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From Portfolio to Platform, Getting Eyes on Your Photography

Date  | Tuesdays, October 7, 14, 21, 2025

Time  |   7 – 9 PM (MST)

Location |  Online via Zoom

Cost  | $189 Member and $210 Non-Member

Instructor  |  Carol Schiraldi

Skill Level  |  All skill levels welcome

CPAC adheres to a strict payment, cancellation, and refund policy. Please review our Payment & Refund Policies prior to registration.

Objective:

This workshop equips photographers with practical tools and strategies to increase visibility, share their work effectively, and grow their audience through platforms like social media, exhibitions, and more.

Course Description:

Honing your skills as a photographer can help you create better images but what do you do once you start amassing these images? In this workshop, we’ll share ideas on how to move your portfolio to the next level, be it getting into gallery shows, (more) paying clients, getting published, or helping those in need with your photographic skills.

The goal of this workshop is to give participating photographers the tools, understanding, and confidence to be able to advance their photography to the next level. The participants will get an overview of the different tools they can use to help them along their photographic journey as well as understand some of the stumbling blocks they might encounter along their path.

TOPICS COVERED

Day 1

  • Getting your head in the game – having a proper mindset for leveling up your work and finding your version of success
  • Reviewing where you are and where you want to go next. What are your next steps
  • An introduction to the next level toolkit – tools you can use to help you take your work to the next level and take your work from portfolio to platform

 

Day 2

  • The “Next Level” toolkit – tools you need to get to the next level
  • Examining the Artist Bio
  • Crafting an Artist Statement
  • The photographer’s website
  • A look at social media from the mindset of a working photographer

 

Day 3

  • More on social media – how to make the most of your time Crafting your personal checklist for success
  • Setting goals and setting you on your path to success

Materials Needed:

If you have questions about camera equipment or resources, contact us at edu@cpacphoto.org in advance of the class. For online classes and workshops please register as you normally would, and CPAC will update you with the proper links. To participate in an online course, students will need access to a desktop, laptop, or tablet with adequate internet connection and storage space.

  • This is a discussion format workshop so participants should be prepared to be actively engaged.
  • Participants will not need to share their portfolio but may opt to do so to facilitate discussion.
  • Participants may want to have or create several self portraits (headshots) to be used for their artist biography as part of this workshop.