Re-Certification Process
Written by Janet Bonsall, Missouri Liaison
Hey, Certified Photographers!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Are you PPA Certified but lamenting the process of becoming recertified?????????
Option 1:
You may submit a recertification form showing you
have earned 25 education units over the five year term of your certification.
Option 2:
You may submit a recertification form showing you
have earned 10 education units over the 5 year term of your certification and
submit 20 images which must pass the certification image review.
If you have been attending PPA conferences on the state or national level, re-certification is just a matter of letting PPA know which ones you attended
Below is a list of the credit or units that are available for each kind of education.
5 units: Attending a one week class at an affiliated school
2 units: Attending National, State, or Regional conventions
1 unit: Association sponsored Seminars or workshops
½ unit: Any professionally related program that lasts 4-6 hours
¼ unit: Any professionally related program that lasts 2-4 hours
So, stay in the ranks of certified Professional Photographers. If you need help in remembering a date of a PPA convention or seminar, call Janet Bonsall, certification liason, at 660-747-2704, evenings, or 660-543-4308 for the daytime office. She has those records.
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Becoming Certified
WHY should I become certified?
“Stepping Stone to a Higher Level”
Consumers understand that the word “ certified” means “over and above”.
It tells the consumer that, as a Certified
Professional Photographer, you have met certain criterion of excellence and are
therefore able to deliver at a higher quality than others who simply profess to
be skilled. The title of Certified weighs you against other photographers
giving integrity and prestige to those who obtained this qualification.
Certification requires updating professional skills through mandatory image
resubmission. This requirement insures consistent technical and aesthetic
quality.
America’s Professional Photographers have worked with the National organization to qualify photographers.
Criterion: You must be:
1.Professionally active in photography
2.Available for consumer assignments ..and,
3.Must be in the business (of earning money) in photography.
Steps:
1.Complete the application: call PPA headquarters, 800-339-5451, #228
2.Take the certification exam! The next opportunity in Missouri is at HOA in April 2005.
3.Submit 20 images for evaluation. Images may be sent to PPA headquarters in Atlanta, before or after taking the exam.
4.Optional: Email me to tell me that you are
planning to take the test and I will send you a study guide for students that
faculty at CMSU designed for the London and Upton Book. I make no guarantees for
passing the exam but this might help to focus your studying.
Submitted by Janet Bonsall, Mo. Certification
Liason, National Counselor
and Professor of Photography at Central Missouri State University
Some of the information in this article was obtained as a result of attending a presentation by Jerry Costanzo,
White Oak, Pa. At the National PPA Convention in Atlantic City, 2002. Jerry is chairman of the certification committee.