- USA, New York City
- Born in:2003
- Assistant since:2022
- Driving licence:Car
- Personal car:no personal car
- Passport:yes
- Languages:English, Spanish
- Telephone: 5129099090
- www.nicholaswheat.com
- nwheat.trigo@gmail.com
Photo Assistant, Digital Tech
Nicholas Wheat
People, Portrait, Location Scout, Fashion, Beauty, Reportage, Stillife, Food
Know How:
Lighting for stills/motion: Profoto, Broncolor, Elinchrom, Astera, Intellytech, Litemat, Nanlite, Aputure, Arri, Mole Richardson, Source4/Lekos.
Software: Capture One (digitech certification), Photoshop, Bridge, Helicon Focus, InDesign, Lightroom.
Camera: Canon, Nikon, Sony, Fujifilm, PhaseOne. 35mm, medium format, large format
film cameras.
Grip: c-stands, combo stands, rollers, boom arms, butterfly frames, scrims, nets, flags, floppies, ultra bounce, neg.
Familiar with .icc profiles, color spaces, soft proofing, output sharpening, screen calibration digital file prep for web and print.
References as assistant / Career
Spéos International Photography School - Paris, 2023. Intensive professional technical program.
NYU Tisch 2026. BFA in Photography and Imaging. Minor in Spanish and Graphic Design.
Assisted commercial and documentary photographers in Paris, NYC, Texas, and Mexico. Fashion, celebrity portrait, lifestyle on-location, food, jewelry, cosmetics.
Work as a gaffer for short films, doing G&E EQ runs loading and driving trucks, directing grip and electric team as chief lighting technician to fulfill the DP's vision.
Experience lighting sets for mixed-use stills/motion sets strobes and continuous lighting for seamless looks on fast-paced commercial productions.
Lighting for e-commerce, high-fashion portrait looks, gradient lighting for product.
Work as digital technician on still-life shoots.
High-end retouching for luxury still-life.
Ask me what equipment I have available to rent.
www.nicholaswheat.com
nwheat.trigo@gmail.com
+1 (512) 909-9090
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