Ed Aked
ed.aked@gmail.com
+44 (0) 7540 606 853
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TECHNICIAN EXPERIENCE:
Lighting Director (2021-Present)
1st Assistant (2018-Present)
Digi Tech (2020-Present)
2nd Assistant (2017-2019)
PAST & CURRENT ASSISTING CLIENTS:
Louise & Maria Thornfeldt | Sam Robinson | Laurence Ellis | Marili Andre | Martin Parr | Carla Guler | Oliver Hadlee Pearch
Rankin | Hugo Comte | Sam Faulkner | Carly Scott | Peter Beavis | Eric Broms | Ben Hassett | Hart+Lëshkina | Juliette Cassidy | Henrik Knudsen
Drew Jarrett | Perry Ogden | Charlotte Rutherford | Danny Lowe | Edd Horder | Annie Lai | Nicole Maria Winkler | Robbie Cooper | Alexei Hay
David Bailey | Lauren Maccabee | Yvan Fabing | Richard Cannon | Philippe Jarrigeon | Rhys Thorpe
SEE MY RECENT LIGHTING WORK HERE
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UK DRIVING LICENCE
(can drive cars, transit vans, horses...)
Tall & strong (can carry big things)
Portable speaker & good taste in music (on request)
Assisting Photographer Member of the AOP
Member of BECTU Photo Technician Union
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EQUIPMENT :
Canon 5D MkIV Kit + Canon / Sigma Lenses
Macbook Pro 13”, Wacom & tether cable
LW Manfrotto Tripod w/ 494RC2 head
Light meter & typical assisting gear...
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TECHNICAL KNOWLEDGE & SKILLS:
Highly adept with all commonly used strobe & continuous lighting:
HMI, tungsten, LED, fluorescent | Profoto, Bowens & Broncolor flash systems etc
Digital systems: Phase One, Hasselblad, Canon & Nikon
Analogue systems: Mamiya RB/RZ67, Pentax 67, Contax G & 645, HB500, Rolleiflex, Polaroid & many 35mm
Darkroom: film processing
Digital operator: Tethered capture, Capture One & Photoshop
Phase One Certificication Pre-Test Completed | Direct Photographic Equipment & Lighting Training Certificated
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PREVIOUSLY:
Production Assistant/Runner @ Shoot Europe! & Ben Hills Production (July 2017 - Jan 2018)
Studio Assistant @ Sunbeam Studios (Aug 2016 - Sept 2017)
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FREELANCE PHOTOGRAPHER:
Portrait, fashion, jewellery, travel & documentary, commercial & corporate photography
COMMERCIAL CLIENTS:
Welcome To The New World | Phoebe Walsh Jewellery | Lautier | Alibi | One World Media | Driftend Productions | White Noise mag
Something More Near | Sabry Marouf | Oslo Hackney | Karma Garms
EDITORIAL PUBLICATIONS:
Hot Press | Nasty Mag | Teeth | Vogue Italia | French Fries | Baby Step Magazine | Just Mag | Bridge Music Magazine | Defuze | Dreamingless
