Gain meaningful qualifications and distinctions through The Society of International Media & Press Photographers
Images must show be of good saleable work consistent with standard professional practice. Judges are looking for a good use of skill and technique in most applicable elements (see What are the Judges looking for? For a full list of elements) in a minimum of 16 out of the 20 images submitted. For this level of qualification we require a minimum of four different commissions/sessions to be included in each submission, to achieve a good use of skill and technique over a variety of sessions shows the consistency we are looking for to award Licentiate.
Images must show be of good saleable work consistent with standard professional practice. Judges are looking for above average skill and technique in most applicable elements (see What are the Judges looking for? For a full list of elements) in a minimum of 16 out of the 20 images submitted, with the remaining 4 images reaching the requirements of Licentiate level for the panel to be passed. For this level of qualification we require the images ‘sit together’ as a body of work representative of the photographer’s unique style, creativity and skills.
Images must show be of excellent saleable work and be above the standard
expected with professional practice. Judges are looking for Excellent use of
imagination, skill and technique in most applicable elements (see What are the
Judges looking for? For a full list of elements) in a minimum of 16 out of the
20 images submitted, with the remaining 4 images reaching the requirements of
Associate level for the panel to be passed. For this level of qualification we
require the images ‘sit together’ as a body of work representative of the
photographer’s unique style, creativity and skills. Fellowship Qualification
submissions are usually a personal project shot by the entrant specifically for
the purpose of presenting the images for assessment.
Whilst we accept Licentiate and Associate submission’s both digitally and in the
form of printed panels, Fellowship panels must be submitted in the form of 20,
20x16 inch mounted prints. Please
contact Terrie Jones to
enquire as to the next Qualification Assessment Day.
The guidelines for the submission of SIMPP are as follows:
For media and press submissions we are looking for a range of images either
depicting news, current events and lifestyle stories. Images must be from a
range of commissioned shoots where the entrant was the principle professional
photographer and must document an event, tell a story or convey a message and
support the printed word that would accompany them in a newspaper, booklet or
website.
To try and avoid any confusion in submissions for Qualification please follow
these guidelines when submitting your images for critique.
The submission must take the form of 20 Images in .jpg format, sequentially
numbered 01.jpg to 20.jpg
The images must be of one genre i.e. all Wedding, all Portrait, all Events, all
Sport etc.
Each .jpg file should not exceed 2000 pixels on the longest side.
The 20 .jpg files should be placed in a single folder and compressed (zipped)
prior to submission.
We require the zipped folder to be named as follows:
firstname_surname_qualification_membershipnumber.zip
Once you have prepared your files for submission please fill in the
Qualification application form, once completed and the appropriate fee has been
paid you will be transferred to our MailBigFile upload facility which will send
your images direct to The Societies of Photographers Qualification Team for
review. submission will then be forwarded for considered by three Fellows in the
case of Licentiate and Five in the case of Associate and Fellow.
The images must adhere to the rules stated above in addition to the following:
See successful submissions here