OK, so I’ve got a pile of prints and some blurb to describe what it’s all about, we’re now in the final straight. The guide in this is the RPS distinctions handbook which you can download from the RPS website, it’s superb – well written and very informative. It’s got pretty much everything you need to…

For the ARPS and FRPS distinctions, a Statement Of Intent is required to be submitted with the panel. Basically this put the panel into context and sets the scene in the minds of the assessors. It’s not difficult to put together, but it does need some thinking about. As a professional engineer, I am fascinated by…

As mentioned before, I was considering getting my prints done by a lab, but given the amount of control I needed over the final output, I opted to print them myself, without quite realising the amount of time and money I’d end up throwing at it 😦 Calibrated my screen – wow, what a huge…

As discussed in a previous post, I’d never really got into doing lots of local adjustments to my images, more global ones. The concept wasn’t new to me, as I’d done it in the darkroom at college, but had never followed through and done that much of it digitally. With my final selection pretty much frozen,…

As I was going to be submitting a panel of my urban exploration images, I had many to choose from, but only a few were actually good enough. I had a short list of about 30, and these I discussed with Margaret Salisbury. In these discussions, I picked up several things of immense value: 1)…

After nearly 3 years of on and off work putting together a portfolio for submission to the Royal Photographic Society for an Associate distinction (ARPS), I finally submitted it and had it accepted. So how did the journey start? I’ve been involved with my local photographic society for several years, and although a number of people in the club…

After several years of hard work, a not inconsiderable amount of money and a lot of time, I received an email on Thursday telling  me that my panel of prints had been accepted by the Royal Photographic Society for the Associate distinction! (albeit with the caveat that it needs to be ratified by the council) That…