You must be wondering just what all of the letters after Mike Bentley mean. I just read what CPP was but what the heck is Master, Cr. Photog., GFD and GSD?
In January 2011 Mike received his Craftsman Degree from the Professional Photographers of America, and in 2021 he earned his Masters Degree. This means that he has met the standards of excellence set by the Professional Photographers of America and been awarded the Masters and Photographic Craftsman degrees in recognition of his service to the photographic profession as an award winning photographer, orator, author and mentor.
PPA is a worldwide association that exists to assist its more than 22,000 members in achieving their professional, artistic and fraternal goals; promote public awareness of the profession; and to advance the making of images in all of its disciplines as an art, a science, and a visual recorder of history. By earning these degrees Mike joins a group of about 2100 other photographers who hold them worldwide.
The GFD and GSD are the Georgia Professional Photographers Associations version of the PPA’s Masters and Craftsman degrees. Mike received his GSD in the late 1990′s and his GFD in the 2000’s.
