Neil Maughan Reports
“The audience of nervous applicants and interested observers were asked to take their seats in the darkened room and the RPS Fellows who would assess the submitted work entered shortly afterwards. The assessment panel is made up of 5 Fellows and was chaired by Rikki O'Neill from Scotland who has lectured at Durham several times.
The first panel up consisted of landscapes, a mixture of colour and black and white prints. It was excellent and there was no surprise in the room when it was quickly approved as Associateship standard. The panels are shown in an entirely random order, but I was still taken aback when my panel was next up. It did look rather good displayed in the 3 rows of 5 under properly calibrated daylight lighting but I was very nervous when the Fellows left their chairs to closely inspect the prints. It is at this point where you really hope that you've got your highlights under control and there is detail in all the shadow areas and there are no other technical errors! Plus of course, would they approve of the image content?”
To find out, read the whole story! It’s in Downloads from the home page of the DPS website or follow this link: http://www.d-p-s.org.uk/downloads.htm
Pictured are three of Neil’s images from his ARPS panel of 15.
For those interested in having a go for an RPS distinction, there are Distinctions Advisory days locally – this year at Backworth Hall, near Newcastle on 22nd April. Several DPS members are already booked in. If you'd like to book, ring Brian Pearson on 0191 2575051.Tickets are £10.
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