Very happy to have had 6 acceptances in to this years Midland International Salon, including a PSA Ribbon for my “Clownfish in a Red Sea Anemone” image.
Tag: Award
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72nd Midland Salon of International Photography
Clownfish in a Red Sea Anemone – Awarded a PSA Ribbon Clownfish Jetty In The Sea Bamburgh Castle At Sunrise Portrait of Natasha A Man on Baker Street Tube Station -
VIII International Photo Salon Plovdiv (BULGARIA) 2021
I was delighted to have received 9 acceptances in to the 8th Plovdiv International Photo Salon in Bulgaria, including one Diploma Award for my Mau Thai Hurts image.
Muay Thai Hurts – 14 Points – Awarded A Jury Diploma 
Dawlish Jetty – 12 Points 
Low Lighthouse At Burnham On Sea – 13 Points A Man On Baker Street Tube Station – 12 Points 
Jetty In The Sea – 11 Points Clownfish – 14 Points
Eagle – 12 Points Clownfish In A Red Sea Anemone – 11 Points 
Bow Lake – 12 Points -
Vigex 3rd International Digital Photographic Salon
I received 9 acceptances for this Salon, including a gold medal for “Praying At The Golden Temple” in the travel section, and a Merit for “Clownfish In A Red Sea Anemone” – Both of which received maximum marks from all judges so very pleased with this achievement – I also believe I have now met all the criteria to apply for the AFIAP award, which is also very pleasing 🙂
Open Monochrome (Acceptance Score – 18, Entries 1011, Acceptance Rate – 24%)
A Man On Baker Street Tube Station – 18 Pts Open Colour (Acceptance Score – 18, Entries 1099, Acceptance Rate – 24%)
Bamburgh Castle At Sunrise – 18 Pts 
Flour Flick – 18 Pts Portrait Of Natasha – 18 Pts Nature (Acceptance Score – 18, Entries 723, Acceptance Rate – 24%)
Bow Lake – 18 Pts Clownfish In A Red Sea Anemone – 27 Pts – Merit Award Clownfish – 22 Pts Travel (Acceptance Score – 18, Entries 701, Acceptance Rate – 23%)
Praying At The Golden Temple – 27 Pts – Gold Medal 
Taj Mahal Sunset – 19 Pts -
Athens International Contest of Art Photography 2021
Absolutely delighted to have recieved 9 acceptences in this competition, including all four of my entries in to the nature section and an award for one of my clownfish images, the first time this one has won an award.
Nature – Acceptance score: 15 Pts
Clownfish in a Red Sea Anemone – 18 Pts – Awarded a Diploma 
Eagle – 17 Pts 
Bow Lake – 16 Pts 
Clownfish – 15 Pts Open Monochrome – Acceptance score: 15 Pts
Dawlish Jettty – 17Pts 
Muay Thai Hurts – 16Pts Open Colour – Acceptance score: 15 Pts
Jetty In The Sea – 16Pts Phototravel – Acceptance score: 15 Pts
Taj Mahal Sunset From Mughal-era Gardens – 15 Pts 
The Snake Charmer – 15 Pts -
Photo GRAFIS 2021
I was delighted to have achieved four acceptances in this International Exhibition based in Montenegro, including a Gold Medal for my image “Praying At The Golden Temple” Another image in the class also scored 23 points and would likely have won an award, however only one award can be won in each category.
Praying At The Golden Temple – 23Pts – MOL Gold Medal 
Taj Mahal Sunset From mughal-era Gardens – 23 Pts – Accepted 
Eagle – 22 Pts – Accepted 
Muay Thai Hurts – 20Pts – Accepted -
German International Photocup 2021
This is a circuit of 4 salons, and I had 12 of my images accepted, all in all a total of 27 acceptances as well as one GIP Medal so I was very pleased with this indeed. Of course since this was a FIAP approved salon, it takes me to 54 FIAP acceptances, which exceeds the criteria for AFIAP. I now just need to enter more international salons to gain the award.
Colour
Bamburgh Castle At Sunrise – Accepted in to 1 Salon
Flour Flick – Accepted in to 1 Salon
Portrait Of Natasha – Accepted in to all four salon’s and was awarded a GIP Medal
Mono
Baker Street Tube – Accepted in to 3 Salon’s
This is my v3 version – The first time I’d entered this version so I was very pleased with it being accepted in to 3 out of the salons. Dawlish Jetty – Accepted in to 1 Salon
Marys Shell – 2 Acceptances
Nature
Bow Lake – Accepted in to 3 out of the 4 salon’s in the circuit.
Clownfish – 2 Acceptances
Clownfish in a Red Sea Anemone – 3 Acceptances
Travel
Praying At The Golden – Accepted in to all 4 salon’s
Taj Mahal Sunset From Mughal-era Gardens – 3 Acceptances
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Vale of Evesham Camera Club Annual Exhibition – Photo2021
I am very happy to have had two acceptences in the VECC Exhibition this year, including my Portrait of Natasha being Awarded a Selectors Medal.
Open / Colour
Portrait Of Natasha – Accepted & Selectors Medal
Mono
Dawlish Jetty – Acecpted
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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 -
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