PPA Membership Benefits / Professional Photography Certification / Step 3: Image Evaluation Overview

After you've passed your exam it's time to sumbit your Technical Image Evaluation. Use this page to help navigate the Technical Image Evaluation process and get your images ready!

 

What resources are available to help prepare for your image evaluation?

Download the Technical Image Evaluation Handbook

After you have passed the CPP exam, you will be eligible to submit your images to the Technical Image Evaluation. Starting in 2025, there will be 10 evaluation periods per year, each open for one week at a time.

In this process, you will be required to create three assigned images using a CPP Image Kit ordered from BlickU. Using the 5 items in the kit and the evaluation setup guidelines, you will choose from one of three offered lighting scenarios inside the Technical Image Evaluation Handbook to create the images assigned. These set ups will demonstrate your understanding of key photographic concepts including depth of field, camera angle, exposure, lens compression, white balance, light sources and file handling criteria. All images will be evaluated on pre-set elements including composition, focus, sharpness, lighting, camera angle and white balance. A successful evaluation will satisfy all elements for all three images. You will be able to submit your evaluation as many times as needed during your candidacy period and there is no charge to submit your images.

Your Technical Image Evaluation kit will be ordered online from BlickU. Please use the Ordering Guide to help you through the process.

Please allow between 5-10 business days for kit delivery. Each kit costs approximately $35 shipping included.

2025

  • Wednesday, February 12, 2025, 12 PM ET – Wednesday, February 19, 2025, 12 PM ET
  • Wednesday, March 12, 2025, 12 PM ET - Wednesday, March 19, 2025, 12 PM ET
  • Wednesday, April 9, 2025, 12 PM ET – Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 12 PM ET
  • Wednesday, May 14, 2025, 12 PM ET - Wednesday, May 21, 2025, 12 PM ET
  • Wednesday, June 11, 2025, 12 PM ET – Wednesday, June 18, 2025, 12 PM ET
  • Wednesday, July 9, 2025, 12 PM ET - Wednesday, July 16, 2025, 12 PM ET
  • Wednesday, August 13, 2025, 12 PM ET – Wednesday, August 20, 2025, 12 PM ET
  • Wednesday, September 10, 2025, 12 PM ET - Wednesday, September 17, 2025, 12 PM ET
  • Wednesday, October 8, 2025, 12 PM ET – Wednesday, October 15, 2025, 12 PM ET
  • Wednesday, November 12, 2025, 12PM ET - Wednesday, November 19, 2025, 12 PM ET

If you have passed your exam and are an eligible candidate to submit your evaluation; you can access the evaluation upload platform by:

  1. Logging onto your MyPPA dashboard  
  2. Navigate to the myAchievements tab 
  3. Select "Certifications" to expand the selection where you can view the option to “Upload Evaluation”

From there you may upload your evaluation during any open evaluation period (please note: the upload evaluation button will only be visible during the one-week period that the evaluation is open)

*Technical Image Evaluation results will be sent via email approximately one week after the Technical Image Evaluation deadline. For questions or if you need additional assistance please email [email protected]. Good luck!

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