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My name is Corin Bishop and I'm a professional portrait, wedding and commercial photographer based in Athlone, County Westmeath.
I've won awards for my photo's including Children's Photographer of the Year, Best Children's Image and Pictorial Photographer of the year.
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This time around I only put in two images in the Children Category… got Gold for both.
Those paying attention will notice these formed part of my successful Associate Panel submission earlier this year.
As mentioned briefly in the article before, I’ve been made an Associate member of the Irish Professional Photographers Association (IPPA).
When you join the IPPA you must achieve a minimum standard to qualify and it gets you your ‘L’ plates (I like Roger Overall’s term for this), i.e. your Licentiate Qualification.
The next step up is to be an Associate Member and following that then a ‘Fellow’. It was about time I tried to get my Associate Qualification (as many of my colleagues kept reminding me). It’s not an easy thing to achieve so I’ve been putting it off for a while! To be honest I didn’t think I was ‘ready’ to give it a go.
To get the qualification the photographer must submit a body of work in the form of a ‘Panel’. The panel is made up of two rows of 10 images (20 in total). It’s not just a case of putting together a bunch of good images. The images must work together. They must compliment each other.It’s also important at this level to show a distinctive style. When putting the panel together it’s hard to show a distinctive style while still showing variation in subject, lighting, style, colour/mono etc. Again, one of the reasons I was putting it off!
For this panel I chose 10 colour images and then 10 mono images. I printed around 40 images in small prints and started shuffling them around to see what worked. The first panel I came up with was ok but it looked a little messy. After consulting my art director (de Wifey – Nicola!) she made some excellent comments and suggestions which gave me the confidence to make crucial changes and finish it off! So a few edits/reprints and bit more shuffling – and it was ready!
So after a lot of nail-biting I finally got the call and was delighted to have got it!
Enough waffle… have a look… and let me know what you think!
“Associateship is the 2nd level of qualification within the IPPA and shows the photographer to have a high level of technical ability and a strong photographic style.”
It’s not an easy thing to achieve and it was hard work getting the qualification but it was well worth it and I’m delighted!
I’ll put a full blog post on soon along with a picture of the panel.
A Big WELL DONE! to Roger Overall, Suzanne Toal and Philip Pound on their qualification too.
This week the Irish Professional Photographers Association held it’s latest round of judging for their awards programe.
Winning images are awarded Bronze, Silver, Gold and Diamond. It’s a big acheivement to receive any award and a Gold is a hard thing to get but the Diamond’s are rare and hard to acheive.
I’m delighted to announce that I got my first Diamond Award in the Classic Portrait Category. It’s wonderful to get a Diamond and being a ‘first’ makes it extra special.
Between the Classic Portrait, Bridal and Children’s Portrait Category I received a total of 10 Gold’s and one Diamond.
View all the photograph’s Gold and Diamon entries on the IPPA website here
The Irish Professional Photographers Association (IPPA) has finished it’s juding of this years photographic awards. Corin Bishop Photograph received 9 Gold and 18 Silver Crests.
This post contains a few of my favourite winners..
more…..
The Irish Professional Photography Awards were held last night in Carton House, Maynooth with entries from many photographers from all over Ireland. Corin Bishop entered the best single print in the children’s category and won the award with a stunning photograph of Sarah Costelloe whose proud parents Niamh and Brian are Athlone natives.
Having won many awards for children’s prints, portraits and weddings in the last number of years, this award is by far the most prestigious which demonstrates the skill, talent and expertise provided by the Corin Bishop Studio on Pearse Street, Athlone.
Commenting on the win Corn Bishop said it was an honour… ‘’I am shocked at winning this category… I knew my picture of Sarah was very strong but so was the rest of the competition in this category. It is an honour for me and my wife Nicola to have achieved this standard for our new studio in the Left Bank Mall.’’
IPPA Best Children's Image 2009
Corin Bishop Photography has recently opened their new studio in the Left Bank Mall on Pearse Street, Athlone. Corin uses a fresh and contemporary style to produce natural images that can be treasured for years. Corin specialises in children and family portraits as well as weddings and corporate.