Why have 22,000 photographers joined PPA? For 22,000 different reasons! The following benefits are just a few of the reasons why PPA members find value in their membership. These discounts and exclusive programs give members the opportunity to save on the products or services that they use everyday. Besides, who doesn’t love keeping more money in their pocket? Go ahead—take a look through all of the benefits to see what would be your reason for becoming a PPA member!
Already a PPA member? Just click on “Members: see how to use this benefit here” after each benefit.
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Apple Association Member Purchase Program |
Find-a-Photographer Search Engine |
Indemnification Trust (Malpractice Protection) Professional Photographer Magazine Studio Management Services (SMS) |
Adobe is delighted to offer PPA members special pricing on Adobe software. Members can now save 15% on all Adobe products in the North American online Adobe Store.
As a member of PPA you qualify to save 15% off your next Adobe Store order. Some key benefits of getting your software through this program include:
Members, see how to use this benefit here.
The world’s most advanced operating systems are now right at your fingertips! PPA and Apple have teamed up to provide PPA members with preferred pricing on the latest Apple products and accessories.
Choose from a range of products that let you live wirelessly, add style to your digital life, or take your music everywhere.
Members, see how to use this benefit here.
Precision Camera Services Repair Program
Your camera is a vital part of your business—you can't take photographs without it! So what do you do when it goes "kaput" or something gets scratched that you can't handle yourself? Now, PPA members can take advantage of a special Precision Camera program, a PPA Premier Services Repair Program for professional photographers.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
The Certified Professional Photographer program is a great tool for marketing yourself. Earning Certification isn’t easy: you have to pass a written test and an image review. Once you have the credential, though, it could be the tie breaker between you and the studio down the street, potentially earning you more business.
Visit www.certifiedphotographer.com to see complete details.
Sometimes checks bounce…and when they do, you don’t want to either lose the money you’re owed or completely ruin a client relationship trying to recover the payment. Here’s a solution…with a discount! BounceBack Electronic Check Recovery is the nation’s leading electronic check recovery service, offering PPA members complete recovery solutions at discounted rates. Cash Flow Solutions’ BounceBack program can result in high recovery results while protecting your valuable customer relationships.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
PPA members get exclusive discounts on Collages.net's prints, albums, press printed books, and total workflow solutions.
Since 1999, Collages.net has been working with professional photographers to provide a one-stop shop for every studio's product and workflow needs. Collages.net has built its business on a foundation of outstanding customer service, high quality products, competitive pricing, and cutting edge technology. Today, Collages.net is partnered with over 10,000 professional photographers and is the premier online posting, printing, album, press printed product, and marketing service in the industry.
Collages.net enables professional photographers to offer their clients an extensive, modern product line including for online presentation and purchasing and best-in-class including metallic prints, Italian leather albums, press printed books in over 25 colors, and hand-sewn books.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Have a question about your rights? Need help putting a stop to retailer infringement in your area? Had your work stolen by a large company who is ignoring your concerns? PPA can help. We are proud to provide the only full-time copyright and government affairs staff in the photographic association world.
Visit the Copyright section for more details.
The Coupon Book provides PPA members with exclusive discounts and promotions from our top Corporate Members. These are unique incentives for PPA members only.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
People are more likely to make bigger purchases if they know they can put them on a credit card … so accepting credit card payments from your clients make’s good business sense. Using PPA’s discounted credit card processing services through Midwest Transaction Group makes even better sense.
Midwest Transaction Group offers:
Midwest Transaction Group (MTG) is the photography industry’s leading provider of credit card processing services. They are certified to represent Visa, MasterCard, Discover and American Express and are capable of processing them in dial-up, wireless smart phone or Internet environment. MTG is PCI compliant, a registered ISO/MSP of Wells Fargo Bank and a member in good standing in the national Electronic Transactions Association.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Looking for a way to show your support of PPA(and get a great credit card in the bargain)? The PPA Visa® Platinum Rewards card not only gives you that opportunity, but also it also allows you to customize your card and feature an image of your own!
As a cardholder, you have powerful benefits. The Visa Platinum Rewards card offers zero liability protection, emergency assistance services, online banking, auto rental and travel accident insurance, and more! Plus, you can earn points at hundreds of participating online retailers redeemable for name-brand merchandise, event tickets, gift cards and travel rewards options.
Members, see how to use this benefit here.
DriveSavers Data Recovery is the fastest, most reliable and only secure data recovery service in the world. If you're not backed up, losing data can be a nightmare. Use your PPA benefit for discounts on professional data recovery from DriveSavers. PPA members receive the following benefits from DriveSavers:
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
DIGINEG® is a milestone in digital image preservation. This unique service uses high-tech film recorders to transfer digitally acquired or digitally born still image or video material to archival-quality 35-mm film. While digital media can degrade in as little as a few years, DIGINEG® can safely preserve your images or data on film for hundreds of years. PPA Members receive an exclusive discount for DIGINEG® PRO services.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Digital watermarking is an important aspect of protecting your images. Through the Digimarc for Images solution, you are able to communicate your ownership and copyright information to whomever may come across your images on the Internet. These digital watermarks are undetectable and persist through copying, format changes and image manipulations.
Depending on your needs, Digimarc offers PPA members a discount on three different Digimarc for Images editions:
Members, find out how to use this benefit here.
Would you like to get discounts on things you use in your daily operations? It would make life easier for many people…and this PPA benefit does just that.
Allied Business Network (ABN) can provide you with discounts in areas such as office supplies, travel, promotional products, printing, and many more. ABN negotiates these discounts with national business supply and service providers. By becoming an ABN Member though your PPA membership, you can purchase from every ABN vendor and get discount pricing. You won’t believe what’s available for the taking. Below is a small sampling of participating vendors:
Hertz
Get a discount off every rental and a complimentary membership in Hertz #1 Club Gold® (a $60 value).
4imprint
Put your business name and logo everywhere! You’ll get a discount off every promotional item, including sale items. Choose from pens, mugs, photo albums, and many more.
Wyndham Hotel Group
Save on every hotel stay in your choice of Wyndham Hotels, including Baymont Inn & Suite, Days Inn, Hawthorn Suites, Howard Johnson, Knights Inn, Microtel Inn & Suites, Ramada Inn, Super 8 Motel, Travelodge, Wyndham, and Wingate Inn.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Financing income-producing equipment is a sound business decision because that equipment generates revenue. PPA members get a rebate on the equipment cost (maximum rebate is $1,000) on all leases and loans funded through United Funding, LLC. They have a convenient online Payment Calculator, and Online Credit Application, to make it even easier. In addition, United Funding can accommodate financing of equipment under the standard $5,000 and PPA members can use the Special Payment Calculator to determine their potential payment options. Unlike financing equipment through a bank loan or credit card, United Funding does not report the debt to the credit bureaus so your credit scores won't be adversely affected. Additionally, these leases and loans may qualify for IRS section 179, and you can expense the entire cost of the equipment in the current year.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
PPA offers a variety of educational events—from seminars and focused conferences to the annual Imaging USA Convention. As a member, you will always get the unique PPA member discount…making your experiences at the events even more valuable.
Visit the Education page to keep up on the latest events.
From time to time, PPA members are offered exclusive discounts and special offers—at amazing rates. When such a deal is available, it will be promoted on www.ppa.com. And you better act fast before they disappear!
This is a promotional event in October where participating studios agree to contribute a portion of sales to PPA Charities for each family they photograph…promoting your charitable marketing and creating an event to give clients a reason for portraits.
Family Portrait Month is sponsored by PPA Charities, the philanthropic arm of PPA. PPA Charities’ charitable partner is Operation Smile. Operation Smile is a worldwide children’s medical charity dedicated to improving the health and lives of children born with cleft lips, cleft palates, and other facial deformities.
To find out more about Family Portrait Month and how you can help the children of Operation Smile (www.operationsmile.org), go to www.ppacharities.com, call Bert Behnke at (708) 267-0657, or e-mail bbehnke@ppa.com
Whether you’re looking for office and document support, or reliable and cost-effective shipping, you can count on FedEx® and FedEx OfficeSM to deliver. PPA members can save on select FedEx shipping services and on select FedEx Office copy and print services. As a PPA member, it will be even easier for you to save time and money with FedEx.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Having a business is not like playing hide-and-seek. You want your customers to find you!
Consider updating your free portfolio on PPA’s Find-a-Photographer search engine, where potential customers can search for photographers and see your sample images. Several members have mentioned receiving numerous bookings from this search engine—not too surprising because it generates an average of 325 responses to a query per day…almost 10,000 each month!
This Find-a-Photographer benefit allows members to upload sample images and ensure that potential clients searching for a professional photographer in the area will find you! The Find-a-Photographer search engine and personal portfolio are FREE with an Active Professional membership (not available to members in the Aspiring category).
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Accidents happen. Thefts happen. Things don’t always go as planned. But with PPA’s Insurance Solutions, you can protect yourself and your business even then. From your valuable equipment to your just as valuable reputation, these PPA exclusive benefits help you protect what matters most.
PhotoCare Equipment Insurance is an exclusive policy purchased by PPA for eligible members (U.S.-based Professional Active or Life members) and administered through Lockton Risk Services, PPA’s exclusive broker. Simply put, we pay your premiums for $15,000 of equipment insurance for you!
PPA members can also purchase additional equipment insurance (PhotoCare Plus) and general liability policies through Lockton Affinity, PPA’s exclusive insurance partner. That coverage will come at a significantly reduced rate negotiated by PPA.
Learn more about these insurance options here.
If you are a current Marsh Affinity Group Services customer, your policy is not affected by this change. Marsh Affinity Group Services customers may retain any existing coverage and policies written by Marsh Affinity Group Services.
The International Photographic Competition is a great way to improve your craft and earn merits towards a PPA Master of Photography Degree. This prestigious PPA event receives thousands of images annually. Watch for the Print Competition rules released each year in the spring.
It will probably happen to you. At some point, Murphy’s Law—everything that can go wrong, will go wrong—will catch up to you. But as a PPA member, you can get a unique malpractice coverage during a shoot (the Indemnification Trust) in case something goes wrong that is generally considered the photographer's responsibility (equipment malfunction, an error, or unsatisfied clients).
With the Indemnification Trust you:
If your problem cannot be resolved without litigation:
Use this benefit and save your reputation, business, and money if something goes wrong. Call us at 800-786-6277.
Offered to PPA members since 1937, PPA degrees continue as a prestigious sign of advanced education in the industry—a symbol of knowledge and quality to consumers and peers alike.
PPA degrees are a symbol of your accomplishments and:
To earn a PPA degree, you must be a PPA member and accumulate 25 merits (or points). PPA members can earn merits through things like competition, education and teaching.
Visit the Merit & Degree Program site for more details, including how to earn and use your PPA degrees and merits.
Music adds to the ambience of your studio or the emotional touch to a slideshow presentation. But just as your images are copyrighted, so is music! You don’t want to infringe on someone else’s livelihood, just as you don’t want your images illegally copied. So PPA makes it easy for you to get legal, affordable, quality music: use your benefits!
XM for Business
Rock your customers, crank up your brand, and turn your business ON with XM for Business. With this new service, you can set the tone of your studio by tuning into one of over 170 different satellite radio channels. Plus, you’ll take the worry out of renewing your ASCAP, BMI, and SESAC licenses—let XM for Business pay the fees for you!
If you already have an XM radio system in your studio, you only need to upgrade your existing contract to the PPA XM for Business plan.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
If you’re looking to use music in slideshows, presentation, or websites, licensing is available for discounted rates from the following company:
Stock20.com
Find royalty-free music: Stock20.com is a royalty-free music company supplying music tracks to almost 1,000 professional photographers. Stock20.com releases original production music every month in a variety of styles. Every original composition includes multiple versions in different lengths, and a license to use your music in just about any way you can imagine. Stock20.com allows you to preview every track in its entirety, purchase any song for $20, download it instantly, and use it forever. And any type of broadcast (including your Web site) is covered in the license. Visit www.stock20.com.
If you are a new customer at stock20, you'll receive a special PPA discount when you sign up; if you are an existing stock20 member, PPA members receive an exclusive ongoing discount.
Members: see how to use this benefit here
Triple Scoop Music
Triple Scoop Music is the leading music licensing service for professional photographers around the globe. In fact, their website features more than 7,000 songs by talented composers and award-winning artists, including Grammy and Emmy winners. Every song has been hand-picked by their in-house music experts to add emotion and depth to websites, slideshows and videos. New music is added to their database every month to provide you with fresh choices and a diverse selection.
Members, see how to use this benefit here.
Selected as our preferred office supply provider, Office Depot provides a program that is simple to use, easy to manage, and tailored to your specific needs.
PPA members will enjoy the following benefits:
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Want to learn about something in business or photography? Unsure of the contracts and forms you need to protect yourself and your business? Chances are you can find what you need in the Resources section of this Web site! Sample legal forms, model contracts, copyright information, Studio Management Services business case studies, marketing articles, and more…just visit PPA’s Resources.
You must be a PPA member for full access to these online materials. Members have automatic access to exclusive online articles and downloads.
If you don’t have the time or the funds to attend all the photography seminars you would like, try this PPA benefit and learn on your own time.
PhotoVision, hosted by Ed Pierce, is a great learning tool, featuring some of the best photographers in the business. It can be yours virtually FREE with your PPA membership. You will get 6 DVDs a year with 20 hours of material packed with valuable information and terrific ideas for seasoned professionals and aspiring photographers alike at a vastly discounted rate.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
If you want to keep abreast of the latest photographic trends, techniques, and technologies, you can absorb the information and inspiration in the Professional Photographer magazine…in 3 different ways!
Emotion Media
Emotion Media is a professional multimedia design studio and three-time Hot One Award winner that specializes in creating custom media services for professional photographers. Each slideshow is designed with animated text intros, perfectly timed transitions, coordinating backgrounds and professional motion effects. Emotion Media even makes it possible to showcase your photos in full HD, allowing your clients to see your images how they deserve to be seen.
Use your PPA discount and experience the following benefits of Emotion Media:
PPA members, learn more about this benefit here.
Animoto
Animoto Pro is the award-winning new tool for photographers that allows you to instantly combine your images and video clips into beautiful, custom videos. With plug-ins for Lightroom and Aperture, Animoto Pro is easily integrated into your workflow so that you can create the perfect video for every client.
Get started with video styles designed for (and vetted by) professional photographers and then use Animoto’s spotlight, pace setting and text features to easily customize the video. Every Animoto video is completely unique and customized for your images and song selection. And to help you make the most of your time, Animoto analyzes and combines your images, video clips and music with the same sophisticated post-production skills used in television and film. What used to take hours, now only takes minutes!
PPA members, learn more about your Animoto discount here.
Adobe Store Discounts
Adobe is delighted to offer PPA members special pricing on Adobe software. Members can now save 15% on all Adobe products in the North American online Adobe Store.
As a member of PPA you qualify to save 15% off your next Adobe Store order. Some key benefits of getting your software through this program include:
Members, see how to use this benefit here.
Graphic Authority
Graphic Authority, LLC, is the leading manufacturer of Photoshop tools for professional photographers. Their design elements, backgrounds, and templates offer unique and innovative layouts and designs. PPA members receive exclusive discounts on all Graphic Authority products, including:
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Nik Software, Inc.
Established in 1995, Nik Software has become the recognized leader in digital photographic filter development and produces award-winning technology and software products for digital photography and imaging professionals. PPA members enjoy an exclusive discount on all Nik products, including:
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
onOne Software
onOne Software’s Photoshop plug-ins are created to help photographers create high quality, distinctive images in less time and with fewer steps so that they can spend more time shooting. PPA members receive exclusive discounts on all of onOne’s software products, including:
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Software Cinema
Software Cinema offers the very best in Photographic and Photoshop training on DVD and through online Workshops on Demand. PPA members receive an exclusive discount on all training titles from industry experts like Jack Reznicki, Jim Divitale, Eddie Tapp, Jane Connor-Ziser, and many others.
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
It’s difficult to sort through your finances and business issues…let alone understand them and see the big picture. But this member benefit can put your mind at ease.
With PPA’s Studio Management Services business experts, you’ll have access to comprehensive, top-of-the-line financial and business services designed to fit your individual needs. SMS can provide you with sound advice from top business consultants, bookkeeping services, live educational seminars, and online seminars.
For more information, please e-mail sms@ppa.com.
Tenba introduced the world to soft-sided, professional camera bags in 1977, and they have been an innovation and quality leader in the decades since. With so many years of experience in bag development and construction, along with a unique level of closeness and – literally – daily connection to the professional imaging community, Tenba is truly dialed-in to both the real-world needs of its customers and the latest in design trends, materials and manufacturing. With their own U.S.-based, dedicated “bag lab” product development center and manufacturing facilities, both domestic and abroad, Tenba’s resources and capabilities allow them to create unique and exceptional carrying and transport solutions for serious shooters. And now YOU can snatch these up at great discounts!
Members: see how to use this benefit here.
Want to learn from the comfort of your home or studio computer? With PPA’s webinars (online seminars), we make it easy for you. Just provide the computer, Internet connection and phone line…we’ll take care of the rest.
Filled with business and financial advice, marketing strategies, and more, the webinars are archived for your convenience. But a plus comes with participating in the live sessions: you can receive answers to your questions, usually on the spot! In addition, as a PPA member, you get special Webinars for free...and you get great savings on all other PPA Webinars.
Visit the list of upcoming choices and we’ll see you online.
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