Spent a lovely afternoon on Saturday at the sRGB Group Exhibition in Southport, shared lunch with good friends and was presented with my Fellowship BPE Award. Thanks to Terry Donnelly for providing the photograph. Terry was also presented with his FBPE award on the same day…which was nice! Thank you to all my friends for their support and their many kind words on social media. Here’s a Gallery link to the some of the … Read full article…
I was delighted to be awarded the Fellowship of the BPE (British Photographic Exhibitions) at the end of May 2015. This UK organisation runs an award scheme through its member National Exhibitions. The scheme rewards entrants who are successful in having their work accepted for exhibition and are awarded various prizes and medals. Exhibition acceptances are aggregated until, with 300 acceptances, a BPE5 (5 crown award) can be achieved. Associateship Once … Read full article…
Southport Exhibition of Photography 2015 This year, Southport Photographic Society are celebrating their 68th Annual Open Exhibition of Photography, run under the auspices of the BPE (British Photographic Exhibitions). I feel that I have had a great affinity for Southport Photographic Society for many years and I hope that I am seen as a friend of the club by their members. Southport was one of the first clubs where I … Read full article…
At then end of my second year with Wigan 10 Foto Club, was very pleased that we have again won both sections of the Great British Cup. This is run by the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain for their member clubs. This year almost British GB photo clubs entered the contest in each of the two sections. The following were my images that W10 chose to represent them in the Open Section: Below … Read full article…
The National Exhibitions which are members of the BPE (British Photographic Exhibitions) offer a Crown award system to reward photographers for success in having works accepted for national exhibitions. Up to and including the 5 crown award, a photographer must have a minimum of 300 accepted works in member exhibitions. Those achieving the 5 Crown Award are then invited to move on to the Associateship Award, which requires a minimum … Read full article…
It’s not often I photograph an award, but the Guernsey Milk Can award is something just a bit out of the ordinary – in fact it’s rather special! The Guernsey Milk Can is unique to Guernsey and has been made there by local craftsmen for over 1000 years, pre-dating the Norman Conquest and was in use until the first half of the 20th century. It is said to have been … Read full article…
