I have been successful in local camera club photography, regional NEMPF exhibitions and have gained many acceptances within the British Photography Exhibition (BPE) circuit.
After precisely 4 years, I finally attained my British Photographic Exhibitions (BPE) Level 5 in April 2024.
This comprised of 300+ acceptances in fiercely competitive photography exhibitions of 000's of images throughout the UK. Among them, 37 of my submissions received awards, including 1 Best In Exhibition, 3 Gold Medals, 5 Selectors Awards, 1 Silver, 5 Ribbons, 11 Highly Commended, and 11 Commended.
Throughout this remarkable journey, I have gained valuable insights into my photography - understanding what constitutes a great image, recognising the variability in judges' scoring, and above all, appreciating the significance of persistence and organisation.
My BPE Journey to BPE 5
EXHIBITION GOLD MEDALS
- PAGB Gold Medal Mono (Spinning Hook Kick) - South Birmingham 2023
- NPS Gold Medal Colour (Amongst Giants) - Neath 2023
- Best In Exhibition & Gold Medal Open Colour Winner (Heavy Hand of Starkey) - Dingwall 2023
SELECTORS AWARD & MERITS- BPE Certificate of Merit (Baker Street Mono) - Winchester 2021
- BPE Selectors Award PAGB Ribbon (Baker Street Mono) - Neath 2020
- BPE Selectors Award & PAGB Ribbon (Hitting The Halfpipe) - Frome 2022
- BPE Selectors Award Ribbon (Flowered Torso) - Neath 2023
- BPE Ribbon (Surprise Punch) - Rushden 2023
- Certificate of Merit (Battle of the Heavy Weights) - Winchester 2023
- BPE Selectors Award (Spinning Hook Kick) - Beyond 2023
- PAGB Ribbon (Battle of the Heavy Weights) - South Birmingham 2024
- PAGB Ribbon (Heavy Hand of Starkey) - South Birmingham 2024
- PAGB Silver (Battle of the Heavy Weights) - Evesham 2024
- BPE Selectors Award (The Sea Fisherman) - Clay Cross 2024
HIGHY COMMENDED
- BPE Highly Commended (The Storm) - Rushden 2021
- BPE Highly Commended (Holding The Racing Line) - Evesham 2022
- BPE Highly Commended (The Final Blow) - Basingstoke 2022
- BPE Highly Commended (The Right Hook) & PAGB Ribbon - Rushden 2022
- BPE Highly Commended (The Final Blow) - Dingwall 2022
- BPE Highly Commended (Red Deer on the Moors) - Neath 2022
- BPE Highly Commended (Double Punch) - Rushden 2023
- BPE Highly Commended (Manhattan Bridge) - Rushden 2023
- BPE Highly Commended (Spinning Hook Kick) - Rushden 2023
- BPE Highly Commended (The Right Hook) - Dingwall 2023
- BPE Highly Commended (Spinning Hook Kick) - Dingwall 2023
- BPE Highly Commended (Spinning Hook Kick) - Shrewsbury 2023
- BPE Highly Commended (Egg & Spoon Race) - Basingstoke 2024
OTHER AWARDS
....plus BPE 11 x Commends To Date
- BPE - 8 x Club Awards at Clay Cross
Club Photography
- Clay Cross Photographic Society Annual Club Awards (since 2015)
Top Images (8 x top print winner, 7 x top projected digital image winner)
3 x Image Of The Year Winner and
Summer competition winner 3 times (2019, 20 and 21).
- Rolls Royce Mono PDI Image Runner Up 2023
I also compete through online photography competitions thanks to Photocrowd.com. Through this format I have been fortunate enough to be recognised continually within the top 50 photographers (of 1000’s) and won numerous prizes including lenses, lighting and photography experience days.
Published Work
November 2023 - Winner and published in issue 273 of the Digital Photographer Magazine for 'Candid Moments' competition. Image title 'Vacant Thoughts' (image below).
March 2023 - Winner and published in issue 264 of the Digital Photographer Magazine for Winter Wildlife photographer. Image title 'Penguins in the Snow Storm' (image above).
May 2022 - Cotswolds & Vale Magazine Issue 261 featured my 'Holding The Racing Line' image following my Highly Commended in the Evesham VECC BPE Exhibition 2022. (image below)
January 2022 - Selected in 3rd place and published in issue 249 of the Digital Photographer Magazine for Wedding and Events photographer. Image title 'The Newly Weds' (image above).
July 2021 - Thank you to Verte Magazine my image 'Plastic Oceans' was featured in their most recent 'The Problem With Plastic', superbly written by intern Rebecca Herr.
July 2019 - I was also happy to have won a competition with 'That Wild Idea' photography, winning a days street photography tuition in London and portfolio review with Kav.
August 2019 - I have been featured in the August 2019 Digital Camera Magazine Issue 218, with a 2 page spread covering my photography work and winner of a Sigma lens competition. Image title 'Human Interactions' (image below).
