After searching for a while,I decided to join PPA as a member. Beside the competition opportunity, PPA does offer online forum and e-guide with downloadable files for photographers education purpose and sharing experience and advise like legal advocacy,copyrights for photographers
About PPA:
Professional Photographers of America has been providing education and a sense of community to the photography industry since 1880. To those offerings, the association has since added business and personal protection, business discounts, professional recognition, and more. Today, PPA is the world’s largest not- for- profit association for professional photographers, with more than 20,000 members in 64 countries. It is an association that seeks to increase its members’ business savvy as well as broaden their creative scope. It aims to advance their careers by providing them with all the tools for success.