbondale Illinois
Bachelor of Science in Photography, Department of Cinema and Photography 1978
Lake Forest College Summer workshops in Holographic media: 1978, 1979,1980
Creighton University undergraduate Biology and Pre-Med. core 1972- 1974
O'Gorman High School, Sioux Falls South Dakota Class of 1972
A native from Sioux Falls South
Dakota, I early on developed an interest in photographic imagery,
studied at Southern Illinois University where I obtained a BS in Photography
in 1978. All of this leading to an interesting exhibition on new
technologies in art
held at the School of the Art Institute
in Chicago Illinois in the summer of 1978 where I saw my first Hologram.
The rest as they say is history.
Work Experience
Dynamic Imaging Systems Corp. Chicago Illinois
January 1997 - July 1997. Lenticular
image system set-up.
The LASERSMITH INC. Chicago Illinois
Owner and principle optical engineer March 1985 - January 1997
Oversaw holographic image company with sales of upwards of $900,000 yearly.
Responsible for the state of the
art optical systems for mastering holographic images in all existing media;
Photo Resist, Photo Polymer, Silver Halide, Dichromated Gelatin. Developed
the first multi-camera system for high speed image acquisition suitable
for real -time holographic images, trade marked as Holographic Moments
this image line is the current largest selling image group in holographic
retail outlets. Developed all the optical systems of The Lasersmith Inc.
Developed the computer workstation that is used for the creation of all
computer modeled and live image stereograms produced by The Lasersmith
Inc. Experienced with all Ion Lasers, Gas lasers, Ruby solid state lasers.
Experienced with Macintosh workstations and all related software; page
layout, 3-D image creation, spreadsheets, word Processing, Photo manipulation.
Experienced with Pentium DOS and Windows NT workstations and all related
software and hardware: digital non linear editing, 3-D Studio modeling
and animation, Digital Fusion image manipulation. Experienced with specifying
Macintosh and DOS workstations for a variety of applications ranging from
sales & Marketing, work processing, image creation and manipulation,
digital image capture.
Smith & Cvetkovich Holography Chicago Illinois
Owner & Professional Holographer May 1980 -February 1985
Set up Midwest's first professional
Holographic mastering Studio with Thomas Cvetkovich. Developed and sold
holographic images to business concerns in the techniques of Dichromated
Gelatin, Silver Halide, Photo- Resist. Developed Mastering facilities for
the production of multi-color reflection holograms, HOE's in Silver Halide
and Dichromate Gelatin emulsions, Photo-resist masters for replication
in micro embossed materials. Named and developed the company Chromagem
specializing in photo resist image creation.
K & S PhotographicsChicago, Illinois
Manager niteshift color print department June 1978 - February 1980
Managed all color print production
related aspects of Chicago's largest commercial photo-finishing company.
Trained production technicians, maintained chemical balance of all color
print processors. Scheduled and color corrected all color print production
for a photo finishing producer specializing in the highly demanding advertising
agency and designer market.
Gamma Photo Labs Chicago Illinois
Cross trained technician July 1975 - August 1977
Worked in Color prints, Duplicate Transparencies, Ciba color Murals, Developed specified and trained individual in composite printing for the Dupe Department. Developed the trade named Ultra-Chromes for the product marketed by the same name, high end 35mm & medium format transparencies, still marketed by Gamma today.