PAGB Awards for
Photographic Merit
I successfully gained a Distinction (DPAGB) in the
Associations assessment panel held at the Caedman Hall, Gateshead on
23rd November 2008.
All applicants must pre-qualify by supporting their own
Federation photographic events for a specific period, for the DPAGB it is
three years.
For the DPAGB, I had to submit 20 prints to be assessed
by a panel of 6 judges. The pass mark overall is 300, each judge awarding
marks individual prints as follows :-
5 Well above
the standard required. Likely, but not of course guaranteed to score 4 at
the MPAGB level.
4 Up
to the standard that is likely to do well in Open Exhibitions, achieving a
high rate of acceptance .
3 Only used
when the Adjudicator is not quite sure or where the photograph has just
missed the standard - only very close misses would be marked as 3.
2
Not likely to be accepted
very often in Exhibitions and will probably be rejected more often than it
is accepted. May have some potential but does not meet the criteria
for a pass mark.

I scored 326 points.
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Royal National Lifeboat Institute (RNLI)
Grace
Darling Museum
I was contacted by the RNLI and asked to take some
photographs for the Museum, which was under renovation as part of their
Heritage Trust financed initiative.
Several images of the local seascapes have been
printed large (6' x 8') to act as the backdrop to the museums new
display cases. Whilst other images form part of the wall displays.
The museum re-opened in December 2007, whilst the
official opening will be in March 2008.
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Photographic Society of America (PSA)
ICIC – INTERNATIONAL CLUB IMAGE COMPETITION
I took part in this annual competition
representing Hexham Photographic Society. This took part over 4 rounds
with 6 entries per club, Hexham P.S. won the outright winner in its
group.
Each of the images gaining an "Award of
Merit", which were those scoring top marks in any of the four
rounds, were entered into the "Best of the Best" competition
in June. The top 5 images in this competition were then awarded PSA
(Photographic Society of America) Gold Medals. I was lucky enough to win
one of these medals for the following image.
"Curlew"
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Search and Rescue Dogs Association (England) SARDA
July 2007
I was approached to help the local Search and Rescue
Dogs Association at their annual training day. So with a number of
friends we attended Thropton, Northumberland and spent a full day with
the teams, capturing many images of the Dogs and their handlers in
action. We also took numerous portraits (of the dogs) and staged images
of the handlers with their dogs.
The images were also used by the Association in the
production of their 2008 Calendar.
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National Police Photographic Exhibition
Police Family Album 2007
I had a number of
prints accepted and awarded commendations:-
Abandoned
Lorry - Commended in the Open Colour Print
Saltwick
Bay Wreck - Commended in the Mono Print
Love - Commended in the Open Mono Prints
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Lamplight Arts Centre Exhibition
04/12/2006 - 05/01/2007
Together with Richard Nixon, we staged our first photographic
exhibition. The exhibition called "Northern Elements" and
is best described as a reflection upon the landscape, wildlife and history of the North East, from the bird colonies of the Farne Islands to the relics of the North's Industrial past.
The exhibition ran from 4th December 2006 until 5th January
2007, at the Lamplight Arts Centre, Front Street, Stanley, County
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The PAGB Inter Federation Colour Print Competition - 2006
One of my Colour prints, Curlew was selected to represent the
Northen Counites Photographic Federation in the annual PAGB competition.
The print was commended and awarded a green ribbon. The image can be
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Northern Counties Photographic Federation Colour
Print Competition - 2006
I was lucky enough for one of my Colour prints, Curlew
to have
gained third place in the Northen Counites Photographic Federation
annual club competition. The image can be viewed in the Flora and Fauna
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National Police Photographic Exhibition
Police Family Album 2006
This was my third year of entry and I had a number of
prints accepted and awarded commendations:-
Curlew - Commended in the Open Colour Print
Grebe on nest - Accepted in Colour Print
Ken - Certificate and accepted Open Mono Prints
Dandelion - Certificate and Accepted Open Mono Print
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Tallaght Photographic Society
International Open Competiton & Exhibition 2005
This was the first international electronic entry
competition that I entered. I was therefore very happy and surprised
that I won first place and received a gold medal for my entry -
'Artic
Tern in flight'
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National Police Photographic Exhibition
Police Family Album 2005
This was my second year of entry, I won the Open
Colour print and received a gold medal for my print ' Swan Snoozing in
Evening light', I also had a number of prints accepted and awarded
commendations:-
Tern in flight - Commended in the Open Colour Print
Poppies - Commended in Open Colour Print
Tanfield Carriages - Commended in the Open Mono Prints
Banburgh View from the North - Certificate and
Accepted Open Mono Print
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