Advocates in Action Month

• Any type of camera can be used, including your phone camera.
• Be sure to keep your fingers out of the camera’s eye.
• Avoid putting the center of interest in the middle of the photograph every time.
• Consider how angles, lighting, distance, etc. can contribute to the perspective you’re trying to capture.

• Photos must adhere to the ACA Code of Ethics and these guidelines.
• Photos cannot include any clients, client information, or client data. Photos should not be taken in therapy spaces.
• If someone is in the photograph, ask for permission before taking the photograph and have them sign the ACA Consent to Use of Photographic Images.
• Lewd, exploitative, or offensive content may not be submitted.
• Images should document systems, barriers and conditions, not expose or shame individuals. The camera should humanize, not exploit.
• Participants should not place themselves in unsafe situations to capture an image.

By submitting a photograph to the Capturing Counseling Priorities Photo Project, I grant the American Counseling Association (ACA) permission to use, reproduce, edit, publish, display, and distribute the photograph, now and in the future, in connection with ACA’s educational, informational, promotional, and advocacy-related activities. This may include use in ACA publications, presentations, websites, social media channels, emails, and other print or digital materials.

Download the Photography Consent