Guild of Photographers finalist
I’m excited to share that I have been selected as a Finalist in the highly competitive Guild of Photographers Image of the Year Competition. The Guild of Photographers is a prestigious UK-based association with members from around the world, dedicated to promoting excellence in photography. Each year, the Guild runs an online monthly photography competition, judged by internationally acclaimed experts, awarding the best images submitted.
In 2017, the competition attracted around 1,200 entries per month from some of the most talented photographers globally. Recently, the Guild announced that only 12 images across various genres were chosen to advance to the annual Image of the Year Final — and I’m proud that one of my images is among those elite finalists!
Guild Director Lesley Thirsk said “One of the Guild’s aims is to drive standards and creativity amongst photographers. Our monthly competition certainly does that, for the standard of the entries we see each month is quite staggering. To have an image recognised by the Guild in the monthly competition is difficult enough, so to have an image selected as being one of the best in a category for the end of year Final is without doubt an incredible achievement, and shows just how talented photographer, Deborah Longmore is”
Photography has been my passion since I was 16 years old. I love photography and put a lot of effort into developing my skills. One way I do that is to enter the Guild’s competition. It drives forward photography standards month after month so it helps me push myself. The images I see getting awards each month are inspirational, so knowing just how high those standards are, to have one of my images shortlisted for the overall Final from the many 1000’s submitted across whole year is really exciting. I couldn’t believe it when I found out.
My image along with the others will now be printed ready for the Competition Final in December, when highly regarded Judges will be coming together from across the country and overseas to choose the overall winner. The final outcome will be announced at a lavish Awards night in a magnificent Jacobean mansion in Cheshire on 3rd February 2018. To find out more about the Guild of Photographers and their competition visit their website (www.photoguild.co.uk), and to find out more about my work please visit my website (www.deborahlongmorephotography.com) or my facebook page www.facebook.com/deborahlongomorephotos
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