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Frome Salon National Open Photography Exhibition – Nov 2020
Frome National Open Photography Exhibition is another BPE exhibition, this year there were almost 6,000 entries from almost 500 entrants from all across the UK. I was very happy to have had 6 of my images accepted to this Salon.
See here for the 2020 Exibition web page: https://www.fromewessexcameraclub.com/salon2020.html
Open Colour
Portrait of Natasha – Accepted Monochrome
Dawlish Jetty – Accepted Nature
Scapes
Bamburgh Castle At Sunrise – Accepted 
Bow Lake – Accepted 
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46th Smethwick Photographic Society International – Nov 2020
Smethwick International Exhibition of Photography this year received over 10,000 entries worldwide, so I was very pleased to get 7 images accepted in to the exhibition.
https://smethwickinternational.com/46th-exhibition-20-21/46th-exhibition-acceptances/
Open Colour
Flour Flick – Accepted 
Portrait of Natasha – Accepted 
Steampunk Princess – Accepted Nature
Clownfish – Accepted Scapes
Bow Lake – Accepted Travel
Praying at the Golden Temple – Accepted 
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Shrewsbury Open Photography Exhibition – Oct 2020
3 Acceptances
Open Colour
Portrait of Natasha – AcceptedNature
Clownfish – AcceptedLandscape
Bow Lake – AcceptedHere is a link to the exhibition page, however it is likely to be updated in time for next years exhibition. http://www.shropshire-photographic.org.uk/Exhibition/Index
Open Colour
Portrait of Natasha – Accepted Nature
Clownfish – Accepted Landscape
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Neath & District PS UK Salon – Aug 2020
Neath & District Photographic Society 2020 UK Salon was the first BPE exhibition I entered, I only came across it by chance advertised in a photography magazine. I was very pleased to receive two acceptances. I’ve later come to understand that these can be credited towards BPE Crown awards – So… 23 acceptances to go 🙂 Here’s a link to the Neath 2020 Gallery – http://photoexhib.co.uk/ndps/results-2020/results.htm
Nature Section
Clownfish – Accepted Open Monochrome Section
Baker Street Tube – Accepted -
Cheltenham International Salon of Photography – April 2020
Cheltenham International Salon of Photography is one of the most well renowned salons, usually achieving a four star rating from FIAP. There are usually around 8000 entries from over 50 countries worldwide. CISP 2020 (cheltenhamcameraclub.co.uk)
This was the first time I’d entered an international salon, so was delighted to be awarded a Gold Medal for one of my images. Two of my other entries were also accepted so I was very pleased indeed.
My PAGB Gold Medal for my winning entry in the Travel Section Nature Section
Clownfish – Accepted Travel Section
Praying at the Golden Template – Accepted and awarded a PAGB Gold 
The Snake Charmer – Accepted -
Gloucester Camera Club Annual Competition – April 2020
After missing out last year in my first year in the camera club because I didn’t submit an entry in to the first round of the competition, this year I won both the Print and Digital competitions in the Beginners class. Beginners Class – Projected Images – Overall Winner
Beginners Class – Printed Images – Overall Winner
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MidPhot 2020 – Feb 2020
This was the first time I entered a public competition, so I was thrilled to have two images accepted and one more winning an award.
Open Projected Image Section
Baker Street – Accepted 
Steampunk Princess – Accepted Projected Image – Nature Section
Clownfish – Accepted & Awarded MCPF Ribbons Here’s a link to my image in the MidPhot 2020 Gallary – https://www.mcpf.co.uk/galleries/#bwg6/853
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Gloucester Camera Club Annual Exhibition – Oct 2019
2019 was the first time I entered the club annual exhibition and was very pleased to win all three beginners classes, and also awarded third place in the Open section, which this year’s subject was portraits, up to now, portraits were not really one of my natural genres.
Beginners Colour Print – Winner
Beginners Mono Print – Winner
Beginners Open Digital – Winner
Open Portrait – 3rd Place
Beginners Colour Print – Winner – Clownfish 
Beginners Mono Print – Winner – Kilchurn Castle 
Beginners Open Digital – Winner – Thai Sunset 
Open Portrait – 3rd Place – Portrait Of Megan -
Printing images…
Printing images – what file size do you need? Resolution, pixel sizes and file sizes compared for print
This guide shows you the kind of quality you can expect when you’re printing out your photos.
Digital camera resolution vs print quality
Crap Horribly pixelated blocky mess, like something out of 1987 OK Looks reasonable enough, but nowhere near photo quality Good Pretty good all round, with a fair bit of detail Very Good This will be fine for most uses, unless you get up reeeeal close Excellent As good as a photo for most purposes Photo Quality Woohoo! Fantastic quality print, full of detail and perfect for your picture frame or for your showing off your very best shots.
