OBJECTIVE: Photographer / Writer / Proofreader / Researcher / Speaker /
Presenter / Backcountry Expedition Leader
 

SUMMARY
· Exceptional and proven expertise in photography (film and digital), writing
and researching 
· Photographs have won numerous awards at professional state, regional and
national levels
· Researched, wrote and published two books, both registered with Library of
Congress
· Writing experience spans several genres, including speeches, persuasion,
technical, humor, ads
· Excellent organizational, people, multi-tasking and self-management skills
· Tenacious researcher for hard data that proves or disproves a point

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE
 Vanguard Research, Inc. ('90 – '94)
Senior Photographer, Joint National Test Facility, Schriever (then Falcon) AFB,
CO
· Provided sole photographic support to organization of over 700 military and
civilians for 4 years 
· Edited the entire engineering manual describing the structural, electrical,
HVAC, plumbing, communications, security and counter-surveillance systems used in
a highly secure multi-story structure
· Received numerous letters of commendation for skill and timely service from
management and recipients 
· Held Secret clearance

 IPAC, Inc. ('89)
Chief of Photographic Services (interim), Diego Garcia, British Indian Ocean
Territories
· Earned a 99% evaluation grade from customer, US Navy, replacing an outgoing
crew of 5 with only 4, on unfamiliar contract 
· Accomplished about 20% more work with 20% less manpower. Managed personnel
and physical assets. Controlled inventory and daily operations 
· Photographed VIP visits, executive portraits, personal injuries,
environmental impact, documentary, etc. 
· Held interim Secret clearance

Consulting Career: ('79 - present)
Photographer/Writer/Researcher
· Wrote 150 page book, illustrated with 275 images after years of research and
collecting articles
· Proofread a lengthy Request for Proposal, finding considerably more more
errors than a previous proofreader
· Photographed people, events, architecture, catalog/small products, et al, for
over 15 years
· Wrote booklet that has changed the minds of hundreds of people, who initially
held an opposing view
· Wrote promotional pieces for a hard-to-please client in a highly competitive
industry (medical research), which received high praises for powerful wording
· Created several PowerPoint presentations for workshops and seminars I
conduct
· Wrote numerous, well-researched white papers on wide variety of technical and
non-technical topics
· Wrote several troubleshooting solutions for Actiontec, a modem manufacturer,
in a step-by-step mode
· Discovered and wrote step-by-step solution for PC lockups applicable for
Windows 95 through Millenium for Gateway Computers help desk technicians
 
résumé of Bruce W. Hinson

 EDUCATION
Master of Arts in Business Administration, University of Colorado (in hiatus)
Bachelor of Arts in Organizational Management, Colorado Christian University
('91)
 Received Outstanding Achievement Award for Scholarship
Formal Photographic Training
· Brooks Institute, School of Photography; Santa Barbara, CA, 2 years
Major: Commercial, Minor: Portraiture
· Famous Photographers School, correspondence course, 1 year


 PUBLIC SPEAKING EXPERIENCE
Training & Public Speaking skills: 
· Developed and presented private workshops and seminars on technical and
aesthetic aspects of photography at various local library branches
· Active member, Toastmasters International; nearly completed: Competent
Communicator
· Presented programs to: The Professional Photographers of Colorado, PP of
Wichita, KS, PP of Topeka, KS; Rotary; taught my program part-time at CIVA
Charter School, Colorado Springs, CO
· Taught 1 hour course on MS Word, intermediate level, at Coast IRB


COMPUTER
· Proficient in use of Photoshop, MS Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Publisher,
Access, Outlook
· Used a Macintosh daily for 6 years 
· Built 3 PCs for home/office use and have performed my own troubleshooting
since 1990
· Built and maintain web site: www.ObedientCamera.com


VOLUNTEERISM
· Served as Assistant Scoutmaster for 7 years. Planned, coordinated and led
weeklong, 50 mile canoeing expedition in northern Minnesota for 14 boys and men
· Member of backpacking club where I have coordinated and led weekend treks
· Helped with Hillside Neighborhood Cleanup Project
· Spearheaded “Beauty from Ashes,” a free portrait project for victims of
the Castle West Apartments fire. Organized 8 photographers and several high
school students. Secured donations of pizza, drinks, printing paper and ink, plus
use of commercial business space
· Organized and photographed free Christmas portraits of single moms with their
children
· Periodically help foreign students to find housing, learn to drive and
improve English skills through local outreach program