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.

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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
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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.

Anna, Chris and the Kids - Win Your Wedding

Today John was with Anna, Chris and the kids for their free pre-wedding/family portrait shoot.

Anna and Chris are the winners of the Salisbury Journal, Ladies Who Love, Society Magazine, Win Your Wedding Competition. We were one of the Gold Sponsors donating over £1600 worth of photography as a prize.

The couple are getting married on Valentines Day and John took them to Elizabeth Gardens in Salisbury today to capture some images of them all together, to get them used to being photographed and so they could see how John likes to work. This is a process that we like to go through with all our wedding clients to ensure we get relaxed and fun images on the wedding day.

 

John Rose Photography Christmas Competition

Win a Window with Spire FM and the Old George Mall

A few weeks ago we were commissioned by Spire FM to take some photos of the prizes for their Christmas competition in association with the Old George Mall. We brought our portable studio to the unit vacated by River Island (the one the competition posters are now displayed on) and photographed the prizes individually and as a group.

Here they are proudly displayed on the posters; why not go down and have a look you could win. Details are below and on the Spire FM website. Oh and it is no good ringing us for any clues as none of the items had prices on them when we photographed them; sorry.

Spire FM and the Old George Mall have a whole stack of goodies for you to win this Christmas!

Pop along to the Old George Mall in Salisbury to see the prizes in the window, then tell us how much you think the whole lot comes to!

To enter, text Spire Window to 81222 with your name and answer in pounds.

Every week until the competition ends, one person will be drawn at random to win £100 of M&S Vouchers. This draw will take place on Friday mornings.

Texts are charged at your standard network rate.

The competition closes on 22nd of December at Midday and the winner will be contacted on the 23rd of December. Prices are based on the retail value of the items on Friday 25th November 2011.

In the event of several correct entries, a random draw will take place to determine the winner.