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PPGPB Membership
Paul Finkelstein
Phone: (561) 302-0051
Fax: (561) 495-1073
Email: paul@ppgpb.com

Membership Questions
Contact: Paul by Email
Phone: (561) 302-0051

Membership
Membership Application
Membership Renewal

Meeting Info
Monthly Meeting Info
Meetings & Events Info
Cost to Join

For questions or more information related to Guild Membership, please fill out and return the appropriate Member Form:

New Member Form
Member Renewal Form

Contact Paul Finkelstein or use the PPGPB Online Payment System.

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Be our guest, and attend a Monthly Guild Meeting. First time guests attend free of charge.

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For your convenience you may now pay online for Guild Membership, Guild Meetings, Special Events, Meeting DVDs, etc.

For information related to Guild Membership, please contact Paul.

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New Member Form | Member Renewal Form

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See also:

ByLaws

Official Rules

All Documents

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For your convenience you may now pay online for Guild Membership, Guild Meetings, Special Events, Meeting DVDs, etc.

Monthly Meeting Info | Cost to Join

Membership Benefits

Affiliation
Local, State & National Associations such as PPA and FPP.

Education
Access a wide range of opportunities to learn and grow as a photographic professional.

Newsletter
Stay informed with upcoming events and articles of interest.

Monthly Meetings
Ongoing support and education covering traditional as well as contemporary methods related to Photography, Software, Trends, Print Competition, Business, Marketing, Public Relations, and other related support for the conscientious photographer.

Seminars & Workshops
Additional training and support for Professional Photographers

Networking
Be part of a team that strives to raise the level of the profession, both corporately and personally. Form friendships and enjoy support with other Professional Photographers.

Competition
Take your photography to the next level. Discover the artist within and strive to reach new levels of excellence with your work. Members are elegible for various competitions throughout the year, both locally and with other Guilds. Training and support is offered a different times throughout the year.

Award Winning Web Site
Awarded First Place by the PPA (Professional Photographers of America) in 2008!

Dues & Classifications of Membership

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$105 *Active
Majority of income from photography. Submit Sales Tax Number & Business License. May hold office.

$85 *Active Renewal
Cost to renew after first year membership

$80 *Apprentice
Not deriving income from photography; intent to pursue professional photography as a full-time occupation. No holding office; may not use the PPGPB name or logo in conducting the practice of photography; entitled to all other PPGPB activities and benefits.

$80 *Associate
Employed by professional photography individuals or corporations, members of PPGPB. No PPGPB voting rights or holding office; entitled to all other PPGPB activities and benefits.

$30 *Support Staff
Employee of an Active Member; may attend PPGPB functions, vote, hold office, earn merits, enter photographic competition, use the PPGPB name, and logo.

$25 *Student
Full-time (provide student ID). No PPGPB voting rights or holding office; may not use PPGPB name or logo in conducting the practice of photography; entitled to all other PPGPB activities and benefits.

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Code of Ethics

Upon being accepted into membership in the Professional Photographer’s Guild of the Palm Beaches, Inc., you must subscribe without reservation and solemnly agree to the following Code of Ethics:

1. You will endeavor to enhance and ennoble the status of the photographic profession by maintaining a dignity of manner in your behavior, in the presentation of your photography and photographic services, in the appearance of your studio or place of business, and in all other forms of public contact.

2. You will observe the highest standard of honesty in all your transactions, avoiding the use of false titles, confusing or inaccurate technical terms or descriptions and misleading terms or claims.

3. You will at all times endeavor to produce only those types of photographs and photographic services that will enhance the prestige of the profession, to apply your best efforts on behalf of the public, and to play your part in raising the general standard of photographic craftsmanship.

4. You will show a friendly spirit of cooperation with your fellow professional photographers and assist them whenever possible should they be in difficulty.

5. You will assist and give of your knowledge to the members of your profession and will encourage them individually and collectively so that the quality of photography may constantly be raised to higher standards.

6. In all matters relating to the interpretation of the Code, you will recognize the authority of the Professional Photographer’s Guild of the Palm Beaches, Inc., and agree to hold harmless the Board of Directors in any decision made on behalf of the corporation.

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