Profile

Photographic imaging specialist and production manager whose career began in 1987 on a printery process camera and spans darkroom processing, high-resolution scanning, colour management and digital restoration. Has scanned and restored more than 1,000 historic prints, negatives and glass plates, and leads Circa West Indies, a heritage book of early Caribbean photography. Experienced in running high-volume production, setting quality standards and managing teams in Barbados and the United States.

Skills & Software

  • Design & media: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, Lightroom, After Effects, Premiere Pro; Apple Final Cut Pro; Microsoft Office.

  • Web & business: Squarespace, QuickBooks Online, Monday.com, OmniPlan.

  • CAD & capture: VectorWorks CAD, VueScan Pro, Epson Perfection V600 scanner.

  • Core strengths: Photography, photographic scanning, digital retouching and colour management, metadata and cataloguing, graphic design, art direction, branding and identity, packaging design and print production.


Imaging & Heritage Experience
Beachgate Images: Contract Scanning & Restoration · 2004

  • Scanned and digitally restored a large collection of historic glass plate negatives for a local heritage image company.

Private Archive: Collector & Restorer  · 2004 – Present

  • Collected, scanned and restored more than 1,000 antique prints, negatives, positives and glass lantern slides. Compiled material origin dates, captions, sources and condition notes into a database.

Circa West Indies: Creative Director & Editor-in-Chief · 2023 – Present

  • Leading production of a 350-page heritage book of early Caribbean photography, due November 2027.

Experience - Creative Director & Graphic Designer 

Creative Director & Graphic Designer · Independent

Clients include Isabella & Ethan Foods Ltd.and Walkers World · 2025 – Present

  • Conceived the "Best Harvest" brand for a white-label range of imported food and drink. Developed the name, logo, packaging, print and digital advertising with the client.

  • Managed label production with a Vietnamese manufacturer for 10 Best Harvest pure juice products for the Caribbean market.

  • Developed and managed production of Best Harvest frozen French fry packaging with a Belgian manufacturer. Currently designing packaging for imported Belgian ice cream.

  • Produced 60 packaging layouts for the WW Collection luxury bedding range, prepared for manufacturing lines in China and Portugal.

Arrow Construction Group / Total Sourcing & Supply Inc.

Speightstown, Barbados · 2022 – 2024

  • Launched Total Sourcing & Supply: led showroom build-out, supplier relationships, overseas shipping and receiving, inventory, pricing and QuickBooks Online records. Built the e-commerce website and created its social media promotions.

General Manager & Marketing Manager

Camp Suma Inc. · Elora, Tennessee, USA · 2020 – 2022

  • Led the startup of a 501(c)(3) non-profit entering the medical CBD market. Directed company branding, website development and packaging for a range of CBD
    consumable products.

Landscape Designer & Organic Agriculture

  • Barbados. 2006 – 2019. Owner & Creative Director

Longbow Communications: Rendezvous, Barbados · 2002 – 2006

  • Ran a boutique multimedia studio offering branding, marketing and advertising campaigns, web design and development, print collateral, photography, image scanning retouching and digitisation, video editing and digital media production. Art Director, Graphic Designer and Scanner Operator

Hunter McMain Inc.: Houston, Texas, USA · 2000 – 2002

  • Directed the design studio on large print projects and catalogues.

  • Supervised quality control of high-volume printed collateral for the fine art publishing sector.

  • Trained by Heidelberg/Linotype-Hell as a photographic scanner operator and colour management technician.

Early Experience

Coles Printery Ltd.: Speightstown, Barbados. · 1987 – 1989. Graphic designer, large format process camera operator and darkroom technician

Shep’s Photo Ltd.: Hastings, Barbados. · 1993 – 1995. General manager, photo developing and printing technician

Education 1990 – 1992

Associate Degree, Graphic Design & Illustration · Bunker Hill Community College, Boston, MA ·