Résumé
Ford Bond

Specific Skills

A commercial and advertising photographer with extensive experience in sports action photography. A technical facilitator and project manager with extensive computer knowledge. I have taught a wide range of basic, intermediate and advanced computer applications, including A+ and network engineering courses, with additional skills in advertising, marketing, photography and computer graphic design.

Employment History

2001-2008

Virtually-There Photography, Jennings , Florida

Owner

Action Sporting Events Photographer and Portrait Photographer.  Initially photographed motor events including motorcycle racing, stunt bikes and motocross racing.  In 2003 we began specializing in equine photography photographing a wide variety of horse shows in Kentucky , Maryland , Virginia , North and South Carolina , Tennessee , Georgia , Florida , Alabama and Mississippi .  Events included: 4H shows, breed and open shows, Quarter Horse, harness Racing, Hunters & Jumpers, draft horses, rodeo, and barrel racing. Local and national shows including: Georgia State 4H, Sarasota Polo, SE Regional POA, Southern National Palominos, Dixie National Appaloosa show, Mississippi Quarter horse, Kentucky Paso Fino, Tennessee Quarter horse, Virginia, Maryland and Delaware Quarter horse Assn, Alabama Quarter Horse, World Class Miniature Horses., Piedmont, and Paso Fino among others. All production and editing done in-house.

1999-2001

Computer Doc., Tampa , FL

President

Web Designer, Programmer, and Computer Graphic Consultant, Photographer, Computer Consultant, Network Designer and Administrator, Instructional Designer and Facilitator

1996 - 1999
Museum of Science & Industry, Tampa , FL
Computer Lab Manager

Created and implemented the computer education program for the largest Science Museum in South Eastern US.  As program manager, I designed and supervised the build-out and wiring of the computer labs, maintained its instructional computers, UNIX and NT servers, administered the NT network and Internet frame relay connections, found funding for software and hardware components, and was instructional designer for the curriculum.   I designed and created all publications for the program.   Network designer & administrator of NT, UNIX  & Internet Frame Relay networks for Museum. Taught a wide range of basic, intermediate and advanced computer application courses.  Students ranged from pre-school to adults.  Corporate and professional training classes were created for Busch Gardens , Leslie Controls, Hillsborough County Attorney’s office, Terrace Bank and others.  Corporate training included office applications, trouble shooting and network engineering courses (Network Essentials, NT Server, NT Server in the Enterprise and TCP/IP).

1976-1984, 1984-1996, 1999-2001
Ford Bond Photography and Ford Bond Photography & Computer Art Services
Williamsburg , VA & Tampa , FL  President 

Film based Commercial and Advertising Photographer – Studio and location photography, table top antiques, silver, and food, furniture and interiors, magazine covers and newspaper and magazine display ads, corporate brochures and annual reports, fashion models and political campaign photography

Digital portrait photography – Senior Moments specialized in portraits for families and individuals in retirement communities, churches and assisted living facilities.  Photographed over 2000 individuals, designed and produced three pictorial directories during a two year period.

Events photography, reward and recognition events, weddings, corporate employee events, plant openings

Beginning in 1984 Computer Art Services added a computer graphics production house to the photographic services previously offered.  CAS produced multimedia business, training and marketing presentations.  We offered consulting services in computer graphics, imaging, marketing, advertising and training. CAS produced presentation graphics materials, animations, video presentations, interactive training materials, corporate brochures and publications for a wide variety of corporate, industrial, educational, not for profit and governmental organizations. 

 R. & D. services were provided for the CAD division of TRS, a Reprographics Company, which included testing of equipment, finding document management software and creating procedures for large scale printing of large numbers of architectural and engineering drawings.  Designed and programmed large-scale imaging and document retrieval systems.  Became the basis for their graphics and cad departments

CAS Imaged 8500 Engineering Drawings and created a custom Visual Basic/Access image retrieval system for the Utilities Department, City of Lakeland , Florida  

The York Town Crier 
Williamsburg , VA    Photo Editor 

Photojournalist, editor, and writer, designed and set photographic standards for award winning weekly newspaper. Worked as a graphic designer and layout artist to produce camera ready layouts for the printer. 

Other Positions 

Included:  Deputy Clerk of Court, US Tax Court; Business Systems Analyst and Sales Rep, AM Corp; Commercial Mortgage Appraiser, BF Saul Co.; Historical Research Assistant; Blacksmith and Historical Interpreter Colonial Williamsburg.

Interests

Genealogy - lecturer on computerized genealogy, computer research tips, and internet genealogy research techniques, former vice president Florida Genealogical Society,   creator and publisher, personal family database 20,000 related individuals. 
Past and Present Affiliations:  ASTD, BSA, FGS, FMPTA, FPPA,  ITVA, NCGA, NPPA, PPA, Tampa Ad Federation

Education

AB Economics, The College of William & Mary, additional studies The Sorbonne and American University

Professional Advancement  Photography

Florida School, Florida Professional Photographers Assn. Lighting – John Woodward, Portraiture- Tim Kelly, Frank Cricchio, Bruce Evenson, Monte Zucker, Gregg and Lisa Daniels,  Hansen Fong, among others.

Photoshop – Jane Conner Ziser, Jim Di Vitalle, Zuckerman.

Seminars workshops and conventions FPPA, Imaging USA and PMA 2000-2008