Benefits of membership
Professional, enthusiast or both – if you are a photographer the Guild can help you to get the most from your camera.
Established professional photographers can benefit from our advertising campaigns, business based support and discounts, free legal advice service, accounting services and more, whilst for those starting out we are an invaluable source of learning.
Full and part-time professional photographers committed to delivering the highest standards to their customers, distinguished social photographers of many years standing, enthusiasts who are involved with photography simply because they ‘love it’, and aspiring photographers who can benefit from the experience of our established members.
Many members are keen to use the individually tailored 'Mentor Me' and ‘Accompany a Master Craftsman’ schemes, or our inspiring courses and ‘Masterclasses’, tailored to beginner and expert alike.
Members can gain prestigious Guild qualifications to verify their skills or offer reassurance to potential customers or they can simply enjoy the Guild's other benefits…including our interactive site with its News page to keep you up to date with what’s going on in the photographic world, and our invaluable networking Forum allowing you to communicate with like-minded individuals across the globe, as well as selling and purchasing photography related items.
Qualifications from other respectable organisations are transferable.
As a member of the Guild you will enjoy many benefits
- An interactive website
- News bulletins
- Forum facility for networking
- Strong national marketing campaigns promoting members interests
- Courses and Masterclasses by some of the Country’s finest tutors
- A Guild qualification programme with critique service
- An online one to one training & mentoring programme
- Accompany a Master Craftsman opportunities
- Free advice from experienced photographers
- Free use of Guild logos
- Free listing on the Guild's websites
- Free business health check worth £200!
- Free legal advice service
- Free advice on how to promote or diversify your business
- Free contracts of employment audits
- Free downloads and articles
- Free copy of a sample Wedding Booking Contract
- Amazing value comprehensive Guild Insurance
- Amazing value Guild book-keeping or accounting service
- Amazing discounts we have negotiated for our members
- Heavily reduced mobile-phone contracts
- Advantageous advertising rates with various suppliers
- Literature to help promote your business
- Guild merchandise
- Regular competitions with useful prizes
We aim to help, explain and assist you get the best out of your membership – for your benefit!
Most of these benefits are exclusive to Guild members and all of them are constantly kept under review for both quality and value. Some items do incur extra costs with the Guild or the supplier so if you need to know more please ask. We are also constantly looking to enhance our range of exclusive services and are open to suggestions and requests if you have any.