Mike Brookes Roper FBIPP - Times Square, NYC

Congratulations to Mike Brookes Roper FBIPP who recently had images for client Draka Holdings Ltd of Norway, displayed on a billboard in Times Square, New York City.

The first image shows the subsea cable being loaded into the hold of a cable laying ship in the port of Dremmen, Norway, before transportation and deployment.

Image Copyright: Mike Brookes Roper FBIPP

The second image shows the cable going from ship to shore where it will be connected before being lowered to the seabed and later attached to a wave or tidal electricity generating device.

Image Copyright: Mike Brookes Roper FBIPP

Towergate Camerasure Fine Art Competition - Deadline Extended

We are pleased to announce that the deadline for the Towergate Camerasure Fine Art Competition has been extended to 5pm on Friday 4 January 2013, giving an extra 3 weeks to send in your entries!

Please see www.bipp.com/awards for terms & conditions and to download an entry form.

All BIPP members can enter FREE OF CHARGE, including Qualifying & Student members and Friends of BIPP.

2013 will be a special anniversary year - as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the BIPP Towergate Camerasure Fine Art Competition - and there are some great prizes to be won including £1,000 for the Best Portfolio containing five images and £500 for the Best Single Image.

An ‘Open’ category is also being included this year, and non-BIPP members will be able to enter for the opportunity to win £250 in the Fine Art Open, Best Single Image category. 

Entries from non-BIPP members cost £5+VAT per print.

Along with additional cash prizes of £250 for the Runner Up (Single Image), the International Winner (Single Image) and the Student Winner (Single Image), the top 30 images will form part of an exhibition that will travel around the Towergate offices to promote the involvement of Towergate Underwriting in professional imaging.

The subject matter can be anything that falls into the category of ‘Fine Art’ and the Portfolio of Images must sit together as a panel of images and not be an indiscriminate selection of individual images.

GOOD LUCK!

Featured Qualifier - Jacqui Matthews FBIPP

Jacqui Matthews FBIPP
Wedding
www.jacquimatthews.co.uk

Image Copyright: Jacqui Matthews FBIPP

Towergate Fine Art Competition - 1 Week To Go!

ONLY 1 WEEK TO GO until the closing date for the BIPP Towergate Camerasure Fine Art Competition 2013, so don't forget to send your entries in by 5pm on Friday 14 December. Please visit www.bipp.com/awards for full details and an entry form.

All BIPP members are able to enter FREE OF CHARGE including Qualifying & Student members and Friends of BIPP.

2013 will be a special anniversary year, as we celebrate the 10th anniversary of the competition and to celebrate we're offering two top prizes: £1,000 for the Best Portfolio (Five Images) and £500 for the Best Single Image.

The subject matter can be anything that falls into the general category of 'Fine Art'. The Portfolio of Five Images must sit together as a panel of images and not be an indiscriminate selection of individual images.

Along with additional cash prizes of £250 each for the Runner Up (Single Image), the International Winner (Single Image), and the Student Winner (Single Image), the top 30 images will form part of an exhibition that will travel around the Towergate offices to promote the involvement of Towergate Underwriting in professional imaging. Images that are selected for the exhibition can be made available for print sales, at prices determined by the entrants, with proceeds split equally between the photographer and Towergate's charity partner for 2013.

An 'Open' category is also included this year and non-BIPP members will be able to enter for the opportunity to win £250 in the Fine Art Open, Best Single Image category. Entries from non-BIPP members cost £5+VAT per print.

Featured Qualifier - Paul Coghlin FBIPP

Paul Coghlin FBIPP

Fine Art

www.paulcoghlinphotography.com

Image Copyright: Paul Coghlin FBIPP

BIPP's New Board, MSAB & CPD Members

Image Copyright: BIPP

We had a very busy, but thoroughly enjoyable, day at Head Office yesterday with a morning of Qualification Assessments and Awards Judging, followed by an afternoon of meetings including the AGM, and the election of new Board Directors and new members of the Membership Services and Continuing Professional Development Advisory Boards.

We are delighted to announce the following Board, MSAB & CPD members for 2012-2014:

Board of Directors
Russell Baston FBIPP
Chris Harper FBIPP (Chairman)
Kevin Pengelly FBIPP
Graham Rutherford FBIPP
Malcolm Sales ABIPP
Frank Tomlinson FBIPP

Membership Services Advisory Board (National Seats)
Russell Baston FBIPP
Tony Freeman Hon FBIPP
Graham Rutherford FBIPP
Frank Tomlinson FBIPP
Bella West FBIPP
Stuart Wood FBIPP

Membership Services Advisory Board (Regional Seats)
Suzi Allen LBIPP (South West)
Chris Harper FBIPP (Chairman)
Alan McEwan FBIPP (Scotland)
Richard Mayfield FBIPP (Yorkshire)
James Russell LBIPP (North West)
Ian Pedflow LBIPP (Northern Ireland)
Kevin Pengelly FBIPP (South East)
Malcolm Sales ABIPP (Midlands)
Kevin Weatherly LBIPP (North East)

Continuing Professional Development Advisory Board
Russell Baston FBIPP
Chris Harper FBIPP (Chairman)
Eric Jenkins Hon FBIPP
Alan McEwan FBIPP
Denise Swanson FBIPP
Frank Tomlinson FBIPP
Kevin Wilson Hon FBIPP

Thank you to everyone who attended yesterday and we look forward to working with the above members over the next 2 years.

Featured Qualifier - David Linford LBIPP

David Linford LBIPP
Wedding
www.linfordphoto.co.uk

Image Copyright: David Linford LBIPP