Being a member of UK Camera Club World, I thought I’d share my successes with us and also gives me a record of what I’ve achieved!  I belong to two camera clubs in Leicestershire, Earl Shilton Camera Club, ex Programme Secretary, and Leicester Forest Photographic Society.  I have been in Earl Shilton for nearly eight years having joined in the 2007/08 season.  I have been a member at Leicester Forest for 5 years having progressed from Group C to Group A in that time.

Click here to see how well some of my images have done at Earl Shilton and click here to see how well some of my images have done at Leicester Forest.

LEICESTER FOREST PHOTOGRAPHIC SOCIETY

After moving up to Group A, the elite group, at LFPS for the 2013/14 season, it was apparent that I was not ready for such an immediate rise, but all of a sudden Group A had raised its game considerably, at least since I first joined.  Other new members, who had been successful at their previous clubs, were now in the mix, making Group A a very competitive group.  In all the competitions this showed as judge after judge had real problems separating the winners.  As I did not have any images particularly ready for Group A, I was not surprised that I was wasn’t place, but a little suprised to see some of the images that I had entered, get “across to the other side” only to be culled at the “nitty gritty” stage.   For the 2014/15 season, I did not enter a single Group A competition.  There are various reasons why, which I will decline to go into here, but nothing to do with the club nor the judging.  So to 2015/16, where hopefully I’ll be competitive again.  Fingers crossed!

2012/13 – 1st Place – Group B Print Heat 3 and Betty Birchall Cup Winner (Group B Colour Print Final)

2012/13 – 3rd Place – Group B Email Me

2012/13 – Commended – Group B Email Me

2012/13 – 3rd Place – Group B CD Images

2012/13 – 3rd Place – Group B Mono Print Heat 1

2012/13 – Highly Commended – Group B Mono Print Heat 1

2011/12 – Accepted – Group B Colour Print Round 3 and Highly Commended – Group B Colour Print Final

2011/12 – Highly Commended – Street Print Competition

2010/11 – Highly Commended –  Group C Mono Print Heat 3

2010/11 – Commended –  Group C Colour Print Heat 3

2010/11 – 3rd – Group C Mono Print Final and 2010/11 – 2nd – Group C Mono Print Heat 2

2010/11 – 3rd – Group C Mono Print Heat 2

2010/11 – Highly Commended – Group C Mono Print Heat 1

2010/11 – 1st – Group C Colour Print Heat 1

EARL SHILTON CAMERA CLUB

2013/14 – 2nd Place – Open Projected Competition

2013/14 – 3rd Place – Open Projected Competition

2013/14 – 3rd Place – Open Monochrome Projected Competition

2012/13 – Commended – Image of the Year

2012/13 – 1st Place – Open Mono Print Competition

2011/12 – Joint 1st – Open Monochrome Competition

2010/11 – Joint 3rd – Open Projected Competition

2010/11 – 3rd – The Secretary’s Challenge Trophy

2010/11 – 2nd – Leicestershire & Rutland Print Competition

2009/10 – 3rd – Open Print Competition and 3rd – Image of the Year

2008/09 – 2nd – Open Monochrome Print Competition

2008/09 – 3rd – Open Projected Competition

2007/08 – WINNER – Image of the Year