
One way to pass a lockdown

Votes are now open for the Travel Photographer of the Year People’s Choice. Image No 99 is by our President Pat Barbour and is especially poignant as her mother is pictured far right and this is one of the last times that she walked. Why not show Pat your support and vote for her. It’s a cracking image….
Congratulations to members Colin Clarke and Mike Woodman who have made it onto the prestigious 2021 shortlist for The British Photography Awards.
No mean feat as they were competing against more than 5,350 photographers, both professional and amateur.
You can view the entries here: https://www.britishphotographyawards.org/2020-shortlist and you can vote for them in People’s Choice.
Mike (who is working here under the name Marc Wainwright) has two images shortlisted: ‘Life in the Square’ in the Architecture category and ‘My Own Gob Shot’ in Self Portrait. Colin’s image ‘Papa George – Blues Man’ is in the Portrait category.
Three wonderful images – but what’s your favourite? Go on, vote for it!
Congratulations to Susi Petherick on becoming an Associate with the Royal Photographic Society (ARPS) – just five months after achieving her LRPS.
Susi reveals the inspiration behind her stunning Fine Art panel (pictured here):
“Determined to use this Covid year to move my photography on, I started working on my ARPS panel before a date could be finalised for my LRPS. After full lockdown in London was over (the first time) I took to visiting Kew Gardens most days to walk and be creative with my trusty Nikon D850 and a range of lenses. Unable to face being inside the glasshouses in a mask, I took to peering in through the windows from the outside and the idea for my A panel was born. I took the idea of feeling an outsider (a familiar one to me for much of my life) and evoked this feeling by showing what lies beyond the glass, sometimes fully visible and sometimes not but always out of reach.
“I did all my own printing and for the first time mounting. It was lovely to see them all laid out across the living room floor looking like the panels of the glasshouse. What a learning curve the whole thing has been.
“I’ve so appreciated the continued inspiration from Richmond and Twickenham club through the year – thanks to all!”
And thank you Susi, for being such an inspiration to all of us!
So says Amateur Photographer in their Join the Club feature on us in their 7 November issue. If you are interested in joining us then do give it a read as it is an excellent summary of our ‘innovative and varied programme at this friendly club.’ What a great article.
To read it click here (PDF)
It was our great pleasure to host the Surrey Photographic Association’s inter-club Concorde Trophy 2020 competition on Thursday evening (23 October), which attracted an on-line Zoom audience of more than 160 people.Read More >
Congratulations to Simon Street who has achieved his Fellowship (FRPS), the Royal Photographic Society’s highest level of Distinction. No mean feat when you consider that Simon picked up his first digital camera just four years ago.Read More >