Many congratulations to Conor who has been awarded his ARPS.
In order to gain his ARPS, Conor had to submit 15 images to the judging panel and then attend the assessment day in Bath. He commented:
“ The first three panels that were assessed on the morning all failed due to technical faults with image sharpness so as you can imagine I was a nervous wreck sitting there in the audience when the fourth panel up was mine. Having four natural history expert judges plus a Chairman taking your pictures off the stand to examine them in detail for all of five minutes, talking to each other in low whispers about their thoughts on your work can’t help but induce some tension. Five minutes seems like ages. But when the Chairman asked them to vote on my panel they passed it unanimously and the relief was terrific, all the effort, print and re-print, trip down to Bath etc all seemed worthwhile”.
Conor is planning to bring along his Associate panel to the President’s evening on 4th January. If you can’t wait that long, here’s one of his winning images.
