Improve Photography readers come from all over the world. Chances are there is a National Professional Photographer's Association of some sort in your neck of the woods, wherever that may be. If you are serious about your photography, you should consider joining it. Some benefits, like member discounts and access to resources, are immediately obvious. Others, like critique and networking, may be secondary considerations but could turn out to be of even greater value. Here are 13 reasons to make this the year you join a Professional Photographer's Association.
13 REASONS TO JOIN A PRO PHOTOGRAPHERS ASSOCIATION
I've never been much of a "joiner", but there is no denying the benefits I have found in being a member of the Professional Photographers of Canada. Here is an article that I wrote for Improve Photography, about some of the reasons for joining a professional photographer's association.
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