CPP Candidacy – Certified Professional Photographer

Feeling pretty good this evening.

Two things 1: LinkedIn reminded me that the photography business has now been open for 7 years! I’ve made a lot of new friends along the way and have had great mentors (Dustin Meyer, Eric Sierra, and Julio Gonzales) come along side and support my art. To be honest I wasn’t sure if I’d even make it this far, I kinda just jumped ship and rebooted my career with the support of my family.  As I’m writing this I’m still freaking out that it’s been 7 whole years, time really does fly when you’re having fun.

2: I’ve decided to declare my Professional Photographers of America Candidacy and going for it. Something I’ve talked about for a few now, just never moved on it.  From what I understand it’s not for everyone and it puts your knowledge through the ringer.  Believe it or not this is what I do full time.  I spend more time in the commercial photography side of the business and creating videos for social media, but it’s been fun most of the way.

Today was kinda fitting to submit my application. #heregoesnothing