Category Archives: Portraiture

Memories

What do I reckon is the most powerful effect that photographs have on the viewer? The power to create memories. I do not know about your earliest memories but one that stands out in particular for me relates to being in an old style pram, being in a park and having squirrels throw nuts at…

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Trophy winning photograph

Very pleased to announce that I was very successful at this year’s annual print competition of the Harrogate Photographic Society. In the Portrait and Figure category judged externally by Erica Oram, I was awarded a Highly Commended for my portrait “Surgical Spirit” and the Brotherton Trophy for “Castle in the Clouds”. As you can imagine…

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Fellowship

Extremely happy to announce that I was recently successful at the Societies and was awarded a Fellowship. This was no mean feat as I submitted twenty images – printed and mounted beautifully by Kaleidoscope Framing – for the Associate level qualification. I have had the Licentiate qualification for two years now and felt that my…

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B&W portrait

Portraiture is all about capturing some part of the spirit of the person. I suppose that is why B&W portraits are often more successful than colour as what you see is reduced in some way in terms of distraction, to leave just the expression. Those of you who have taken a look at my usual…

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