Mike Shipman
Blue Planet Photography, LLC
Boise, ID, USA
208.466.9340
www.blueplanetphoto.com
Through Blue Planet Photography, I teach photography and lead workshops. I'm a former wildlife biologist interested and skilled in environmental editorial, travel, corporate, industrial, and general interest.
Work Experience
Mike Shipman Photography
Owner/Photographer
Photography for travel, environmental, editorial, industrial, product, corporate, advertising/marketing, annual report. Clients include Orvis, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, Colorado State University, Loyola Marymount University, PDX Magazine, U.S. Silver, U-Haul, Travel Oregon, Idaho Dept of Tourism, McCall Magazine, AAA Magazine, DieselTech Magazine. In the field or studio, I will travel anywhere.
March 2004
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Nampa, Idaho, United States
Blue Planet Photography, LLC
Owner/Photographer
Lead photography workshops and teach classes world-wide, fine art photography prints; museum quality and alternative process (cyanotype). Commissioned fine art portraits welcome (I love to collaborate on projects). Workshop locations: Iceland, Scotland, Idaho, Oregon, Washington, New Mexico, Maine, British Columbia - everywhere. Group classes and one-on-one instruction locally and across the country ranging from beginning to Photoshop and Business of Photography.
January 1998
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Idaho, United States
Ogden Environmental
Research Associate & Consultant
Conducted behavioral observations of bighorn sheep in response to military overflights in a remote canyon area, wrote a bald eagle management plan for a new ski resort in central Idaho
Boise, Idaho, United States
US Forest Service
Field Tech
Conducted field research on endangered spotted frogs in northern Nevada
Nevada, United States
USFWS NERC
Museum/Research Tech
Collected, prepped, cataloged, and curated museum specimens in research collection
Colorado, United States
Denver Mus. Of Natural History
Curatorial Associate - Zoology Dept
Collected, prepped, curated museum specimens for research collection, conducted field studies on raptor migration
Colorado, United States
Education
Boise State University
M.S. Raptor Biology (in progress)
Boise, Idaho, United States
Colorado State University
B.S. Wildlife Biology
Colorado, United States
Skills
Commercial Photography,
Dreamweaver CS5,
Editorial,
Portrait Photography,
Adobe Photoshop CS5,
Corporate,
Environmental,
Fine Art,
Industrial,
Travel Photography,
Professional Memberships
ASMP - American Society of Media Photographers APA - American Photographic Artists EP - Editorial Photographers NANPA - North American Nature Photography Association