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OTS - Digi Op Investigation

Digi Op Investigation
Bruce Horak
He's been working in the photographic industry since 2008. He has done freelance and full time positions work as a photo assistant, digital operator, studio manager and production manager. 
Horak is Phase One Certified Professional. Before he moved to London in 2015 he worked in South Africa and Germany. 

Horak has worked on many different projects from still life studio shoots to on location outdoor projects in difficult environments. He said that he enjoys advertising, portraiture, lifestyle, travel and any work with a documentary style. 
This is a list of equipment and software that Horak is familiar with - 
 
CAMERA:
Phase One (Certified Professional). Hasselblad. Canon. Nikon. Sony. Mamiya. Pentax

DIGITAL:
Capture One (Certified Professional). Lightroom. Photoshop. Bridge. Mac OS. Wacom graphics tablet

LIGHTING:
Strobe lighting including Profoto. Broncolor. Briese. Elinchrom… 
Constant lighting including HMI. Tungsten. Kino flow. Dedo light… 

He also has a rental service, some equipment he has available are (prices weren't included): 
A digital capture location kit including: Macbook Pro Retina. Eizo Monitor. Workcase and Tripod
Hyperjuice Battery
Tether cables
Wacom graphics tablet
Whilst researching I found that Horak doesn't have his own website but he is on 3 (that i could find) different digi op websites advertising his services. He didn't publish is rates on any of the websites I looked at.

Kinga Kardynal
Kardynal has been working as a freelance digital operator and lighting assistant for over 9 years. She is based in North London.
Before being a freelance digi op, Kardynal studied in got her degree in Photography faculty MA at The Polish National Film, Television and Theatre School in Lodz
She has worked on many projects since she began digi oping, these include working with commercial, portrait, still life and fashion photographers, both in studio and on location.


This is a list of equipment and software that Kardynal is familiar with - 

CAMERA: Canon, Nikon, Phase One,
Haselblad, 35mm

LIGHTING: Broncolor, Profoto, Elinchrom,
Continuous light

SOFTWARE: Capture one, Lightroom,
Photoshop, Illustrator
Kardynal's work experience:
2015 – till now Freelance in London / Self employed
2013 – 2015 Freelance in Poland / Photography, Art Direction
2010 – 2013 Daylight Studio Warsaw / Photo, light and studio Assistant
2009 – 2010 Studio Bank Warsaw / Light and studio Assistant
2008 – 2009 Photoproduction – Light and Camera rental / Assistant
Whilst researching I found that Kardynal does have her own website and similar to Horak she is on 3 (that i could find) different digi op websites advertising her services. She didn't publish her rates on any of the websites I found.

OTS - Digi Op Investigation
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OTS - Digi Op Investigation

Investigation into two professional digi ops.

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