Photographic distinctions are awarded by two bodies in the UK, the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) and Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB). The RPS bestow, in increasing prestige, the LRPS (Licentiateship of The RPS), ARPS (Associateship) and the FRPS (Fellowship). The PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit also has three levels; CPAGB (Credit), DPAGB (Distinction) and MPAGB (Master).
Club members with an interest in gaining a photographic distinction should seek out John Childs ARPS DPAGB BPE** SCPF Roll of Honour, our current distinctions advisor.
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Ian Hardacre – CPAGB Panel (May 2024)
Ian Hardacre – LRPS Panel
Lesley Taylor – ARPS Panel (2023)
ARPS, Statement of Intent
Back Garden Nature Reserves
My panel is a product of my passion for invertebrate photography and ecology. My aim is to take photographs in my back garden to highlight the fact that gardens are becoming increasingly vital for invertebrate survival in Britain. Covering more than1 million hectares, gardens now far exceed the area of all our Nature Reserves. I have worked hard to provide a welcoming environment for invertebrates and have been rewarded by an increase in numbers and diversity. My objective is to photograph the wide variety of species in my garden environment as a permanent record of this and to share it with others.
Lesley Taylor
Assessment date, 27/09/2023
Lesley Taylor – LRPS Panel (2016)
Lesley Taylor – CPAGB Panel (2016)
Vivian Smith – CPAGB Panel (2009)
Basil Groundsell – DPAGB Panel
John Childs – ARPS Panel – The Watercress Line
I chose to do a project at the Mid Hants Railway (The Watercress Line) to shoot a number of images showing its trains, and its personnel going about their duties, in order to convey the purpose of a heritage steam railway showing the way things were in the days of steam. My images are therefore in the nature of a pictorial documentary. The Watercress Line will consider using some of the images in their publicity material and I will hold an exhibition of my images in the near future. Some of the images have already appeared on the Railway’s website and in the Mid-Hants News (the journal of the Mid-Hants Railway).
