Education
APPI offers many opportunities for education at its Fall Convention as well as the Mid America Regional Conference in the Spring. In addition many more exist, and after all, knowledge is power.
Mentoring
The mentor program was devised to give photographers a day of individual help. A pool of APPI members who are Master Photographers usually offer a day of their time to a member who has won a "mentor scholarship." At convention, tickets are sold for the Mentor program. There will be several winners drawn at the banquet, with the first name picked getting first choice of available mentors, second picked gets second choice, etc.
While the whole thing is pretty loose and particular arrangements are made between master and student, generally the student goes to master's studio. He follows the master around watching what he/she does and how he/she does it. Some masters have a teaching agenda, some treat it as a job shadowing. There is usually time for one-on-one discussions. Ideally, it is done with customers coming in.
Schools
As a sponsor of the Illinois Workshops, APPI is proud to provide the link to the site here. Illinois Workshops
The Mid-America Institute of Professional Photography (MAIPP) is an affiliated school of the Professional Photographers of America. Established in 1980, MAIPP has a proven record of dedication to the highest quality education at very resonable rates. Visit www.maipp.com to find out more.
Additional Opportunities come along via our friends from the Professional Photographers Association of Northern Illinois (Northern) and The Southern Illinois Art League (Southern).
Northern meets once a month on second Wednesday, except December.
Contact Joseph Weber, 847-670-9834 or info@ppani.org or visit their site www.ppani.org
Southern meets twice a year on the third Monday in February and September.
Contact Kurt Wade, 217-525-2722 or wade@photographer.net
For continuing education, PPA has a system of affilated schools. Visit their website to see the full list. www.ppa.com
Reciprocal State conventions
The APPI has a reciprocal agreement with the states surrounding Illinois. Look here to find the websites of states whose conventions you can attend for the same fees as their members.
Certification
Certification is available thru the Professional Photographers of America (PPA). This document contains information about PPA certification.
This page on PPA's website explains more.
If you are getting ready to take the certification test, be sure to contact PPA at 800-786-6277 well before the test date so that a test can be sent.
For more information on Certification, contact
Illinois – PPA Certification Coordinator
Rodney McClanahan CPP, Cr. Photog.
904 N. 10th St., Pekin , IL. 61554
(309)346-1008 Mon. – Fri. 10:30am – 5:00pm
Scholarships
We at APPI know that funding your photographic education can be tough, so we've come up with a number of ways to help you out. Each year APPI offers a number of financial scholarships to PPA-approved photography schools.
These are all scholarships that are awarded through raffle ticket sales at our Conventions.
APPI Scholarships:
Each Spring Convention APPI funds two scholarships at a PPA approved School. These scholarships must be used before the next convention or they expire.
Jeanne Lindquist Memorial Scholarship:
Jeanne was the first female president of the APPI, and truly left her mark like few can. A life member and National Award winner, Jeanne left much of her studio to the APPI. The auction of equipment has funded her memorial scholarship. It is a scholarship good at any PPA approved school, good up until the following convention.
APPI Fall Scholarship:
Each Fall Convention, APPI funds one scholarship (ticket sales up to $500 ) at a PPA approved School. This scholarship must be used before the next fall convention or it expires.
Illinois Workshops:
Illinois Workshops donates these scholarships to the APPI and they are raffled off at the awards banquet. This year IW has provided a number of scholarships to be used towards tuition at this summer's set of classes.
You can see that we'll be raffling off many scholarships at this years banquet, so be sure to buy lots of tickets, if you're not an APPI member, Join Us
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