Revised badges now available
Associate member ID badges now ready
You can now show that you are a dedicated professional school photographer by wearing one of our exclusive SchoolPhotoPRO ID badges and lanyards. Schools can look up your associate member details on a password protected area of our site that will list your competition wins and any accreditations you have acheived.
Show you're a pro and join SchoolPhotoPRO. See below for associate member benefits.
New SchoolPhotoPRO Associate Member Level
ASSOCIATE MEMBER BENEFITS
CRB's
We can process your CRB disclosures.
Photo ID Cards
You will be issued with a Photo ID card to show you are a SchoolPhotoPRO member so that staff can easily identify you when you are working within schools and pre-schools, and they can see that you belong to an association for professional school photographers.
Print Competitions
We will be running national and regional print competitions which will be supported with newsletters for the winner to advertise to their achievement customers. This should make prospective customers more aware of your skills, your dedication to the trade and therefore make you a better choice. Competitions will be run within the associate membership only, i.e. non-members will not have access to submitted images or the voting.
Approved Status
Submit your work to achieve an appropriate recognition of your skill as a school photographer. An 'approved' status for photographers who show they are able to shoot with control, consistency and speed, and that they provide your customers with a good level of reliable service - all issues vital to our unique profession.
Discounted meetings and workshops
All future events will now have two price structures: Prices for associate members and prices for regular forum members.
Free access to our Premium section
As long as you fit in with the existing requirements for premium membership, i.e. you offer a school or pre-school service (and have evidence to support this), and you have posted 25 messages or more, you will have FREE access to our premium form area, which is normally £25 per year.
How do you join?
Memberships will be by application form only. You will be required to fill-in you name, trading name and 2 references from your customers or business suppliers. You will need to supply a passport style image (emailed) for production of your ID card.
What is the cost?
All this is just £75 per year for independent school photographers. Commercial or retail memberships are available too.
What to know more?
Click the 'Contact' link on the menu bar above.
Print competitions are only open to associate members.
First Print Competition Underway
Our first print competition is now underway. The category is 'Pre-School', with a primary school age competition next. The winners will be featured in the SchoolPhotoPRO newsletter, which will give a tremendous boost to their profile
Second SchoolPhotoPRO Meeting Group Photo
Many thanks to Ray Barnett
Hot topics on the SchoolPhotoPRO forum
Our Open Talk sections are open for public viewing and consist of a 'General School Photography Talk' section and a 'Vendor Announcements and Discussions' section. To join SchoolPhotoPRO, you simply need to register.
Open Talk section
FujiFilm S5 or D300 for school photography?
School Photography. UK vs. USA
Pro cameras not needed for school photography?
Registered members only
Lab or print yourself?
How much work can a one man/woman band cope with?
The whole principle of school photography.
Premium Members
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Best form of marketing?
How do I win back this school?
Well, that's 2 new schools under my belt!
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New! Independent School Photographer Directory
Use our fantastic SchoolPhotoPRO logos and our School Photographer Directory to make a real impression on your prospective customers. More and more members are going in our directory, so don't miss out.
To find our how to be listed in our School Photographer Directory , just contact us about being listed.
SchoolPhotoPRO feature in Digital Photo Pro magazine
There is a fantastic article in the September 2007 edition of DigitalPhotoPRO.The article features the work of some SchoolPhotoPRO members and also has comments from labs and organisations about they way school photography is changing. There is also a sections on Kevin Cheesman, the founder of SchoolPhotoPRO and how this site helps the independent school photographer develop their business. All-in-all a very good read and a very good professional magazine. If you do not subscribe, you should seriously consider doing so.
SchoolPhotoPRO feature in ePHOTOzine
