© Whitney Collins The Portrait Masters Awards & Accreditation program is a contest that inspires, motivates, and honors portrait photographers in all genres to put forward their best work and improve the quality of their images from round to round. Sue Bryce established the competition in 2017 to give portrait photographers an avenue to be recognized for achieving a high professional standard in their work. Since then, The Portrait Masters Awards has accredited 442 Associates, 141 Masters, and only 19 Fellows. Accreditations are based on points awarded to images by our esteemed panel of ju ..read more

© Jasmin Jade In recent years, boudoir photography has majorly evolved from a genre about creating sexy pictures just for him into a far-reaching body-positivity empowerment movement.   Portrait pioneers like Sue Bryce ushered in this new era by making magazine-style glamour accessible for everyday people. Sue’s students, running with both her vision and business model, have driven the quality standard of portrait photography to new artistic heights all while building successful, sustainable businesses.  While Sue is a glamour photographer, not a boudoir photographer, she h ..read more

It’s That Time Again! Imagine yourself up-skilling your craft, sparking with new creative ideas, partying and mingling with colleagues, and coming home with a roadmap to evolve your business. The Portrait Masters Conference 2023 is the place to do it, and it’s just a few months away. According to Sue Bryce, this year’s conference is going to be the best yet! “You are going to experience four incredible days. . . I really wanted to focus this year on it being the best one that we’ve had because it’s the last time we’re going to be in Arizona doing it.” — Sue Bryce So, what is going to make thi ..read more

© Barbara MacFerrin Three times a year, portrait photographers from around the world share their finest images in The Portrait Masters Awards & Accreditation Competition. When awards are announced, there is a collective experience of a full of a range of emotions from excitement to despair and elation to disappointment. With submission numbers commonly being over 4,000, only a small fraction of those who submit get to experience the joy of ranking in the top twenty in each category, but countless others get to experience the thrill of receiving merits on their images that earn them Bronze ..read more

  It’s time for The Portrait System’s annual Free Week! This is a great time for TPS members to invite their friends and associates to sample all that TPS has to offer with a week full of free online photography courses. As a community, we are deeply committed to helping each other succeed, and Free Week is when we open the doors to welcome even more people to join in and experience this rising tide that lifts all ships. If you’re going to be sharing your love of The Portrait System with your friends this Free Week, why not be rewarded for doing it! Sign up for our Affiliate Program and ..read more

WPPI in Las Vegas starts this Sun, March 5 and runs through Thu, March 9. WPPI is just like summer camp for wedding and portrait photographers and videographers with 5,000 of your new best friends. It’s a super-concentrated business education, including seminars, masterclasses, photo walks, image reviews, product demos, a trade show floor where you can score awesome deals on gear, networking events, parties, and more!  If you’re not yet planning to go, it’s not too late to change your mind and scoop up a $99 ticket using the code FLASH99. Just be aware that the last time this writer chec ..read more

WPPI is the premier photography experience for wedding and portrait photographers and videographers, and it’s coming up in just a few days (Sun, March 5 – Thu, March 9) at The Mirage in Las Vegas, NV. Though it is just around the corner, it’s not too late to pick up some passes for yourself at an incredible rate of $99 using the promo code FLASH99.  The Portrait System (TPS) has a long-standing relationship with WPPI. Our beloved teacher and Portrait System founder Sue Bryce had some of her first teaching experiences on WPPI stages, and this relationship has strengthened in recent years ..read more

Portrait photography competitions help photographers grow creatively, and awards can also be great marketing tools. But in many competitions, it can take something extra special to stand out from the crowd and win top awards. Browsing awards galleries of past winners is an excellent way to see what it takes to score at the top. You can also gain deeper insight from watching critiques from judges.   Portrait Masters Director & Judge, Richard Wood During a recent live critique session, Portrait Masters Awards & Accreditation Director Richard Wood—who is also a winner of nu ..read more

On Nov, 15th, the Portrait Masters Awards and Accreditation announced the third-round winners of our portrait photography competition honoring top talent in the portrait photography industry. We are pleased to welcome into our ranks of accredited photographers one new fellow, 11 new masters, and 34 new associates. The Grand Champion Award, which includes a $1500 cash prize, went to Pamela Gagnon for a stunning black and white portrait that also won top prize in the Teen & Senior Portrait category. Gagnon’s image was selected from a collection of more than 4,300 images entered by photograph ..read more

Eleonora Barna, Creative Portrait, 6th Place It’s time again for The Portrait Masters Awards & Accreditation Competition! Submissions are now open. We created this program to acknowledge, honor, and celebrate high-quality, professional work and to arm you with the public recognition you deserve in your field. As someone who did not receive a formal education, achieving these standards were amongst Sue Bryce‘s proudest moments of owning a professional photography business. Winning accolades like these made Sue feel proud and validated as a photographer. When you enter the Portrait Masters A ..read more