How to Join with Professional Photographers of America and Its Benefites

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is the world’s biggest association organization for professional photographers. It is a nonprofit organization with 30,000 active members spanning in more than 50 countries.

PPA was created by professional photographers with a goal to create a vibrant community of successful professional photographers. Its main purpose is to provide education, resources and logistic support to photographers and maintain industry standards to succeed for photographers.
If you are a starter photographer and want to start your professional career as a photographer, you can become a member of PPA to get full support of successful photographers.

PPA will help you to join a community of professionals who understands your goals and challenges and want to see you succeed in your business. They will help you to grow your practices, enhance your skills and satisfy your customer with artistic work. A great community will inspire you with protection, education and logistic support in photography business.

How to Join PPA:

The registration process is quite easy to join PPA. you can go to their siteand fill up a simple formto join the community.

As you know, the photography business itself is costly. Consider this registration, a priority investment to grow your business and make it a successful one. PPA provides a no contract, hassle free monthly membership. You can cancel out your plan any time you want. There are several plans for various types of user. Depending on your need and expectation choose the right one for you.

Membership Plans of PPA

Full membership: It is the full package. This package is available for people who are currently living in the US and its territories. This package includes:

• $15,000 equipment insurance policy
• Data loss protection
• Access to all online education
• Online referral database listing
• Printed and digital monthly issues of Professional Photographer magazine
• One full registration to Imaging USA the first year of membership
• Business Resources
• Contracts and Copyright Resources
• Access to Member Discount Program
• Weekly newsletter

Cost:$323/ year or $27.92/ monthly

Student Plan: If you are a student and currently studying photography at a 2 or 4-year university, then you are eligible for the student plan. It provides:

• Educational student track on PPA.com
• One full registration to Imaging USA
• Professional Photographer magazine
• Access to student community on PPA’s private social network
• Weekly newsletter

Cost: $79/ year

Canadian Plan: This membership plan is especially designed for our fellow photographers residing in Canada. For this membership facilities are:

• Data loss protection
• Access to all online education
• Online referral database listing
• Printed and digital monthly issues of Professional Photographer magazine
• Business Resources
• Contracts and Copyright Resources
• Weekly newsletter

Cost: $220/ year or $19.34/ monthly

International Plan: This membership program is for photographers who are living outside of the USA and its territories. When you are an international member you will get:

• Subscription to the electronic edition of Professional Photographer magazine
• Access to all online education
• Online referral database listing
• Business Resources
• Contracts and Copyright Resources
• Weekly newsletter

Cost: $170/ year or $15.17/ monthly

There is one simple plan which lets you to first test out the services provided by PPA. it’s called the Limited membership. With this you can decide whether to go to a longer term benefit package or not.

• Data loss protection
• Printed and digital monthly issues of Professional Photographer magazine
• Business Resources
• Contracts and Copyright Resources
• Access to Member Discount Program
• Weekly newsletter

Cost: $194/ year or $17.17/ monthly

Why Join PPA

Joining PPA will provide you great opportunities to meet new people who can actually help you grow your business. PPA also presents valuable support for photographers which can be pretty beneficial to sustain your business. It will not only help your business but also make you a better photographer. Here are some amazing benefits that you can get when you are a member.

Insurance: PPA will provide insurance up to 10,000$ in insurance for your business. It can be the best line of defence for your business. They will work with an exclusive insurance partner company to offer you various plans only designed for photographers. This insurance will cover Equipment loss, Data theft and general liability for your business.

Events: PPA with its 30,000 members is the best organization to bring photographers together. They organize In-person and online events from Imaging USA to workshops all over the country. So if you are looking for meetups with professional photographers, it’s the right place to go. These events like Imaging USA will find the motivation and insight needed to start your own business. These events actually include-

• Popular speakers who are expert in this industry.
• Trade shows and Inspiring photo exhibitions
• Classes and workshops to improve your business and technical skills.
• Marketing and Sales programs

Education:PPA association has an education platform to help you track your progress and reach new milestones. They have 8 curriculums, 150 instructors and 900+ individual classes to help you grow your photography business and technical skills. As you are a part of the network you can reach out to professionals for advice and training when you need.

Being a part of a community will create inspiration and understanding when running your photography business. You can create business ties to lots of people and solicit professional advice by simply going to a discussion board. So, if you want to be a successful photographer in the US, be the part of this great organization today.