Student Photographers Online Presence (& my own)

 

Chloe Rose Weaver - Farnham Photography Student

 

 

Chloe Weaver is a student in Farnham. Her Instagram account offers links to her twitter account and her Facebook so that she can be followed across many networking platforms. However, there is no sign of any website.

 

Her Instagram account is a mixture of work and personal life quotes. Personally I like reading these quotes, so as long as they are clean, I don't see any problem having them within her Instagram. However, as her career takes off, it might be mindful to create a more professional account, although I do think it is important for you to show a flare in your personality within your online presence.



Chloe's twitter account also provides the information of the other networking sites that you can find her on, along with direct links to make the transition between sites easy. She has listed the type of photography that interests her which allows followers to engage with that aspect of her interests.

 

Chloe also uses every photographic opportunity to upload to her twitter account showing that she is photographically engaged.

 

Chloe's Facebook page is locked for friends only-which is a good thing, as quite often on Facebook, what your friends/family tag you in can be out of your control, so to have the settings controlled is a more professional way to use this network.  However, he has created a like page, where anyone can join and can engage with her work.

 

 

 

Rhianna Hughes is a photography student in Falmouth.

 

Rhianna's twitter account is far from professional. She comes across a little immature and does not have much to say about what interests her. The only reference to her university is when she was accepted into it. She tweets about tampons and sperm and has no regard to having a professional manner or engaging anyone with the her project work.

 

 

Other than the declaration that she has no idea what she is doing, Rhianna's Instagram has a more professional feel to it. There are photographs and a cross over of self portraits which allows a little continuity through platforms. However, none of the platforms are linked to each other and she has no website. All in all, she needs to work on creating a more engaged and professional presence which has a continuous theme so that hopping between platforms has the same aesthetics. The platforms also need to be linked, otherwise people will not search and join/like/tweet on any other platforms.

 

 

Kimberley Jones in a photography student at Falmouth.

Her twitter account has little images on it-one! Her bio just states Meh! and she has no links to any other platform. This is not the way to make the most out of networking and online networks. She also tweets as would be expected from a Facebook status.

 

 

 

 

It has proved difficult find anymore about her, her email address doesn't provide any more information on a Instagram, Facebook or a website. All in all, her web presence is very poor and needs working on.


My Twitter..

 

Although I do use my twitter to document photography projects-I need to do this more. Also, I need to change my profile picture as the one I have is a family photo which does not feel very professional-and could put off potential clients.

 

My website is linked to my twitter, but not visa versa, this is something I need to work on. My website needs a little work also and some new images to be added. Also, I would like to set up google analytics to check the flow of my website.