HIGHLY COMMENDED

I am very proud to announce that I have had 2 images scored as HIGHLY COMMENDED in the Society of Wedding and Portrait Photographers (SWPP) monthly competition.

I don't enter the competition very often, mainly due to lack of time but I feel it is important now and again to ensure standards are kept up, or better still my skills are improving. I only ever enter images that have been captured during REAL commissioned shoots and not ones that have been set up using models specifically for competition entry. I feel this is important to ensure I can produce quality images under pressure.

The marking system has been changed since I last entered the competition from; Unclassified, Bronze, Silver and Gold, to; Disqualified, Not Awarded, Highly Commended and Gold; I have included a description of the new award system at the bottom of this post.

File information
Filename:	John_Rose_Monochrome_Wiltshire_January_12~1.jpg
Album name:	member / Monochrome – Jan12
Score:	Highly Commended
Filesize:	417 KiB
Date added:	Jan 30, 2012
Dimensions:	1473 x 2000 pixels
Displayed:	15 times
DateTime digitized:	2011:07:23 14:46:59
EXIF Image Height:	2000 pixels
ISO:	3200
Resolution Unit:	Inch
Y Resolution:	254
IPTC Copyright:	John Rose Photography
URL:	http://swppusa.com/competition/displayimage.php?pid=1220

File information
Filename:	John_Rose_Pre-Wedding_Wiltshire_January_12.jpg
Album name:	member / Pre & Post Wedding – Jan12
Score:	Highly Commended
Filesize:	332 KiB
Date added:	Jan 30, 2012
Dimensions:	2000 x 1260 pixels
Displayed:	29 times
DateTime digitized:	2011:05:19 19:12:10
EXIF Image Height:	1260 pixels
ISO:	800
Resolution Unit:	Inch
Y Resolution:	254
IPTC Copyright:	John Rose Photography
URL:	http://swppusa.com/competition/displayimage.php?pid=1204

DEFINITIONS
Gold: Awards will go forward to the annual judging and are deemed to be images of the highest standard and will be published in Professional Imagemaker 
Highly Commended: Above standard. These images will be reviewed every three months and have the potential of being reclassified as Gold.
Not Awarded: Unfortunately these images fall below the standard required to be given an award.
Disqualified: These images have not adhered to the competition rules or category definitions.