Why should you become a GPPDV Photographer?

The GPPDV is committed to providing it’s members with the best educational, social, and business support available anywhere.

If you’re a photographer looking to make your  business grow, the GPPDV offers you the best tools to do so:

• Monthly Program Meetings:  Designed to keep you up to date on the latest and greatest in the world of professional photography. From posing and lighting, to digital capture, post processing, marketing, sales and business practices, the GPPDV’s program content is second to none!
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• Workshops:  Workshops are held throughout the year on a variety of specialty topic. Looking to study up close and personal with leaders in the industry on a variety of topics? GPPDV Workshops give you exactly that opportunity.
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• Tri-annual Print Competitions: Looking to see how your best work stacks up? Want to learn to be a better photographer? Print competitions give you the ability to have your work judged and critiqued by the best in the industry. Print awards make for awesome public relations and marketing tools too!
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• Emergency List:  Ever wonder what would happen if you were sick on the day of a big assignment? The GPPDV sponsors an emergency list of area photographers willing to step in and help you out!
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• Camaraderie: Sometimes it’s helpful just to bounce ideas and problems off fellow photographers that you respect and trust. The GPPDV offers invaluable opportunities to network and make friends. Friends who share the same interests, challenges, and problems you do on a daily basis. The GPPDV Forums offer an online community, available 24-7 where you can share ideas, post images, ask questions, or just vent. There’s always someone to talk to. All of us is smarter than one of us!
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• Banquet:  Beef and Bull, Summer Picnic….in addition to education, the GPPDV offers lot of FUN! Hang out with a fun group of people with a common goal; to be successful in professional photography!