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Websites for Photographers

Instructor:

Nat Coalson

Max class size:

12

Location:

Illuminate Workshops Studio, 23 Lincoln Street, Denver, CO.

Next Class:

February 4, 2010

Tuition:

$99.00

Effective Photographic Design with Nat Coalson
©Nat Coalson

Websites for Photographers: The State of the Art
When someone asks your for your web address, do you feel confident or nervous when giving it to them? How long has it been since your site's content was updated... or, is your web site in need of a complete overhaul? Do you use online services like paid galleries or stock agency web sites?

Effective Photographic Design with Nat Coalson
©Nat Coalson
Effective Photographic Design with Nat Coalson
©Nat Coalson

Today, strong web marketing is indispensable for most businesses, and photography in particular. This class is designed for photographers of all disciplines, who want to learn how to plan, design, build and maintain and effective web presence.

Whether you will be working with a web designer/developer or doing all the work yourself, this class will help you understand all the necessary technical terms as well as current trends and best practices in web site development.

Effective Photographic Design with Nat Coalson
©Nat Coalson
Effective Photographic Design with Nat Coalson
©Nat Coalson

In this three-hour class, instructor Nat Coalson will cover:

  • Identifying your buyers and creating content for them.
  • Effective web site architecture
  • Essential features and functions buyers want today.
  • Overview of current web technologies.
  • Guidelines for your site's look and feel
  • Integrating Lightroom, Photoshop, Dreamweaver etc.
  • The role of metadata in marketing photography.
  • Search engine optimization
  • Overview of available web services for photographers.
  • Your options for developing and maintaining your web presence.

 

About the Instructor:
Nat Coalson is a photographer, author and experienced teacher with over twenty years professional experience in digital media. He started building web sites in 1995 and founded a Denver-based web agency called Mindlight Interactive that designed and built hundreds of web sites for corporate clients. Following this, he was a partner in Stark Raving Media, a consulting firm that provided consumer behavior research and analysis along with web site development. Nat now works full time in photography, and has built several of his own web sites and blogs to promote his products and services.

For more information and to see Nat's work, please visit NatCoalson.com.

About the class:
This is a presentation-based, lecture-style class. You do not need to bring your camera. A computer is optional. Bring note-taking materials; following the class links will be provided for you to access additional resources online.

Following the class on image design, I had a chance to take some pictures on a trip I took to Jackson's Hole WY at the Grand Teton's and all the instruction [Nat] gave was very helpful. I noticed a huge difference in my photos. I plan on attending a few more classes.
~ Lauretta R.
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Other digital photo classes:

 

Feburuary 4, 2010, 6:00pm.
Websites for Photographers
1-day workshop: Thursday, January 28, 2010, from 6pm-9pm.
The January 28th class has been postponed due to illness. The new date is Febuary 4th.
1-day workshop: Thursday, February 4, 2010, from 6pm-9pm.


   

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