EFIAP I’m pleased to say that I’ve been awarded EFIAP. This is the second level of the FIAP accreditations and it enables me to use the letters EFIAP after my name, in place of my existing AFIAP. My target this time was 250 acceptances, two awards, 20 countries, 50 distinct images, twelve prints and 30…
Lake District 2019 It’s been a while since we saw John Gravett at Lakeland Photographic Holidays, and we decided we should go back. We’ve done three courses with him before – one Landscape, one Black and White, and one city trip to Paris. Previously, courses were run fully residential, but he has now sold the…
RPS Digit Magazine Article I was recently lucky enough to be invited to contribute an article for the RPS Digital Imaging Group magazine, DIGIT. The request was to write about my Symmetree images and give some background on why they were created, plus some detail of how they were done. The article can be downloaded…
2018: In Review It’s time for the traditional quick look at my favourite images created during 2018. I left my first job at the end of January 2018. I’d been there a long time, starting in December 1996, so it was all a bit unnerving! After a short Light and Land trip to Andalucia during…
Ilkley Scare Trail 2018 This year, we once more decided to go take some photographs at Ilkley Scare Trail. This event is a walk through the woods, at night, with various ghouls and ghosties (plus a smattering of zombies) out in the woods to scare the punters. Last year we did the entire trail, and…
AFIAP I’m pleased to say that I’ve been awarded the first level of the FIAP accreditations, and am now allowed to use the letters AFIAP after my name. This distinction is gained by taking part in international photography competitions, also known as salons. For these, images are entered online, usually four images each in a…
CPAGB Today, Sharon and I travelled over the border to Chorley for an assessment of ten of our prints. These were viewed by six different judges who all scored them between two and five, giving a total overall mark between 12 and 20. I’m glad to say we both passed and can now use CPAGB…
Andalucia Due to my job change early in 2018, we decided to take an early holiday. To avoid it being freezing cold, we opted for a short Light & Land tour to Andalucia in Spain to photograph the almond blossom. We expected it to be a bit warm, but we ended up wearing our winter…
2017: In Review So, 2017 then. We’re nearly at the end now, and by tradition photographers have to list their twelve favourite photos of the year. This year I have decided to join in, and have selected a favourite from each month. 2017 was for me a year of great highs, and crashing lows. It…
Otley Zombie Apocalypse 2017 On a Saturday afternoon in August, we made the short trip up the road to photograph the Otley Zombie Apocalypse. This is our third time at the event, where teams of intrepid people make their way though a series of locations, slowly discovering the story of a zombie invasion. We were…
