Melania Brescia Navarro

Freelance Photographer

Malaga, Spain
I use to work on numerous photographic projects for a variety of clients. I have been tasked with photographing fashion shoots, family portraits and personal events as well as working in production as 1st camera asistant, assistant director, doing storyboards, pulling focus and directing photography over the last twelve years.

Work Experience

Freelance

Freelance Photographer

Working with a variety of clients, my photographic roles include, location sourcing, style direction, lighting direction, photography as well as all post production work and image re-touching.
2009 - Spain

Deer Run Media

1st Assistant Camera - Assistant Director - Story Boarding - Graphic Design and Editing

January 2017 - October 2020 Tennessee, United States

MYNA

Director of Photography

January 2020 - January 2021

Education

San Telmo School Of Arts And Design.

Bachelor of Art's Degree

I spent three years studying at San Telmo School of Arts and Design. During my time here I learned skills in art history, illustration, sculpture, photography and installation art. I also gained invaluable skills in computer aided design and illustration, working with programs such as Adobe Flash, Photoshop and Illustrator.
I also took extra curricular activities such as English and French language courses, Spanish history and literature and philosophy.
September 2007 - June 2009 Spain

San Telmo School Of Arts And Design

Superior Degree Artistic Photography

I am a Superior Technician in Artistic Photography. The core learnings of this course have involved the functions and use of DSLR camera
and its techniques.
Other skills learned include stenopeic photography, creating my own stenopeic camera, and developing the results in a dark room. Medium format cameras also with dark room film development and processing. Raw image retouching and post production using Adobe photoshop, bridge and lightroom. The skills have been applied in various photographic applications such as fashion, documentary, architecture and psychological portraits projects among others.
Other sections of the course have included photography history, volume, technical drawing, advertising theory, storyboarding, script writing, video shooting and editing, photography for print, postproduction and exhibition.
September 2011 - June 2013 Malaga, Spain

Languages

Spanish (Native),
English (Fluent),

Awards

Malaga Crea, Fotografía

Second prize

2012

Skills

AC, Adobe Bridge CS5, Adobe Lightroom, Adobe Photoshop CS4 5 And 6, Adobe Premiere CS5 And 6, Apple And PC, Camera Raw, Capture One, Composition, Darkroom, Digital SLR, DP, Excell, Film Photography, Medium Format Photography, RED, Tether,