I started entering images in the Whanganui Camera Club (WCC) competitions at the beginning of 2017 and progressed from B grade to A grade in 2018. Through 2018 I also started entering images in selected national and regional photography “Salons” .

The following images are those that received Honours in the Club competitions as well as those which received recognition in some way in the regional and national Salons. Each has a story to tell. Hope you enjoy them.

The order is from the most recent down to the earliest at the bottom of the page.

2024

PSNZ National Salon

Ollie – Honours Ribbon

The piano has been drinking – Acceptance

Ten Minutes – Acceptance

 

NZ Camera

Ollie

Mawhera National Salon of Photography

Crown Shy Patula Pines – Acceptance

JP with Harmonica – Acceptance

North Island Regional Salon

Indifference – Accepted

Creative Focus

The piano has been drinking – Acceptance

National Photojournalism Competition

All in a day’s work – Acceptance

Lancel Lille – Honours

 

Ten Minutes – Acceptance

Four Nations

The piano has been drinking – selected to represent NZ

Tauranga International AV Salon

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart – Acceptance

National Landscape Salon

Lewis Pass Tarn – Acceptance

Whanganui Camera Club – Honours

The piano has beeb drinking – EOY digital Runner Up

Drafting Sheep – Open matted print

Lewis Pass Tarn – Natural History NZ matted print

Dandelion and Fly – Nature’s Immigrants digital

Ollie – Portrait Headshots (Trophy winner) digital

Approaching the Station – Finding the Curve matted print

Edwardian Doorways – Doorways digital

Ten Minutes – Old matted print

Underpass – Underneath digital

Relaxing on the Waimarie – Sport and Recreation matted print

Rugby World Cup Fever – Sport and Recreation matted print

2023

Whanganui Camera Club – Honours

 

Downtown  Alan  Crown shy Set of Three prints Trophy winner

 

Wellington Walkabout (Set of Six +1)

 

Lacecap Hydrangeas (Set of Six+1)

 

At the beach

 

Musos

 

Inarticulate Speech of the Heart (Audiovisual)

Te rerenga wairua (Audio Visual Trophy Winner)

 

John Paul

 

John Carroll Blues

 

Korimako

 

 

National Triptych Salon (One Acceptance)

Melbourne Musos

National Portrait Salon (Three Acceptances)

Ollie

 

Alan

 

Alex

 

Canon Online

Ponga frond – A rare top 10 placing (6th)

 

Dunedin Festival of Photography (Two Acceptances)

John Carroll Blues

 

Playing with Fire 

Mawhera National Photography Salon  (Three Acceptances)

Ruapehu Sunrise

 

Lord of the Fries 

DIOR Envy

 

PSNZ North Island Regional Salon

Had a great run in the first North island Regional Salon held in Whangarei

Paternal – Honours

 

Admiring the View – Acceptance

 

Sneakerboy meets Ted Baker – Acceptance

 

Aha – Winner Photojournalism Print

 

Alex – Honours

 

Hire Me – Acceptance (and also included in 2023 edition of NZ Camera)

Whanganui Salon 2023 – Humanity and Earth

Did a little better in the third running of the modern Whanganui Salon with five Acceptances

Empress Flour Mill

 

Exporting Carbon

Abandoned Shearing Shed

Tasting Area

 

Admiring the View

 

2022

New Brighton National Photojournalism 2022

Bonding – Acceptance

 

Smoko – Acceptance (I know – somehow I entered this one a second time?)

 

Nelson National Triptych Salon 2022

Sneakerboy meets Ted Baker – Acceptance

Alleyways – Acceptance

North Shore Salon of Photography 2022

London Skyscrapers – Acceptance

Leaning in – Acceptance

Whanganui Camera Club Honours images

Hire Me

Alan

Admiring the View

Recovery, Care, Prevention

 

Sneakerboy meets Ted Baker

Taranaki

 

2021

North Island Regional Convention

In their finery – Gold Medal

New Brighton National Photojournalism Salon 2021

Time for a Roll Up – Honours

Devon’s Rest – Honours

North Shore Salon of Photography 2021

St Pauls 360 – Acceptance

Nelson National Triptych Salon 2021

Couple in Hagley Park – Acceptance

Public Convenience – Acceptance

Renewal – Acceptance

Had a great result in the Dunedin Festival of Photography in 2021

 

Bell Harry Tower – Honours

Reflecting on Mortality – Acceptance

Aha – Acceptance

A Doubtful Harbour – Acceptance

My only success so far in the PSNZ Canon On Line Competition – third place

Thank You

Claire and John Collaborated to win the WCC AV A Grade Trophy in the Audiovisual Competition from images taken on our visit to the UK in 2019

A series of Honours from WCC Competitions in 2022 – contribution to winning the overall A Grade Trophies for the year in both Prints and DPIs

Waimate Grain Silo

Aha

Thank You

Herding Fish

Harry Gray

Ladies in Waiting

 

My two Audio Visuals from 2020 were accepted in both the Jack Sprosen National AV Salon and the Tauranga International AV Salon 2021

A Visit to the Roman Baths in Aquae Sulis (

Visit to Scott Base, Ross Island, Antarctica (

Laurie Thomas National Landscape Salon

Surprised and delighted to get a silver medal for another image from the Castlepoint trip

Castlepoint Promontory

Whanganui Camera Club Street Photography Competition

Another Honours image from our visit to Bath preCovid

Out of Work

Whanganui Camera Club Open Competition

Had great success with my images from a club field trip to Castlepoint. These two both getting Honours in Open competition.

This one is similar to the one used on TVNZ – I named it Rangiwhakaoma – Where the sky runs

This is simply named Castlepoint – looking back in the opposite direction

Whanganui Camera Club Floral Competition

Honours for this close up of the Hydrangea Ayesha

 

PSNZ Honours – awarded Associate (APSNZ)

Started the year out well gaining my PSNZ Associateship

 

The set was titled Human Dimensions

 

2020

Whanganui Camera Club End of Year Champion Competitions

Had a great end tp the year winning the Champion digital image competition with Playing with Fire and coming Runner Up in the matted print competition with London Cityscape

 

Playing with Fire

London Cityscape

Whanganui Camera Club Humanity and Earth Competition

My first iPhone entry in competition received Honours!

Post extinction

National Photojournalism Competition

Four out of four in this years National PJ competition!

Honours for Love

Acceptance for Out of work

Acceptance for The Big Issue

Acceptance for Mutual appreciation

Whanganui Camera Club Frame in a Frame Competition

Honours for this image from Moine House, Scotland

Outside looking in

North Shore Salon of Photography

My first medal at a national salon plus two acceptances

Bronze Medal for Counting pennies

 

Acceptance for Playing with Fire

Acceptance for London City Scape

Whanganui Camera Club Creative Competition

Two Honours made it a great night

Ullapool harbour

Woodpile

 

Whanganui Camera Club Set of Six Competition

Turning into a good year with another two Honours from the Set of Six competition. These are composite images of the sets as suggested by the judge

 

Whanganui Camera Club Street Photography Competition

Loved my Walkie Talkie and so did the judges – another Honours

Whanganui Camera Club Open Competition

Great to receive Honours for my monochrome treatment of the London Eyes

New Zealand Camera 2020

Second year to have an image selected for inclusion in New Zealand Camera. This one from the streets of Bath titled Thank You

NatEx 2020

Great to get an acceptance in NatEx this year even if it was cancelled

Red-billed gull approaching landing

Whanganui Camera Club Shapes Competition

Received Honours for this creative image of the Organ in Bath Abbey

2020 pattillo Whanganui Arts Review

Delighted to have my first entry in the Whanganui Arts Review accepted. This image “In the flow” is an impression of Moine House in the flow country of the Scottish Highlands.

 

2019

Jack Sprosen Audio Visual Salon 2019

Was awarded Commended for my audiovisual of our visit to the French town of Pezenas

Whanganui Camera Club Triptych Competition 2019

Received Honours for this triptych captured on the Marine Parade Napier

Nelson National Triptych Salon 2019

My “Arboreal Cathedrals” triptych was accepted in the Nelson national triptych salon

 

Whanganui Camera Club Portrait Competition 2019

This portrait of local model Alex was awarded A Grade Honours and overall Trophy winner

New Zealand Camera 2019

Great to get an image selected for inclusion in the 2019 edition of NZ Camera

Awaiting resurrection at St Mary’s Cathedral, New Plymouth

Whanganui Camera Club Audio Visual A Grade Trophy Winner 2019

Put together a fun audio visual of the Whanganui Vintage Weekend which was awarded Honours and won the A Grade Trophy

 

Tauranga Audio Visual Salon 2019

First time in the Tauranga AV (which is an international salon) – great to get an acceptance for a remake of my Sometimes We Die AV

2019 North Shore Salon of Photography acceptances

Wellington on a calm day – accepted in Abstract Category

Street Band on a break – accepted in the Monochrome Category

My first Honours image in WCC A grade competitions for 2019

White lacecap hydrangea (WCC A Grade Honours) – created from around 10 images focus stacked in Photoshop

PSNZ Honours 2019 – Licentiate set

2019 got off to a good start being awarded my LPSNZ honours with a set of 10 matted prints (Composite above) that represent some of my best work over the past two years

 

2018

PSNZ International Salon 2018

Kiss Me (Acceptance)

Had fun with this shot taken in a mirror in a local shop in Whanganui

PSNZ Regional Convention Salon 2018

They walk among us – ghosts in Trafalgar Square (Honours)

See below in WCC 2018 A grade Honours list for details

Australian Coot feeding adventurous chick (Honours)

Spent a couple of hours with my 150-600mm lens at Virginia Lake catching the Coot family

Two acceptances from the National Photojournalism Salon 2018 hosted by the New Brighton club

Fast Foodies

See below in 2017 WCC Honours list for details

DIOR Envy

Another successful image from a day in Melbourne in 2017

Entymological Society New Zealand “Wonder of the Insect World” 2018

Fly on Red Dahlia

Taken at a local garden and selected for the Entymological Society Exhibition

These three images were recognised in the North Shore Salon of Photography 2018

“…and so I think Trump is a genius.” (Highly Commended)

A lucky hip shot walking through Camden Market in London

USA TODAY (Accepted)

One from the archives from a trip to Seattle some years back

The Hive (Accepted)

Taken from inside a structure called The Hive in Kew Gardens London – with some Photoshop distortion.

The two images below were from the 2018 year in the WCC A grade competitions – a step up from B grade

Final Approach (WCC A grade Honours)

The Hive with an airplane added for effect.

They walk among us – ghosts in Trafalgar Square (WCC A grade Honours)

This was a complex image comprised of five panels of three photos each – all merged in Lightroom using HDR and Pano merge. To help balance the image and add to the creative feel I added Yoda and the airplane.

The images below were all from the 2017 year in the WCC B grade competitions after which I was promoted to A grade 

Whanganui River at Night (WCC B Grade Honours)

Lovely night for taking photos across the awa.

Aerobatics (WCC B Grade Honours)

 

Caught this top dressing plane outside our gate one morning

Sandy (WCC B Grade Honours)

I was very fortunate to have such a talented model for my first portrait photoshoot.

Streets of Seattle (B grade Honours for Set of 6 Competition)

Taken on a spare day in Seattle

Orbits (WCC B Grade Honours)

Managed to piece together a composite of a spider web taken on a local night time photoshoot.

Fast Foodies (WCC B Grade Honours)

Had a productive day in Melbourne – spent some time tracking these young women until I caught them in the right place.

Ted Baker’s Melbourne Shoe Shop? (WCC B Grade Honours)

This was one of the last images I captured on my day in Melbourne – late at night just near my hotel.

Australasian Gannet returning to nest (WCC B grade Honours)

Another image from an earlier time on a visit to Cape Kidnappers – my first use of RAW image and Lightroom processing. Always need a bit of luck when photographing birds in flight.

Hidden Depths – Manukau Harbour Entrance (WCC B grade Honours)

My first successful image! I had taken it a few years earlier and always felt it had an certain presence. The judge agreed.