Salary: ¥2,840,000/year | Self-Employed, 40hrs/week

Provide full-service professional photography with a strong focus on lifestyle, motorsports, sports, fashion, and culture-driven storytelling, including live music and events as well as branding imagery for client websites, special events, athletic photography, model portfolios, business headshots, and personal portraiture. Highly experienced working both in studio environments and on location, utilizing advanced lighting techniques to achieve consistent, high-quality results across varied conditions. Based in Tokyo’s inner 23 wards and serving the greater Kanto Plains, I am highly experienced in covering large-scale conferences, receptions, and private parties. Holding SOFA status allows me to work seamlessly with U.S. military base communities across Japan.

Demonstrates strong technical proficiency with professional camera systems, lenses, filters, and lighting equipment, applying deep photographic knowledge to promotional photo shoots, candid event coverage, and documentary or independent projects. Independently managed all aspects of post-production, including digital editing, retouching, resizing, cropping, and color correction to ensure visual accuracy and screen consistency. Maintained and organized digital image libraries and uploaded finalized assets to client and organizational websites, ensuring efficient content management and timely delivery.

• Covered a wide range of freelance event and editorial assignments, including large-scale motorsports events, fashion runway shows, athletic competitions, special events, branding imagery, and portraiture for personal and professional clients.

• Produced studio and on-location photography using advanced lighting techniques to create polished visuals for model portfolios, business headshots, client websites, and promotional materials.

• Applied deep technical expertise with professional camera systems, lenses, filters, and lighting equipment to execute promotional shoots, candid event coverage, and documentary or independent projects.

• Independently handled full post-production workflows, including digital editing, retouching, resizing, cropping, and color correction to ensure visual accuracy and consistency across platforms.

• Managed digital image libraries, organized content assets, and uploaded finalized images to client and organizational websites, ensuring efficient content delivery and brand alignment.

Reason for leaving:
Currently still active and take on personal projects between present work.

Salary: $18,230/year | Self-Employed, 40hrs/week

Owner and operator of a full-service commercial photography studio and rental facility supporting a wide range of production needs. Designed, managed, and maintained a multi-set studio featuring a 180-degree cyc wall with integrated vehicle turntable for automotive and watercraft shoots; immersive built sets including an aircraft passenger cabin, prison tier, motel courtyard facade with fully furnished room, residential living room and master bedroom, and a bar/lounge environment that also functioned as a client break area. The studio included an underwater shooting tank with shoot-through panels, two green rooms with changing and shower facilities, a client-facing lobby, and a dedicated post-production suite with three Adobe Creative Cloud–equipped editing workstations. Oversaw all studio operations, scheduling, client relations, rentals, production support, and facility logistics.

• Led the coordination of talent acquisition, working closely with casting directors and agents to recruit on-screen talent that matched creative vision and project requirements.

• Managed wardrobe procurement and organization, ensuring timely acquisition, fitting, and maintenance of costumes in alignment with production design and budget constraints.

• Oversaw the planning, design, and setup of production stages, optimizing each space for various filming needs and ensuring efficient workflow across multiple sets.

• Provided logistical support throughout production, coordinating resources, equipment, and crew to ensure that all stages of filming, from pre-production to post-production, ran smoothly and on schedule.

• Collaborated with directors, producers, and department heads to address and resolve operational challenges, ensuring that creative goals were met while maintaining budget and time efficiency.

Reason for leaving:
Currently “paused” operations since moved to Japan.