Maryland's only Professional Trade Association Committed to the Artistic, Technical, Personal, and Business Success of the Professional Photographer

2025 Programming Calendar


 Month        Location     

Organizer / Speaker (s) 
Title Type
 December 7, 2025 Columbia, MD Laura Ames Annual Holiday Party Social
 January 11, 2026 Nashville, TN James Corbett Imaging USA 2026 Meetup!  Social
 January 22, 2026 Zoom  Tony Sweet Photo Review  Photo Review 


Legend:

  • Photo Review: Feedback provided by an experienced professional photographer on your submitted image to help improve your artistic or client work.
  • Convention: Annual multi-day event with various lectures, workshops, and hand-on opportunities for education and inspiration.
  • Educational: Presentation or event that is focused on providing specific photography, business or related knowledge and skills.  
  • Image Comp: A structured image competition with a set rules and guidelines, judged by a panel of PPA approved or trained jurors.
  • Member Connect: Gatherings hosted by members to provide opportunities to connect, share ideas, and support each other's creative journeys. These can be anything from studio visits and gallery and studio tours to casual coffee chats.
  • Social: Events hosted by MDPPA that have a social focus to network and foster connections (parties, picnics, awards ceremonies).
  • CE Workshop: Extended educational sessions that provide PPA-approved continuing education credits.


December 7, 2025 Annual Holiday Party

Join us for our annual holiday party and awards ceremony, a festive evening celebrating the holiday season and the incredible work of our talented members at the Harriet Tubman Cultural Center in Columbia Md! 

Learn more and register: Click Here!


January 22, 2026 Photo Review featuring Tony Sweet

This Photo Review offers a unique opportunity to gain valuable insights from a photographer with artistic background as a professional jazz artist and professional close-up magician (sleight-of-hand artist), to a professional nature/fine art photographer, Tony has always sought creative, deeply personal endeavors. Tony was named a Nikon Legend Behind the Lens and has been published worldwide for over 35 years.

Learn more and register: Click Here!


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Maryland Professional Photographers Association, Inc. is a 501(c)6 non-profit organization. 

Association financial information is available by request.  

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