:: Find-a-Photographer

Your family, your children, your wedding, and other special events are part of your life's story.
Photographs are the visual records of your life, and capture memories and special moments so they're never forgotten. Shouldn't you use a photographer whose quality you can trust?

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) is here to help you find the right professional for your photography needs. Our Find-a-Photographer database includes PPA members in your neighborhood and around the world; professional photographers whose passion is creating the images that tell your stories.

Using PPA's Find-a-Photographer search engine is free and simple to use. Look for photographers in your area and take a few minutes to learn more about them and view their image portfolios. We know you'll be impressed by what you see!

Need additional help? Read our Find-a-Photographer search engine FAQ.

Photographer Location

You must include either state/province or zip code to complete a search in the U.S. or Canada. To complete a search outside of the U.S. or Canada, you must include at least the country's name.
City
(Optional)
State/Province
(U.S. and Canada)
Country
(outside US & Canada)

To do a search, you must select either a Country and/or State/Province OR Zip/Postal Code (U.S. and Canada).
Zip/Postal Code
Radius miles

To do a general search of photographers in your area, enter your ZIP or Postal code and indicate how many miles in the surrounding area to include in the search results (U.S. and Canada).

Photographer
Photographer's Name
(Optional)
Studio Name
(Optional)

The search recognizes wild cards. For example if you typed Johns in the last name field, it would search for anyone whose last name contains those letters. i.e. Johns, Johnsen, Johnson etc.
Photographer Details

Specialty
You can narrow your search by selecting a photographic specialty.

To select more than one specialty, use Ctrl+Click (PC) or Command+Click (Mac).

If you choose to search by two or more specialty fields, please note that only photographers who do all of those specialties (and noted them in their profile) will be on your results page.

 

Check here to include only Certified Professional Photographers in search results. Learn more about this mark of excellence by reading "Certification Makes a Difference".

In exchange for access to the information in PPA's Find-a-Photographer search engine, all users must agree to the Terms of Use. Users who violate these Terms of Use agree to pay liquidated damages to Professional Photographers of America in the sum of $50 for each member record that is viewed or obtained for unauthorized purposes.
     

If you are experiencing problems with the search engine you may also call 800-786-6277
to request a list of photographers in your area