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When you hire a senior or family portrait photographer, you want the best. Unfortunately, today in Anchorage and Wasilla, there are dozens of beginners with a digital camera and a website, claiming to be a "professional photographer." Advertising copy cats, uncertified PPA members, advertising gimmicks, and fictitious claims abound. Ensuring that you get the best senior photographer for the job can be a difficult task. To make it easier for you to find a truly professional graduation photographer, Professional Photographers of America offers the PPA Certified program.
What is PPA Certified?
PPA Certified is a designation granted by Professional Photographers of America, the world’s leading certification agency of, and largest Association for, imaging professionals. Those who have earned PPA Certification have passed a comprehensive written examination measuring their technical and artistic expertise, and have successfully submitted their work to a panel of judges for review and approval.
As the leading certifying agency and association for imaging professionals, PPA’s Certification program is recognized throughout the industry as a sign of excellence. When you see a graduation photographer displaying the PPA Certified seal, you can be assured that he or she is among the less than 3% of all imaging professionals who have successfully completed and maintained these requirements.With dozens of uncertified PPA member photographers competing for your business, only Keepsake is board certified by the Professional Photographers of America.
If the senior portrait photographer your considering claims industry recognition ask “what organization recognizes them” and what they did to earn this title? If they claim to be a “master Photographer” ask what university or professional group awarded them a degree or certificate. Keepsake has over 37 years experience in Anchorage, trust your precious memories to the Certified professional!
Every five years, a PPA Certified photographer must renew his or her credentials by participating in continuing education programs and periodically submitting senior portraits for critical evaluation. This helps assure you that PPA Certified portrait photographers maintain their level of expertise and continue to develop new skills and techniques. Keepsake just completed the re-certification process as of May 2008, maintaining our status as Alaska’s only PPA certified senior portrait photographer.
If you see a PPA member displaying this logo  they are not PPA CERTIFIED
Only Certified Members can use this logo  assuring you the best!
Since 1973, Keepsake Photography has been the premier portrait studio in Anchorage, specializing in creative, artistic graduation portraits of high school seniors and families. Our PPA Certified photographer is a 37 year resident of Alaska, a graduate of West Anchorage High school, he holds a Bachelor of Science from the University of the State of New York and a Masters Degree from Embry Riddle University. In the entire state of Alaska, Ken Julian is the only Certified Professional Portrait Photographer. He specializes in quality family and senior portraits for Anchorage and the Mat-Su valley, and it shows in his work!
Click here to find out if the senior photographer your considering is a Certified member of the Professional Photographers of America’s at the web site PPA.com
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