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About
Dhrumil is an award winning fashion and commercial photographer in the Los Angeles/Orange County/San Diego area who focuses on creating sophisticated, stylish, and elegant photos. He offers images with a character to his editorial, fashion, beauty, and advertising clients that help sell the products. The goal is for the people to fall in love with these characters being portrayed by sharing Dhrumil’s vision and passion through his photography. The images highlight the fashion but also develop a relationship between the viewer and the photo by having a strong character presence in the photographs. Recent personal projects include creating a series of photographs taken from the window seat of an airplane, which has won him an award in the Fine Arts category in the 2nd National Photo Awards held by the Government of India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. You can see his latest work at www.dhrumildesai.me or get in touch with him at dhrumil@dhrumildesai.me.
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Education
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B.S. Biochemistry/ChemistryUniversity of California, San Diego2006 - 2010American Chemical Society (ACS) Certification (Expected June 2010) Multiple Provost's Honors
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Experience
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Editorial PhotographerMar 2013 - Present (11 years 9 months)Produced and shot multiple on-location full day shoots at multiple different locations including restaurants, hotels, spas, jewelers, ice cream parlors, showrooms, to name a few. Check out some of the work at www.dhrumildesai.me/gallery/tear-sheets/.
Managed a creative photo shoot team in upwards of 12 people.
Coordinated story/shoots between the Publisher, Editor-in-Chief, Writer, PR, talent, locations, and the creative team. -
Fashion and Commercial PhotographerOct 2012 - Present (12 years 2 months)Dhrumil is an award winning fashion and commercial photographer in the Los Angeles/Orange County/San Diego area who focuses on creating sophisticated, stylish, and elegant photos. He offers images with a character to his editorial, fashion, beauty, and advertising clients that help sell the products. The goal is for the people to fall in love with these characters being portrayed by sharing Dhrumil’s vision and passion through his photography. The images highlight the fashion but also develop a relationship between the viewer and the photo by having a strong character presence in the photographs. Recent personal projects include creating a series of photographs taken from the window seat of an airplane, which has won him an award in the Fine Arts category in the 2nd National Photo Awards held by the Government of India’s Ministry of Information and Broadcasting. You can see his latest work at www.dhrumildesai.me or get in touch with him at dhrumil@dhrumildesai.me.
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WebmasterArchery @ UCSDJun 2008 - Jun 2012 (4 years)I gave a major upgrade to Archery @ UCSD's website. Furthermore, I gave it social networking profile with a web 2.0 upgrade giving it a full time online presence to engage more efficiently with our members and to bring in more regular participants and funding.
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PhotographerThe GuardianMar 2010 - Jun 2010 (3 months)I take beautiful photographs that would go on The Guardian's website or in the printed newspaper.
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Director of Campus RelationsAS UCSD Office of AVP Student OrganizationsJun 2009 - Jun 2010 (1 year)I used to be the liaison between the Recreation student organizations and the Office of Associated Vice President of Student Organizations at the Associated Students (AS) of UCSD. With this, I got the opportunity to present the needs and demands of recreation student orgs to the AS and trying to bridge the gap between the two.
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PresidentArchery @ UCSDJun 2008 - Jun 2010 (2 years)I get to manage Archery @ UCSD, a recreational student organization, with 200+ members. I have to do several aspects of organizing, event planning and execution, including marketing, networking, administration, equipment, space reservations, and logistics.
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Public Relations ChairSixth College Technology CommitteeSep 2006 - Jun 2010 (3 years 9 months)I deal with the public relations matter for SCTC, which is a part of the Sixth College Student Council. We stand for the Technology part of the Culture, Art, and Technology theme of UCSD's Sixth College. I am responsible to get sponsors for SCTC's events, mainly the Winter Game Fest, which has over 1500 participants every year and $5000+ funding of prizes from the sponsors.
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Student ResearcherUniversity of California San Diego Moores Cancer CenterMar 2009 - Jul 2009 (4 months)I studied a risk model for competing mortality (i.e., death from non-cancer causes) in patients with advanced head and neck cancer.
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ShadowDr. Loren MellJan 2009 - Jun 2009 (5 months)I got to shadow Dr. Mell, who is a radiation oncologist at UCSD's Moore Cancer Center in La Jolla, CA. While shadowing him, I learned a lot about practicing medicine in a hospital, being a leader and a doctor, doing clinical research while practicing medicine, and communication with patients, to name a few.
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AmbassadorUCSD Sixth CollegeApr 2008 - Jun 2009 (1 year 2 months)I am part of the Ambassadors group, which represents Sixth College to other colleges at UCSD. For the year 2008, I was primarily responsible for organizing a student org faire for the incoming freshmen class that composed of 40 UCSD student organizations and more than 400 participants. The student org faire was part of the welcome week events for the class of 2012. Sixth College Student Org Faire has continued to maintain this tradition since then.
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OSD Peer Note-TakerUCSD Office for Students with DisabilitiesApr 2008 - Jun 2008 (2 months)I used to take notes for a student with educational disability for his (and mine) core writing class called CAT (Culture, Art, and Technology). CAT is a 6 unit mandatory core writing class at UCSD's Sixth College.
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ShadowDr. Milan BrandonJan 2008 - Jun 2008 (5 months)I got to shadow Dr. Brandon, who is an asthma-allergy specialist in downtown San Diego. While shadowing him, I learned a lot about running a private medical practice, being a doctor, and maintaining long term relationships with patients, to name a few.
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Teaching AssistantChinmaya Mission Mithila2005 - 2006 (1 year)I was the TA at Chinmaya Mission Mithila's, a religious center located in Tustin, California, Sunday school. I used to teach Mahabharata, an Indian epic, to 30 students from 4th and 5th grade. My job duties included to assist the teacher in teaching the class, help out with various class activities, check homework, be a good role model, develop a teaching plan, check attendance, lead the prayers and meditation, and provide inspiration and motivation to my students.
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Teaching AssistantNorthwood High School2005 - 2006 (1 year)I used to TA the College Prep Chemistry class of 25 high school 11th and 12th grade students. I used to assist the teacher with grading homework and tests of 50 students, facilitate chemistry laboratory, answer students' questions, make test questions, and being an inspiration for students.
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Awards
Government of India Ministry of Information and Broadcasting's 2nd National Photo Award 2011 in the Fine Arts Category
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Skills
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Elsewhere on the Web
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On Coroflot@dhrumildesai, member since 2012
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