Building A Photography Community with Colin Jones of The Society of Photographers

Having been brought up in photography, and from a very young age been involved with running photographic organizations, Colin Jones has a unique perspective and large knowledge of the photographic industry, with particular emphasis on the trade side of the industry. 

As CEO for The Societies of Photographers, Colin’s role is to oversee the day-to-day running of the organization from membership recruitment, renewals, expanding, and updating the benefits of membership, London Photo Convention Organizer, heading up the Roadshows team, providing content and part-designing the magazine Professional Image maker, website design, and content creation, as well as business development. 

Colin also works closely with the trade to help them reach photographers through advertising and trade shows. This enables The Societies of Photographers to provide free education and training for photographers. 

Out of hours, Colin is immensely proud to be a Volunteer Crew Member for Rhyl RNLI Lifeboat – helping Save Lives at Sea; his roles on the station include Deputy Mechanic and Navigator on the All-Weather Lifeboat and Helm on the Inshore Lifeboat. Colin is also an acoustic musician, playing acoustic-style gigs in his in the local area around North Wales. As well as releasing original music on Spotify, iTunes and Amazon Music.

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