Results from Basingstoke Camera Club's National Open Photography Exhibition 2025 are now out. Successful entries coming from:
Alistair Birnie (2 acceptances, including 1 Commended),
Rob Buchan CPAGB BPE2 (6 acceptances, 1 Highly Commended)
John Thom CPAGB BPE1 (3 acceptances, 1 Highly Commended).
All the entries can be seen on the Exhibition website at the links below.

(Alistair) https://www.basingstokecameraclub.co.uk/exhib/results-2025/custom_gallery.htm?ent=2469
(Rob) https://www.basingstokecameraclub.co.uk/exhib/results-2025/custom_gallery.htm?ent=2138
(John) https://www.basingstokecameraclub.co.uk/exhib/results-2025/custom_gallery.htm?ent=2263

Here are the acceptances in this year's Vale of Evesham Camera Club National Exhibition:

Alistair Birnie
The Crash (Monochrome)
Rob Buchan
Boxing Match - Commended BPE Ribbon (Natural History)
Mother and Cub (Natural History)
Wild Fox (Colour)
Bear Hug (Natural History)
John Thom
Chased by the storm (Colour)
Facing the waves (Colour)
Storm borne (Colour)
After the Snow (Colour)

On behalf of the Club, well done to all and especially to Rob with his commended image. You can see the full results at: https://www.eveshamphoto.net/photo2025/exhibit.html

Well done to Rob Buchan CPAGB BPE2 and Alistair Birnie on gaining 4 and 3 acceptances respectively in this year's Clay Cross National exhibition. You can see the results at:
https://photoexhib.com/cxe/results-2025/custom_gallery.htm?ent=2165
and
https://photoexhib.com/cxe/results-2025/custom_gallery.htm?ent=2298

Two Club members, Rob Buchan and John Thom, received awards in this annual exhibition that accepts entries from all over the world. Rob's "Mother and Cub" received a PAGB Ribbon award, while John's "Riding the Storm" received a SPS Ribbon award. In total Rob had 5 images accepted into the exhibition portfolio while John had 4.

You can see all the results at:
https://smethwickinternational.com/wp-content/gallery/50th/Pdi%20Gallery/50th%20Smethwick.htm

Congratulations to two Club members, Alastair Birnie and John Thom, for their successes in this year's national photographic exhibition run by the Southport Photographic Society. Their accepted images were:
Alastair Birnie: "After the storm"
John Thom: "Racing the Storm", "The Library" and "Storm Force" (which also received an exhibition award).

News of more exhibition acceptances and awards for Club members, this time in the 1st Great Western Photographic Exhibition.
Here are the successful photographers and their winning images.
Alistair Birnie: The Crash
Rob Buchan: Bear Hug, Mother and Cub, Wild Fox
John Thom: After the Snow (Highly Commended), Racing the Storm  (Highly Commended),  Storm Force, The Storm, Storm Season.

Two Club members, Rob Buchan and John Thom, had recent successes in the annual Dingwall National Projected Image Exhibition with one from Rob, "Mother and Cub" (below, far left), gaining a Highly Commended Award.

The results of the 30th Shrewsbury Open Photography Exhibition (2024) are now out and congratulations go to Club member Alistair Birnie for his success in the exhibition where he gained a coveted PAGB Gold medal for "Best Monochrome Image" plus one other image accepted into the exhibition. Two other members, Rob Buchan and John Thom each gained 4 accepted images in the exhibition. The images can be viewed below and full results from the exhibition can be viewed at: photoexhib.com/shrewsbury/results-2024/results.htm (opens in a new window).

Several Club members had successes in this year's annual portfolios from the Scottish Photographic Federation:

One acceptance into the portfolio came from Alistair Birnie ("Triangle Plaza"), two from Rob Buchan CPAGB ("Barn Owl on the Prowl", "Family Group"), four from John Thom CPAGB ("Riding the Storm", "Storm Force", "Storm Season", "The Storm") and two from Doug Winton ("Hillwalking", "The Fire").

Well done to these members whose photographs will now be part of a portfolio circulated around most of the other Scottish Clubs in the coming year.

Full results and details of the event can be seen on the Federation's web site.

A photograph by Club member John Thom (CPAGB BPE1) has been awarded a Commended status in this year's Scottish Landscape Photographer of the Year event.
John's photograph can be viewed at slpoty.co.uk/photographer-gallery/john-thom.
The complete collection of winning images can be seen at: https://slpoty.co.uk.