About Me

My name is Walter Berkeley Fondren. I am a landscape photographer, a Young Life Leader , and a student at The University of Texas at Austin. My work in photography involves me travelling extensively to capture abstract aerial landscapes. My images are sold by interior designers and galleries in New York, Houston, and Los Angeles. I am also a Young Life leader in Southwest Austin at the St. Andrews high school. Lastly, I am a student at the University of Texas at Austin studying Economics.

Contact Details

Walter Berkeley Fondren
908A Keith Lane
Austin, Texas 78705 US

(713) 582-0977
wbfondren@comcast.net

Education

University of Texas at Austin

Bachelor in Economics May 2019

Red McCombs School of Business

Business Foundations Certificate May 2019

Work

Free Lance Photographer

July 2015 - Present

I am an abstract landscape photographer and travel extensively to capture my images. My main goal with my work is to provide less of a photo, and more of an abstract almost painterly look with the images that challenges the viewers perspective and understanding of the subject. My work is sold by interior designers and galleries in New York, Houston, and Los Angeles.

Port O' Connor Offshore Association

Marketing Consultant & Photographer June 2011-Present

I managed the marketing mix and implementation for Port O' Connor Offshore Association's main event, POCO Bueno Fishing Tournament. Part of my work also included photographing the event and updating their social media.

Trend Development

Summer Intern May 2017 - August 2017

As a Summer Intern at Trend Development, I worked with the companies third party partners during the new phases of development for the projects Fullbrook on Fulshear Creek, Long Meadow Farms, and the beginning stages of a new project. This included coordinating communications between Costello Engineering and Trend Development, assisting on design elements for multi-acre residential and commercial sites including lot and street layouts, and assisting on the management of the Homeowner Associations and Multiple Utility District's for the companies current developments.

Citation Oil and Gas

Winter Intern January 2015

Learned and mastered Petra, a program used by Citation and many other oil companies to manage their oilfield data. Transcribed 7 years’ worth of well data in the East Fitts Field in Oklahoma into Petra. Met with division reservoir engineers on a weekly basis to review projects.

Square Mile Energy

Summer Intern July 2014 - August 2014

Served as the only high school intern at Square Mile Energy. Digitized drilling les from the company’s past wells before translating them to Wellez, Square Mile’s proprietary database. Visited six separate well sites in Jefferson County where I observed two active drilling operations, two well completion operations, and two existing production sites.

18mm Productions

Camera Operator May 2015

Served as the camera operator alongside the Director of Photography in a professional Toyota commercial shoot titled “Swerve.” Operated the camera for 16 hours of the shoot, which included shots with actors on multi-ple takes and multiple sets.

Skills

I am an experienced photographer with a lot of experience both on ground and in helicopters and planes for aerial shoots, as well as being a skilled camera operator and drone pilot. I am proficient in the full Microsoft Office Suite (Word, Excel, and Powerpoint), the full Adobe Creative Suite (Photoshop, Lightroom, and InDesign), as well as Apple's Final Cut Pro X, and Apple's Motion 5. Finally, I am proficient in HTML 5 and CSS languages.

  • Camera Skills
  • Drone Pilot
  • Microsoft Office Suite
  • Photoshop
  • Lightroom
  • InDesign
  • Final Cut Pro X
  • Motion 5
  • HTML 5
  • CSS

Client Testimonials

  • There are always two people in every picture: the photographer and the viewer.

    Ansel Adams
  • Photography is all about capturing a mood, a feeling. I feel a special connection with nature, often very powerful. This late afternoon was phenomenal. Standing on the edge of the ocean, I gasped in awe as the holy light illuminated this cathedral window. Witnessing such a moment and capturing it is what I live for. Mother Nature is so powerful, I never underestimate Her.

    Peter Lik

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