About
I am a Product Designer and Commercial Photographer based in San Antonio, Texas with a strong understanding of the Product Development & Design, as well as high-end Product Photography, Branding & Marketing.
I was born and raised in Greece where from a very young age was immersed into fine arts. My grandparents were into shoe making and tailoring professionally, giving the motivation and creative advantage to appreciate design and craftsmanship from an early age.
After finishing high school I studied and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts with Honors in Creative & Commercial Photography from University of Central Lancashire in Preston UK in 2009.
After that I moved to Nottingham UK where my commercial photography career evolved and grew. After working with a few photography studios in portraits and fashion photography for couple years and gained more professional experience I had the great opportunity to work at Alliance Boots as the main product photographer for the “Miniclub” and “Opticians” departments.
During my stay in UK I started my second Bachelor Degree in Product Design where I graduated in 2016 from Nottingham Trend University. Product Design was a true passion and a huge dream of mine to study and learn all about design and materials as well as user experience and branding.
In late 2016 I moved in San Antonio Texas and I was offered to work (and currently working) to the Toy Factory Llc as a senior in-house photographer and concept designer. Where my main role is to photograph all stages and final licensed plush toys, as well as create concept designs for future plush toys. Working with major companies such as Universal Studios, DC Comics, Pokemon, Sega, Hasbro, Mattel and many more.
My main skillset is:
Advanced Studio Lighting ,Retouching, Image Manipulation, User Experience, User Research, Branding & Identity, Digital & Traditional Design, Ideation, Soft & Hard modeling, Mold-making, Woodworking, 3D Printing.
Software - Photoshop, Illustrator, InDesign, SolidWorks, Autocad, Keyshot, Procreate, ZBrush
Other specialties: Fine art projects, painting, sculpturing, leather crafting