May BATW Event: Bill Foster & the Power of the Web To Sell Travel Stories & Photos — May 16

one of William Foster's photos of President Barack Obama taking the Presidential Oath of Office. (photo by William Foster)

At the May 16 BATW meeting at Autodesk Gallery in San Francisco, Sacramento-based photographer William Foster, who was the official photographer for Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger  for two years and who photographed President Barack Obama’s inauguration, will show us developments on the web that we can use to attract new publications and establish our names as writers and photographers. He’ll cover basics about having a website at the very least, but he’ll also delve into maintaining and using a blog as more than just a journal. He’ll talk about social networking avenues such as Facebook and Linked-in. Lastly, he will talk about email campaigns and how to effectively plan and execute one. This will be a great program for savvy Internet users and for those of us struggling to understand the Internet beyond email.

Bill markets almost exclusively on the web. He’s has been in photography since 1996, but during that time spent four years at Intel Corporation as a web developer and corporate trainer. Most recently, after spending two years as Official Photographer to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, Foster is back out in the freelance photography world, marketing to public relations, corporate and commercial clients from Sacramento to Washington, D.C. A sampling of Foster’s work can be seen at www.wfosterphoto.com.

The fantastic Autodesk Gallery at One Market in San Francisco is hosting our meeting.  Opened just six months ago, Autodesk Gallery was build to celebrate the design process that take a great idea and turns it into a reality.  More than 20 different amazing exhibits highlight a range of inspiring designs from cathedrals to giant LEGO dinosaurs and everything in between.

3D models at Autodesk Gallery (photo by Morton Beebe)

Guests and prospective members welcome.

Agenda:
10-10:30 Meet and Greet with coffee, tea and munchies
10:30-11 Business meeting
11–12 Bill Foster program
12-12:30 Autodesk tour

Location:
Autodesk Gallery
One Market Street, Suite 200 (across the street from the Ferry Building)
San Francisco

more 3D art at Autodesk Gallery (photo by Morton Beebe)

Directions:

BART:
BART riders get off at Embarcadero Station

Ferry:
Embark in Larkspur or Sausalito and disembark at the Ferry Building and cross the Embarcadero

From South Bay:
Take 101 to 280 and follow 280.
This empties onto King Street, which if you stay on it, becomes the Embarcadero.
Turn left on Howard Street.
Right on Main Street
Right on Market Street.

From Golden Gate Bridge:
Take 101 across Golden Gate Bridge;
stay on 101/Lombard St., which swings you right onto Van Ness Ave.
Left on Broadway over a mile.
Right on Davis St.
Left at Jackson St. which becomes Drumm St.
Left at Market St.

From Interstate 880:
Follow signs to I-80/San Francisco/west and go over the Bay Bridge
Exit on Fremont Avenue
Turn right on Market Street

Parking:
Best to park at Embarcadero Center for $3 hour (weekends only). The closest Embarcadero garage is across from the Hyatt Regency at Sacramento and Drumm Street, just one block from Market Street.

Please RSVP by May 11, USING OUR ONLINE RSVP SYSTEM.
Go to www.BATW.org, click on “Member Log-in.” When the next webpage comes up, click on “login.” This is where you login with name and password. Then click on EVENT LIST; then click on the May 16 event. Finally, scroll to the bottom of the page and click where it says Register for this event: “May 2009 RSVP.”

– Sandy Sims
Programs Chair