Other Trade Groups and Forums

If you are self-employed, you may be looking into photography outside of the journalism world. The following sites have lots of information in other genres. It is important to pay attention to industry standards and work within them. Some of these organizations also have information on the business of photography.

• American Society of Media Photographers
• Editorial Photographers

Advertising & Commercial

• Advertising Photographers of America
• The Association of Independent Architectural Photographers (AIAP)

Nature Photography

• North American Nature Photography Association

Photography Educators

• Society for Photographic Education

Sports Photography

• Sportsshooter.com

Stock Photography

• American Society of Picture Professionals
• The Picture Archive Council of America

Wedding Photography

• Wedding and Portrait Photographers International
• Wedding Photojournalist Association

Other

• Professional Photographers of America
• Photo Marketing Association (photography retailers)
• Photo News Network
• Graphic Artists Guild
• ShootSmarter.com
• Photoserve/Photosource
• APhotoEditor blog by Rob Haggart, former director of photography for Men’s Journal and Outside.
• Photo Business News and Forum, a blog by John Harrington

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