Photography Events UK is an idea founded by Claudia Carter, of Carter Imaging (http://
http://www.carterimaging.co.uk/).
“Photography Events UK was created due to a number of reasons.. Firstly, because one day I was looking for an online resource that documented photography related courses or exhibitions in Scotland, as I was keen to learn as much as possible in my starting up period. I spent a while on this and couldn’t find anything substantial in one online place. I did some research within my own group of friends and networks and found that this is something that people would find useful, especially those looking to break into the photography scene who may not have direct access to the larger networks.
The second boost of inspiration was sourced from a tweetup drinks occasion that I arranged after one of the days of SWPP London in early January, and it was a huge success (with over 25 attendees, including American photography stars Becker of The B School and David Jay of OSP Forum). Following that, I started a Facebook group so that UK Photographers could organise future meet ups or shoot days in one place, without being limited to 140 characters on Twitter. As photographers began discussing future dates and plans, I thought that it would be convenient to have an online calendar documenting all of the event details so that others could find the information easily.
I created a plus site to my Showit site and downloaded a Google iCal feed, added a blurb and hit ‘publish’. It received great feedback, so I sat down and planned how I could combine the two concepts. From a strong interest in creating a UK wide networking community, the final ethos behind Photography Events UK was born.
We aim to be the single online resource documenting all photography related events and we take a lot of our inspiration from the news websites. We want to give you up to date information quickly so that you can spend more time working on developing your work. It will showcase featured photographers and venues and list exhibitions, courses, seminars, 1 to 1 training, meetups, shoot days and more. It will always be completely free to use and soon will utilise newsletters, image galleries and member logins.
To begin with, until the word gets out properly, we will be sourcing the majority of the events but we have been receiving very good feedback so far and quite a few photographers and venues have submitted their events to be added already. Just see it as free exposure! The new website is Wordpress based and will continue to develop over the next few months.
We will be offering advertising space to photography brands, venues or photographers themselves at competitive rates - with an introductory discount. Please contact me if you want further information.
You can find us on Twiiter at http://www.twitter.com/PhotoEventsUK
Facebook - http://www.facebook.com/photographyeventsuk
And email me on claudia@photographyeventsuk.co.uk
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