2026 Awarded images
I thought I’d start my 2026 ‘awarded images’ post as I’ve had a great start to the year. Like last year, I have entered various different challenges and competitions, I am so pleased to have been successful at a few! I’ll do this in reverse order (based on date of the announcement) and hopefully there will be some new pictures to add later in the year.
For Outdoor Photography Magazine in addition to the images, I have to supply a short statement about the image so I have shared that with the picture here.
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Environmental Wildlife - Outdoor Photography Magazine This was taken at dawn a couple of years in October in a London Park. It’s a wonderful privilege to be able to see the Red deer during the rut. |
 
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October |
Open House Festival Photography Competition 2026 Highly Commended Read more here |
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| October |
Kingsclere Photography Club - Favourite Exhibition Panel Winner As voted for by members in the 2026 Exhibition Read more here. |
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Summer Woodland - Outdoor Photography Magazine Runner-up This was taken in a dark, damp wood. I loved the carpet of darker green behind the bright green of the little fern just popping through. |
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| August |
August 2026 -The Little Things Selected for the SheClicks gallery |
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| August |
Bird portrait - Outdoor Photography Magazine This Canada Goose was one of two parents keeping a careful watch over their goslings wandering in the long grass by a lake. |
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| July |
Travel Photography - SheClicks Challenge |
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| June |
Spring landscapes - Outdoor Photography Magazine This was image taken one evening when spring had arrived very early. I loved that it was winter on one side of the valley and spring on the other. The crocuses had just sprung up to carpet the meadows. |
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| May |
Creative wildlife - Outdoor Photography Magazine This image was taken on holiday on an early morning walk. I was walking over a bridge where I could look down on steps going down into the water. I loved the minimalist feel to the scene and the ripples made by the coot standing in the water. |
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| May |
Shadows - SheClicks Challenge |
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April |
Winter details - Outdoor Photography Magazine Frost on a beach in Venice Lido. Taken on a bitterly cold morning walk one January. |
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March |
Winter mountains - Outdoor Photography Magazine My favourite days to photograph in the Alps in the winter are those that start really foggy but then very suddenly the clouds start to break up and the sun shines through low clouds illuminating crisp snow. |
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January |
My Wild Life 2026 – The Base, Greenham |
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Outdoor Photography Magazine - November 2026
ICM on the beach
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October was a very busy month and I didn’t get out with my camera much. I did have a lovely trip to West Wittering with Mark Cornick for a group workshop on ICM (Intentional Camera Movement). We had a beautifully sunny afternoon and so much fun wiggling our cameras around. I love West Wittering, there is so much to photograph. The dunes and grasses are a particular favourite subject and I was looking forward to trying some ICM in the dunes but it was a real challenge to get something satisfying. ICM is always a bit hit and miss, part of the fun is in the experimenting. I am pleased with this one, I love the grasses against the sky and big clouds. The movement of the camera whilst using a slow shutter (0.5 seconds) really captures the movement of grasses blowing in the wind. Check out Mark's website at www.markcornickphotography.co.uk |
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London Open House Festival
In September I managed to get into London to enjoy a small taste of the Open House Festival. There are so many buildings to choose from to visit but as time was short and many of the London Underground lines weren’t working, I was limited. I decided to visit the Ismaili Centre which is located opposite the V&A museum. I’ve seen this building from the outside many times when visiting the V&A and I was so curious to see what was behind the doors. I didn’t regret visiting this location, the building is beautiful and there is a lovely rooftop garden although the weather did not help the visitors to really enjoy this space.
This year there was a photographic competition for visitors, and having taken lots of pictures I thought I’d enter. The theme was “The detail that changed everything” and I never need to be encouraged to photograph details! It was hard to choose just 3 images to enter into the competition. I was very pleased to find out that my Chandelier image chosen for the Highly Commended section. You can see the full gallery here: https://open-city.org.uk/2026-photography-competition.
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Photography Club exhibition
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I’ve been working hard recently on pictures for my Photography Club Exhibition. Each member is able to create their own display on one of the club’s exhibition boards. This year I have chosen to display some of the images I created in the City of London in May this year. I love the mix of shapes, colours, patterns and reflections in a city where buildings are so close together. I love the mix of buildings in the City and tried in places to include a mix of old and new or take advantage of overlapping architectural styles. There was a wonderfully clear blue sky which was the perfect backdrop to the buildings. |
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Update: The exhibition was a great success and I was very pleased to have been award 'Winner - Favourite Exhibition Panne'' which is voted for by Club members. Click here for the gallery of images.
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