Last night the BIPP Western Regional Awards Event was held in Exeter. There were a record number of entries this year and the standard was very high indeed, so I was a little nervous to start with. They started the evening off with the Wedding category, and I was delighted to receive an Award of Excellence with this image of Naomi & Steve Manser in the Bathing Hut at Pentillie Castle on a very wet day in November:

Naomi & Steve, Pentillie

The Pets Category came shortly afterwards, and I was delighted to have all my three images in the awards, with overall Pet Photographer of the Year going to this image:

"Never trust a dog with orange eyebrows..." Terry Pratchett

And Awards of Excellence for both of these:

Bella

Skye

Finally, in the highly contested Portrait Category, I was awarded a further two Awards of Excellence for these very different portraits:

Portrait by the Burj Al Arab

Esme

I hope this reflects the breadth of social photography I enjoy, and also the high standard of the work I produce…
Thanks to all the Western BIPP Committee, and the Judge, Nigel Trebbeck FBIPP! When they email the photo of my trophy being presented to me by Chris Harpur, CEO of the BIPP, I’ll pop it on the blog too… Haven’t seen it yet, hopefully I’ll look ok!!!