Congratulations to the winners of the WPS awards ceremony, which took place on the 3rd of September. In Tier 1, Craig Harriss won the Presidents’ Cup for the Cumulative Print competition and 4 other awards in the annual competition and promotion to Tier 2! Richard Howes won the Chairpersons’ Cup for the cumulative projected image competition, as well as 2 Annual Competition awards. Other Tier 1 winners were Philip Payne (2 awards), Stephen Bould (1 award) and Anthony Palmer (2 awards).

In Tier 2, the tier for more experienced photographers, Jez Wood won the Presidents’ Cup for the Cumulative Print competition, and 1 other Annual Competition award. Gavin Bickerton-Jones won the Chairpersons Cup for the Cumulative Projected Image competition, and 4 other Annual Competition awards. Other annual winners were David Blake (1 award), Dominic Byrne (4 awards), Charles Phillips (1 award), and Alex Park (1 award).

The society also held the first Digital Project image completion of the new season, judged by Nick Ackers.

The Tier 1 winner was Anthony Cooves with his image ‘Groin at Cart Gap’, scoring 10. The judge felt it was a nice siren image, with a good choice of shutter speed to soften the sea and sky, taken as the tide is on the way out which shows the waves better.

The Tier 2 winner was Gavin Bickerton-Jones with his image 'Juvenile Kestrel exercising’, scoring 10. The judge liked the blurred background colours, how sharp and detailed the bird was, and the nice textures in the wooden fence post.