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As a photographer, it is common to look at other peoples images, quite often with envious eyes. We wish we had been in that situation and had been able to capture that image. We wish we were that creative, had that vision and were able to produce those results. Often these comparisons can inspire us, give us ideas or drive to improve, however, very often the comparison can have the opposite effect and make us feel we will never be good enough to produce such images. We forget

I have been trying to enter competitions for a bit of personal kudos. I think I want to know that others think my images are good too. The thing is that entering images for external competitions requires a different kind of image than is required for club competitions or for entering for qualification. Ultimate you are in the hands of judges and judging can be very subjective. I can enter the same image into different salons and they can score very differently. It can be very

Just over a year ago, I joined the Society of photographers with the aims of eventually aiming to get photography qualification but ultimately improving my photography along the way. It had taken me a while to decide which route to take, as the different organisations have different requirements and ways of awarding qualifications. At first glance I was struggling to see which of the societies would meet my needs as I did not at that time have a strong genre preference. I op

It started with us just going to a new print shop to get some images printed for the club competition. A colleague from the photography club had been raving about a shop she had discovered and I can understand why, they were so lovely and helpful. After discussing the prints I wanted that day, the subject went round to one of my other images, the Highland Cow, that I wanted printing for me. I have been considering having it printed on canvas. I showed them the image. The lad