Tara MacDonald, CEO and Award-Winning Producer

Tara has diverse entertainment industry experience, specializing in project development, production and post-production management. Her outstanding leadership and communication capabilities facilitate excellent problem-solving skills in the continually changing environment inherent to production. Ms. MacDonald has knowledge in scheduling, budgeting and editing software including Entertainment Partners and Final Cut Pro. Her award-winning credits include the two short films, Windows of the Soul and Let them eat, and the music video, Everything Burns. A member of AFCOOP, NSMPIA, Film Independent Los Angles and the Halifax Chamber of Commerce, Tara works to continually build her companies, Charlie Mac Productions, Inc., and Charlie Mac Media, to better serve her Client base. Ms. MacDonald will also soon obtain a Master of Business Administration degree from Walden University.

In addition to her work at Charlie Mac, Tara is a Fifth Avenue Collection Jeweller. Learn more by visiting her esteemed colleague, Wanda LeClair, at www.everydayterrific.com.

Caroline Ruyle, Still Photographer

Caroline has worked alongside Ms. MacDonald for the past year at Charlie Mac Productions. She is a highly creative still photographer with the unique ability to provide substantive content in conjunction with artistic input. Her extensive background in photography combined with exceptional knowledge of digital cameras and equipment lends itself to a keen ability to hold her own for more technically inclined Clientele. Caroline was an official photographer for the 2009 Atlantic Jazz Festival, 2010 CIBC Relay for Life-Sackville, and various stores and musicians in the HRM. She attended a private career college in downtown Halifax for Graphic Design, and received a diploma in Photography in 2008.