Very pleased to have achieved my second BPE Crown award – This entails 50 Acceptances in BPE National Exhibitions.
These are the images that were accepted.
Author: Jay Hallsworth
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Southampton International 2022
Three acceptances in the Southampton Salon, Including a first time acceptance for “Dolphin In The Red Sea” which will count towards the PSA Nature Division which is very pleasing.
Landscapes
Bow Lake 
Dawlish Jetty Nature
Dolphin At In The Red Sea -
13th Finland Circuit 2021
Wow! So this is a 5 salon circuit each with 3 sections, but must count as one of my best results in international competition.
32 Acceptances!
That’s an average of over 6 images per salon – more than 50% acceptance rate.
I was also given two Bronze Medals and a Honorable Mention. 11 out of my 12 images were accepted across the board and I narrowly missed out on the prestigious FIAP Blue Badge for the Vihti Salon coming equal second with 9 acceptances.
Colour
“An English Garden Rose” was accepted in two salons 
“Portrait Of Natasha” was accepted in two salons 
“Asian Girl” was accepted in 3 salons 
“The Milky Way Over Durdle Door” was accepted in 2 salons Mono
“A Man On Baker Street Tube Station” was accepted in 3 salons and given award “AFCC Bronze monochrome” 
“Dawlish Jetty” was accepted in 3 salons 
“Peaky Hider” was accepted in 3 salons Nature
“Chromodoris Nudibranch” was accepted and given award “AFCC HM Nature” 
“Clownfish in a Red Sea Anemone” was accepted in 3 salons
“Clownfish” was accepted in 5 salons and given award “NFFF Bronze Nature” 
“Bow Lake” was accepted in 4 salons My full results are as follows:
5th Kouvola Salon 2021/357
Series: “General Color” (acceptance mark 14)
“An English Garden Rose” scored 14, was accepted
“Portrait Of Natasha” scored 16, was accepted
“The Milky Way Over Durdle Door” scored 14, was acceptedSeries: “Nature” (acceptance mark 15)
“Clownfish” scored 17, was accepted
“Bow Lake” scored 15, was accepted7th Kuopio Salon 2021/358
Series: “General Color” (acceptance mark 18)
“Asian Girl” scored 19, was accepted
“Portrait Of Natasha” scored 19, was acceptedSeries: “General Monochrome” (acceptance mark 18)
“Dawlish Jetty” scored 20, was accepted
“Peaky Hider” scored 19, was acceptedSeries: “Nature” (acceptance mark 19)
“Clownfish in a Red Sea Anemone” scored 19, was accepted
“Clownfish” scored 21, was accepted
“Bow Lake” scored 19, was accepted2nd Tampere Salon 2021/359
Series: “General Color” (acceptance mark 19)Series: “General Monochrome” (acceptance mark 19)”A Man On Baker Street Tube Station” scored 22, was accepted and given award “AFCC Bronze monochrome”
Series: “Nature” (acceptance mark 19)
“Clownfish in a Red Sea Anemone” scored 20, was accepted
“Clownfish” scored 23, was accepted and given award “NFFF Bronze Nature”
“Bow Lake” scored 19, was accepted1st Turku Salon 2021/360
Series: “General Color” (acceptance mark 19)
“Asian Girl” scored 19, was acceptedSeries: “General Monochrome” (acceptance mark 19)
“A Man On Baker Street Tube Station” scored 20, was acceptedSeries: “Nature” (acceptance mark 19)
“Clownfish” scored 20, was accepted6th Vihti Salon 2021/361
Series: “General Color” (acceptance mark 17)
“Asian Girl” scored 19, was accepted
“Portrait Of Natasha” scored 17, was accepted
“The Milky Way Over Durdle Door” scored 18, was acceptedSeries: “General Monochrome” (acceptance mark 17)
“A Man On Baker Street Tube Station” scored 17, was accepted
“Peaky Hider” scored 17, was acceptedSeries: “Nature” (acceptance mark 16)
“Chromodoris Nudibranch” scored 19, was accepted and given award “AFCC HM Nature”
“Clownfish in a Red Sea Anemone” scored 16, was accepted
“Clownfish” scored 18, was accepted
“Bow Lake” scored 16, was accepted -
3rd Internaational Exhibition of Photography – “WSP HUNGARY 2022”
This exhiition had 6 sections, Nature, Child, Woman, Portrait, Colour and Monochrome. I didn’t get anything in the Child section which came as no surprise as I don’t really have any images of children that I would consider good enough, but I was very pleased to recieve a total of 13 acceptances in all, including a Salon Gold Medal for Devotion, and an Honorable Mention for Asian Girl
Nature (ND) (Acceptance Score: 18)
Chromodoris Nudibranch – 20Pts Accepted 
Lionfish Lays In Wait -19Pts Accepted Woman (PIDC) (Acceptance Score: 19)
Devotion – 28Pts Accepted – Salon Gold Medal 
Mystery Girl – 21Pts Accepted 
Portrait Of Natasha – 21Pts – Accepted Portrait (PIDC) (Acceptance Score: 20)
Asian Girl – 22Pts Accepted – Salon HM 
Brother Benedict – 20 Accepted 
Elven Princess With Horse And Hawk – 21Pts Accepted 
Katlyn As A Mad Hatter – 20Pts Accepted Open Colour (PIDC) (Acceptance Score: 20)
Sunrise At Cobbolds Point – 22Pts Accepted The Milky Way Over Durdle Door – 20Pts – Accepted Open Monochrome (PIDM) (Acceptance Score: 20)
Cobbolds Point – 21Pts – Accepted 
Dover Court – 22Pts – Accepted -
Southport Open 2022
This is the second BPE Salon of the year, and I’m close to achieving my second BPE Crown, but unfortunatly I only recieved one Acceptance this time, so still two short!
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Digital Photo World – SBM Circuit 2022
This is a 3 salon Circuit, each with 4 sections (Woman, Portrait, Colour and Monochrome) and the first chance to try out some new images so I was absolutely delighted with 20 acceptances, including 3 Honorable Mentions and a Silver Medal for Devotion on it’s first outing.
Woman
Devotion – Accepted In 3 Salons and awarded a Salon Silver Medal Mystery Girl – Accepted In 1 Salon and awarded a Salon Honorable Mention Portrait
Asian Girl – Accepted In 2 Salons and awarded a Salon Honorable Mention Brother Benedict – Accepted In 2 Salons 
Contemplation – Accepted In 3 Salons 
The Red Princess – Accepted In 1 Salon Open Colour
Sunrise At Cobbolds Point – Accepted In 1 Salon 
Dover Court At Sunrise – Accepted In 1 Salon Open Monochrome
Peaky Hider – Accepted In 1 Salon Dover Court – Accepted In 3 Salons and awarded a Salon Honorable Mention 
Bad Hair Day – Accepted In 1 Salon A Man On Baker Street Tube Station – Accepted In 1 Salon -
Clay Cross National Projected Image Exhibition 2022
3 Acceptances in to Clay Cross this year, so I’m very pleased with that – I even got one in to the Creative section – something I’ve been playing about with more and more lately
https://www.claycrossps.co.uk/copy-of-2021-exhibition-key-points-page
This puts me within 3 acceptances of my second BPE Crown award – Fingers crossed for some success in the upcoming salons
Colour
An English Garden Rose Creative
The Red Queen Scapes
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Bristol International Salon of Photography 2022
Three images in to the Bristol International Salon this year, not as good as last year, but I’m happy with that as I only entered the three digital sections.
Open Colour
Asian Girl Sunrise At Cobbolds Point Open Monochrome
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Photon 2022
International Awards just keep coming – 2 Club Ribbons and a Salon Diploma! That’s 8 awards from 3 salons this year!
8 Acceptances in this salon
Open Colour
Sunrise At Cobbolds Point – Club Ribbon Portrait
Asian Girl Portrait Of Natasha – Salon Diploma Nature
Portrait Of An Eagle Wildlife
Lionfish Roars Sport
Muay Thai Hurts 
Spiritual Muay Thai 
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8th International Exhibition of Photography – “SLAVONIJA 2022”
This was the first salon results of 2022, and a great start it is. I only entered 3 sections and managed to get 7 acceptances, so over 50% acceptance rate which is very pleasing. I was also awarded an Honorable Mention for Asian Girl, and a PSA Gold Medal for Dover Court on it’s first time out.
Open Colour
Sunrise At Cobbolds Point Mystery Girl Portrait
Asian Girl – Honorable Mention 
Portrait Of Natasha Open Monochrome
Cobbolds Point Dover Court – PSA Gold Medal 
Wrecks At Pin Mill