Creating an Online Presence

Use the latest online tools to create and market your work

Whether you’ve been photographing for years or just starting out, creating an online presence is the best way to get your work out to the world. Building a website and social networking used to be painstaking tasks. Now with the newest online tools and features at our fingertips we are all able to showcase our work and network with our audience more easily and inexpensively then ever before.

In this workshop, students learn how to use online tools to create and market their work. Topics covered are: websites, Facebook, Twitter, blogging, Linked-In, Flickr and many more. In-class instruction consists of preparation of images and or videos for the web and exploring website templates. Students leave this workshop with a solid understanding of how to best use the available tools to properly and safely network their online presence.

Class Needs:

An existing body of work to use during class time (photos and or videos)

Macintosh computers will be provided

Prerequisite:

Students are required to have basic computer skills.

Instructors

Juan Pons

© Tony LlerenaBorn and raised in San Juan, Puerto Rico, Juan is a nature and wildlife photographer, whose passion is photographing our worlds magnificent wildlife and natural features. Juan is a strong supporter of wildlife and natural habitat conservation and is a member of several conservation organizations. Though private individuals purchase photos directly from him, Juan donates his images to non-profit organizations with nature and wildlife preservation missions. Juan never ceases to be amazed by the natural subjects he photographs and hopes that sharing his photographs will inspire others to appreciate and respect natural life.

With a background in computer science, Juan is an expert in digital photography, imaging, and storage systems.

With more than 20 years experience in photography, Juan has most recently embraced the biggest revolution in Digital SLRs, High Definition video. Working with video capable DSLRs since their introduction, Juan has become a recognized expert on maximizing the capabilities of DSLRs when shooting video. Juan has also published a new instructional DVD titled: The Photographers Guide to Creating HD Video with the Canon 5D Mark II.

Juan travels extensively capturing nature's beauty, and also teaches his own workshops and speaks at a multitude of events throughout the world on many photography topics.

Juan’s work has been featured in numerous publications, including Sierra Magazine, Nature Conservancy, Audubon Magazine, American Photo, Audubon North Carolina, Wildlife in North Carolina, The Independent, and many others.

Juan is the co-host, with his friend Rick Sammon, of The Digital Photography Experience podcast, a leading audio podcast that covers many photographic topics. Juan also owns wildnaturetours.com, offering instructional photo workshops in Yellowstone and many other locations through out the US.