Absolutely thrilled to share that six of my images have been chosen by the jury of the 18th annual Black & White Spider Awards.
Honorable Mention in People | Conversations With Dimension
Honorable Mention in Abstract | Alternative Planes Of Existence
Honorable Mention in Silhouette | Alternative Planes Of Existence
Honorable Mention in Advertising | Baetylus
Nominee in People | Cooling Off At The Pub
Nominee in Still Life | Nakaya Piccolo
Photographs were entered from 69 countries and it’s great to have a breadth of my work recognised by the judges, to whom I am thankful.
Three of the images were made using a Leica M10-D and three of the images were made using Lumix cameras (S1R and LX100 mkII). As always, all photographs were made in raw and processed in Adobe’s LightRoom Classic. The monochrome finishing was done in Exposure Software’s X7, using an Apple Mac Pro, with fully calibrated Eizo CG series monitors.
Three Honourable Mentions at the 16th Annual Black & White Spider Awards
Very happy to share that several of my monochrome images have had awards success at the BW Spider Awards. During the online Gala Ceremony, attended by by over 11,000, I was thrilled to receive three honourable mentions and also discover that five other images had also been nominated.
Honourable Mentions
Shot on a Lumix S1 and a Sigma 85mm f1.4 DG DN Art lens.
Shot on a Lumix S1R and Sigma 85mm f1.4 DG DN Art lens.
Shot on a Lumix S1 and S Pro 70-200mm f2.8.
Nominations
Shot on a Lumix LX100M2.
Shot on a Lumix G9 and Leica DG 50-200mm.
Shot on a Leica SL2 and Sigma 85mm f1.4 DG DN Art.
Shot on a Sigma fp and Leica 35mm APO Summicron SL.
Shot on a Sigma fp and Leica 35mm APO Summicron SL.
All the images were shot in raw and processed on an Apple Mac Pro (2013 model) in Adobe’s Lightroom. The monochrome work was then finished in Exposure Software’s X6. To maintain absolute and precise control during processing, calibrated Eizo CG monitors were used.
Happy to share some pleasant news from the 15th B&W Spider Awards. The judges have kindly given a Fashion Category Honourable Mention to my backstage photograph, taken at Joshua Kane‘s fantastically creative Mythical Creatures fashion show.
From the 6,378 entries, from 69 countries, these seven images were also nominated in their categories too.
All the photographs were naturally shot in raw format. These Lumix RW2 files (from the S1, S1R and G9) were then edited, captioned and processed in Adobe Lightroom. The monochrome conversions were then finished in Exposure Software‘s Exposure X5.
A joy to receive the Travel Photographer Of The Year (Inspirational Journeys 11) book today. I was fortunate enough to have my image selected by the judges for a ‘Special Mention’ and was included in the very popular outdoor exhibition, by the banks of the River Thames outside City Hall.
My image was shot in the Tate Modern, using my Lumix G9 and the amazing Leica DG 50-200mm f2.8-4.0. The image was processed in Adobe Lightroom and the monochrome treatment finished in Exposure X5.
The Club of Black and White Photography and NOIR the best of The Club of Black and White Photography curators have very kindly bestowed an award for best image of the month of August to one of my images.
The international group is comprised of 68,977 photographer members, so it’s nice to have an image chosen from such a talented and large group of people.
The image was shot as part of my reportage on the COVID 19 lockdown. It was made on my Panasonic Lumix G9 and an Olympus M.Zuiko 75mm f1.8 lens.
Happy to share that four of my images are finalists in the 5th Zebra Awards and a further five managed to reach the second stage of judging. Many thanks to all the judges and congratulations to all the winners and other finalists.
Finalists
Shot on an Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II and a Voigtlander 17.5mm Nokton f0.95 lens.
Shot on a Leica M (Type 240) and a Leica 35mm Summilux ASPH FLE lens.
Shot on an Olympus OM-D E-M1 and an Olympus 17mm f1.8 lens.
Shot on an Olympus PEN-F with a tilt adapter and a Nikon 24mm f2.0 lens.
Second Stage Images
Shot on a Leica M Monochrom (Type 246) and a vintage Leica 50mm Summilux lens.
Shot on an Olympus OM-D E-M5 Mark II and a Voigtlander 17.5mm Nokton f0.95 lens.
Shot on an Olympus PEN-F and an Olympus 25mm f1.8 lens.
Shot on a Leica M Monochrom (Type 246) and a vintage Leica 50mm Summilux lens.
Shot on an Olympus PEN-F and an Olympus 25mm f1.8 lens.
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