
It’s been a while since I entered any images in the SWPP monthly photography competitions. Everything has changed again this year. The bars been raised even higher for the standard of images. And the old bronze, silver, gold awarding is replaced with only highly commended and gold. Only a handful of photographers across the world [...]
by Pat Bloomfield LSWPP on 27/10/2011
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Whether creative photography can be defined as fine art is often a point of contention. Some people may argue the photography cannot be considered an art form. I’ve even heard a master portrait photographer say that a portrait cannot be art if it only valued by people who know the person in the portrait. Personally [...]

I haven’t entered many images in the SWPP monthly competition this year. Therefore, I’m delighted to receive silver in fine art for this professional nude photography image.

I hadn’t entered the SWPP monthly competition for several months. But I was keen to know how they’d judge this lovely photograph so I entered it a couple of months ago. And I was delighted when it got Silver for pregnancy photography.
This lovely maternity photograph got awarded a bronze in last month’s SWPP competition for pregnancy photography. I’m delighted with this result but know it could be better. Therefore, I took this image with me on a recent one-to-one training session with top international photography trainer Martin Graham-Dunn. After discussing several improvements that could occur before [...]
Click thumbnail for high resolution version of this image This beautiful picture of a romantic couple achieved a Silver award in the SWPP competitions for Families and Group Portraiture.
Click on the thumbnail to view a higher resolution version of this image This beautiful fine art nude maternity picture achieved a bronze award in SWPP’s photographic competition last month. This type of shot is perfectly suited to black and white and I’ve created a traditional B&W feel to this pregnancy photo.
Click thumbnail to see higher resolution image I took this vintage glamour style shot using the popular burgundy luxury velvet. The velvet was draped to create texture and enhance the depth of this picture. I posed Anastasia in a fifties fashion that looks wonderful.