Get Certified
Congratulations on making the important decision to become a Certified Professional Photographer!
There are three components to CPP certification:
- Declaration of Candidacy
- Certification Exam
- Image Submission Review
Declaration of Candidacy is your first step towards becoming a Certified Professional Photographer. Once you've declared your candidacy, you will have three years to successfully complete the two additional requirements: Image Submssion Review and the Certification Exam.
The Certification Exam and Image Submission Review may be completed in any order — one may submit images for review before taking the written exam. If you do not complete all requirements during the three year period, your candidacy will end. You must re-apply, pay the appropriate fee, and re-start the process.
All Certified Professional Photographers must adhere to the Standards of Conduct for Certification, as outlined below.
Standards of Conduct for Certification
As a Certified Professional Photographer, one agrees to:
- Maintain exemplary standards of professional conduct
- Actively model and encourage others to intergrate professionalism and ethics in the practice of business and to encourage all people qualified to pursue the goal of Certification
- Strive to continually advance my knowledge and achieve higher levels of excellence
- Maintain the confidentiality of all privileged information, except when so doing becomes an ethical or legal breach of contract.
- Maintain the integrity and proprietary nature of the Certification Examination and agree not to divulge the individual questions that are used on the Examination.
