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Architecture:

  • Bartlett School of Architecture - Hons Degree

  • Bartlett School of Architecture - Diploma

Web Design:

  • Strathclyde University - Internet Officer and Corporate Web Designer

  • WebEd Design - Owner

South Shields Photographic Society Achievements:

  • Sydney Costen Cup - Annual Premier Print Award - 2024-5

  • W J Brown Trophy - Monthly PDI Competition - 2024-5

  • Webmaster - this site  - 2024-5

  • Committee Member - 2024-5

Northern Counties Photographic Federation Achievements:

  • Robert Chalmers Trophy – Best Print Newcomer - 2024-5

  • 3 PDI images in Annual Portfolio - 2024-5

  • 3 Prints in Annual Portfolio - 2024-5

Posts (17)

Aug 7, 2026 ∙ 4 min
So you think you’ll get away with using Ai? Think again!
At present, photographic competitions probably won't forensically check every single entry for Ai use, although scanning for illegal Adobe firefly use in the metadata of image files is currently trivial using batch C2PA searches and could process and flag 1000s of files in folder in seconds so this is something probably in the pipeline if not already being used by NCPF.
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Aug 6, 2026 ∙ 2 min
NCPF Update for Version 27.7.0 of Photoshop Ai tools
The NCPF has recently been contacted by a member club concerning the use of Artificial Intelligence (AI) within an image submitted to one of their internal club competitions. The use of AI was inadvertent, and the result of using a “generative remove tool" within a popular software application. This tool generated new artificial content which was not the original work of the author. The NCPF thought it would be helpful to clubs to restate our position on the use of generative AI content. ...
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Aug 3, 2026 ∙ 5 min
From Camera to Competition: Six Steps to Better Photographs
You have taken the photograph… now what? Raw file Joining a photographic club can be both exciting and intimidating. You start looking at competition images and see photographs that seem to have something extra: stronger impact, better balance, more atmosphere and a quality that makes you stop and look. Often the difference is not the camera. It is not always the lens. It is the thought process that happens after the shutter is pressed. Modern digital photography gives us incredible tools,...
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