PSA Who’s Who in Photography 2021 - Congratulations to Ian Mitchell from Aberdeen who is the top exhibitor in Nature Division Prints for 2021. This is the second time that Ian has achieved the top place having done so in 2018. We would normally have hoped to take the opportunity of getting a photograph of Ian with his Certificate at an SPF event but this is not currently possible so the news section of our website was the next best thing!
His image Juvenile Pine Marten on Branch was also chosen for the front cover of the Who’s Who 2021 publication announcing the results for 2021.
A few of Ian's successful photos are shown below.
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Many Scottish photographers have entered exhibitions with PSA patronage over the years, partly by entering our own Scottish Salon, but also many of the exhibitions throughout the world with FIAP patronage also have PSA patronage.
PSA members have the opportunity to use their acceptances to apply for PSA Stars and Recognition of Photographic Achievement (ROPA). ROPA Distinctions include Qualified (QPSA), Proficiency (PPSA), Excellence (EPSA), Master (MPSA) and Grand Master (GMPSA). All exhibitors, who have acceptances in PSA-recognized exhibitions and meet the minimum standards of each division for inclusion, will be listed in the PSA’s Who’s Who in Photography publication—the only such listing in the world for over the past 50 years.
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The RPS have a series of online and in person events coming up. They have a talk by Brian Sweeney on 6th December and are extending an invite to SPF club members. RPS Scotland members get the event for free and non members pay £3. A discount of £1 off a £3 ticket is being offered to members of SPF affiliated clubs so this is given as a ticket option when paying. To pay for your ticket and book a space please (click here) to visit the eventbrite page.
Brian Sweeney - Commercial Portraiture
After graduating in photography in London in the early 90s, Sweeney went on to shoot for most music / fashion / style magazines around the globe in the nineties, after spells in London, Reykjavik, Oslo. Now based in Glasgow, he is still shooting lots of famous people and lots of not so famous people. He has exhibited all around Europe and two books of work are currently being finalised. His exhibition 'Great Stadiums of the North' was on show at Sogo Arts in Glasgow.
Photographs were also commissioned by Scottish Canals as a pre-cursor to large-scale re-development of a stretch of the canal between Anniesland and Pinkston, Glasgow. The photographs form a visual diary of his year spent walking the canal, documenting the people he met along the way and the changing face of the waterway from its industrial heyday to a site of leisure and recreation.
This gallery shows the prints that gained the winning Clubs, Runners up and 3rd placed Clubs their final placings.
The Best Overall Club results were as follows – Dumfries 1st, Carluke 2nd, Edinburgh 3rd.
The Best Colour Club results were as follows - 1st= Edinburgh and...
The 2022 SPF Annual Portfolios competitions are again three digital sections i.e. the usual two Print sections were again Judged from the digital copies uploaded to the SPF website. As many of our SPF Clubs rely on the DVD shows for their syllabuses, this enables us to be able to make the varied...
We are a non-profitmaking network of almost 100 clubs and societies from Thurso in the north to Dumfries in the south and all areas in between. The sizes and involvement of each club within the SPF varies widely.
Founded in 1903, our remit is to promote the art and science of photography through interaction. To this end, the SPF Executive Committee organises a diary of events annually, mainly in the form of competitions and workshops, which our Clubs and their Members can participate in. The SPF also organises or co-ordinates entries to other events nationally or internationally on behalf of our members. We also maintain a mailing list and supply various services, including our e-newsletter the 'e-flash', and SPF Directory which contains all SPF Clubs and our SPF Judge’s & Lecturer’s list.
Through our SPF membership, comes affiliation of the PAGB. This gives access to the Club network throughout the whole of the UK. Through this affiliation comes other benefits including competitive Insurance arrangements for Camera Clubs, exclusive to the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) network, which you can take advantage of as an affiliated SPF club. In addition to this UK membership; as a member Club of the SPF, you and your members also automatically become members of FIAP (Federation Internationale de l'art Photographique) which is a worldwide organisation, currently based in Luxembourg.
