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Harlow Photographic Society season 2009-10 - 2nd + 3rd in two leagues
02nd September 2010 - 0 comments
02nd September 2010 - 0 comments
Like most camera clubs Harlow PS runs a series of league competitions during a year. In a league the results from a number of competitions are aggregated together for a final result. Harlow PS holds five league competitions for print images and another five for projected digital images. Two entries are allowed per round giving a total of ten but only the top eight score for the final placing.
In the season 2009-10 I came third in the print league and second in the projected digital image league. I was very close to the top marks too - just three marks different from the winner in both leagues. The final positions were very tight.
My top eight print images were:
My top eight digital projected images were:
In the season 2009-10 I came third in the print league and second in the projected digital image league. I was very close to the top marks too - just three marks different from the winner in both leagues. The final positions were very tight.
My top eight print images were:
My top eight digital projected images were:
FIAP Biennial - 'Following through' chosen to represent England
01st August 2010 - 0 comments
01st August 2010 - 0 comments
The image below was selected to represent England (PAGB) in the 23rd Colour Print Biennial, in Ireland, on 1st March 2010. There were just ten images chosen for this competition from each country so it really is something special to have been selected.
When I applied for my AFIAP award at the end of 2009, part of the criteria was to provide the PAGB with three images for them to possibly use in world-wide competitions with FIAP. It is from these images that the selection would have been made. I never thought one of my images would be used! I happen to know that 76 photographers from the UK achieved their AFIAP in 2010 so if they sent three images each to the PAGB that's 226 images plus the others from previous years. Wow, that makes me feel quite chuffed!
The final result put England(PAGB) in a mid table position out of the 29 countries taking part. Scotland won the FIAP World Cup for Colour Prints, 2010.
When I applied for my AFIAP award at the end of 2009, part of the criteria was to provide the PAGB with three images for them to possibly use in world-wide competitions with FIAP. It is from these images that the selection would have been made. I never thought one of my images would be used! I happen to know that 76 photographers from the UK achieved their AFIAP in 2010 so if they sent three images each to the PAGB that's 226 images plus the others from previous years. Wow, that makes me feel quite chuffed!
The final result put England(PAGB) in a mid table position out of the 29 countries taking part. Scotland won the FIAP World Cup for Colour Prints, 2010.
Click on the image above to open it in the Competitive Swimmers Gallery.
AFIAP awarded - for International accepted images
25th March 2010 - 0 comments
25th March 2010 - 0 comments
The AFIAP is awarded to photographers whose images have been accepted in International Exhibitions. It is the first of the FIAP awards with EFIAP and MFIAP as future awards. The requirements for an AFIAP are 30 International acceptances (prints or projected digital files). These had to be obtained with ten different images, from ten different salons across five different countries. Having met that requirement I then sent seven A3 prints to FIAP and 3 prints to the PAGB for an assessment panel. I sent them off in November 2009 and in March 2010 heard that I had been awarded my AFIAP.
The images below are my first ten acceptances in FIAP exhibitions.
The images below are my first ten acceptances in FIAP exhibitions.
Harlow Photographic Society - Winner of 'Panel of Four'
04th February 2010 - 0 comments
04th February 2010 - 0 comments
A panel of images of any number brings extra thought processes into play. I like the sizing and layout of my images to be symmetrical, so a panel of four in two by two formation means those on each side should 'look' into the middle. Then, whilst the images should have a common theme, they should not be too similar as to be considered repetitive. The panel should work together as a panel and each image should work on its own too - that is what gives the panel its strength.
My panel of 'Swimmers' was awarded first place in this competition and my 'Boobies - red, nazca and blue-footed' were one of the panels held back. It got no award but I thought I would include it here as something different to my 'Swimmers' - though I guess the boobies too are swimmers, of a sort. Yes, the 'Swimmers' are four of the Panel of Six that won me the Chelmsford Camera Club shield.
My panel of 'Swimmers' was awarded first place in this competition and my 'Boobies - red, nazca and blue-footed' were one of the panels held back. It got no award but I thought I would include it here as something different to my 'Swimmers' - though I guess the boobies too are swimmers, of a sort. Yes, the 'Swimmers' are four of the Panel of Six that won me the Chelmsford Camera Club shield.
Harlow Photographic Society - 3rd place - Natural History
14th January 2010 - 0 comments
14th January 2010 - 0 comments
The Tom Morton trophy is competed for each year and every year brings an amazing variety of natural history images. There were more than 60 images in this year's print and projected digital image competition. In the print section both of my prints were held back into the final few and my 'Swallow tail gulls' (top image of the two below) gained third place. My 'Blue footed booby and chicks' was highly commended.
Click on either thumbnail to open that larger image in the Galapagos Gallery.
Chelmsford Camera Club - Winner of 'Panel of Six'
10th October 2009 - 0 comments
10th October 2009 - 0 comments
My panel of six swimmer images was selected as the winner from 28 panels of work depicting various subjects. The images had to work together as a panel and a 'Statement of intent' was read out when the images were shown. My statement was - 'This panel shows various elements from the sport of swimming - power and energy; interaction with water; technique and personal emotions. I aim to give the viewer an insight into that passionate feeling that a sportsperson has for their sport.'
The competition was organised by Chelmsford Camera Club.
The competition was organised by Chelmsford Camera Club.
RPS International Exhibition 2008 - Highly Commended
09th November 2008 - 0 comments
09th November 2008 - 0 comments
This was the first year I entered The Royal Photographic Society's International Projected Image Exhibition and I gained a Highly Commended certificate for 'Take our picture'. I took a day trip to the RPS headquarters in Bath to be presented with my award by the RPS President, Barry Senior. I also had two other images accepted in this exhibition. They were 'Diving in' and 'Full on' - not bad, considering I only entered four images and it was my first time of entering!
