Slideshow of the award winning images from the 2025 Exhibition
"Best Images" & "Judges Awards" & "Highly Commended Images": (Highly Commended if not otherwise indicated)
Click HERE for a link to a PDF document giving full details of each image (Title, Author & Distinctions, Club/Society and Award received)
The East Anglian Federation (EAF) of Photographic Societies was founded in 1910 and has thus been in existence for over 100 years. The EAF is a constituent founder Member of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB), which is the parent organisation for camera clubs and photographic societies throughout the UK. Having 94 member clubs and societies with about 3400 individual members, the EAF is one of the largest federations in the PAGB covering the area of Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Norfolk, Suffolk and that part of Hertfordshire which lies to the east of the M1 motorway. Following the closure of the Central Federation in 1989 a number of North and East London clubs were welcomed into the East Anglian Federation.
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EAF Events in 2025: AGM & PDI Championship, Print Championship, EAF Exhibition, APM Advisory Day, EAF Audio-Visual Trophy & Judges Workshop. More Details: Please visit our EAF Events Page
The annual EAF Audio Visual Championships took place on 5th October, showcasing an inspiring array of creative talent.
Judging the event were Ian Bateman FRPS MPAGB-AV AV-EFIAP APAGB and Clive Tanner FRPS MPAGB FIPF AWPF APAGB, both highly respected figures in the AV community.
This year’s competition featured 42 outstanding AV entries, each telling its own unique story. Subjects ranged from delicate florals and historic churches to travel adventures and deeply emotional narratives that truly tugged at the heartstrings.
The day was thoughtfully structured into four sessions, with breaks for tea and lunch offering a relaxed space for attendees to connect and share ideas. It was especially heartening to see a number of first-time entrants stepping into the AV arena, bringing fresh perspectives and heartfelt storytelling to the screen.
After the final session, guests enjoyed a well-earned supper of fish or chicken and before reconvening at 6pm for the evening programme. The judges returned from deliberations, and the event concluded with a celebratory awards presentation and prize-giving ceremony.
Among the many compelling entries, two AVs truly stood out for their emotional resonance and creative impact:
“Without You” by Brian Harvey won the Popular Vote, striking a deep chord with the audience through its heartfelt storytelling
“Trauma” by Paula Irvine, recipient of the Best Creative AV award, was a brief yet powerfully evocative piece that left a lasting impression.
1st Place: “The Rise and Fall of Baroque” by Philip Smithies– a masterfully crafted production.
2nd Place: “Disused Shredded Wheat Factory” – I was delighted to receive this recognition for my own entry.
3rd Place: “Winter’s Magic” by Sheila Haycox – a beautifully atmospheric piece.
The feedback from attendees has been overwhelmingly positive. One participant shared that they gained valuable insights and fresh inspiration to carry forward into their future AV creations.
Alison Jenkins ARPS DPAGB CPAGB/AV BPE1*
Here are the full details of the award winners
1st Place: PAGB Gold Medal and EAF AV Trophy
Philip Smithies: "The Rise and Fall of Baroque"
2nd Place: PAGB Silver Medal
Alison Jenkins: "Disused Shredded Wheat Factory"
3rd Place: PAGB Bronze Medal
Sheila Haycox: "Winters Magic"
Best Photography: PAGB Ribbon
Lesley Burnand: "It's Owl or Nothing"
Best Sound: PAGB Ribbon
Paul Shilliam: "Born Free"
Best Dissolve: PAGB Ribbon
Brian Harvey: "There Must Be a Future"
Best Creative: PAGB Ribbon
Pauline Irvine: "Trauma"
Vic Hainsworth Award: PAGB Ribbon
Christopher Ward: "The Art of Movement"
Popular Vote: PAGB Ribbon
Brian Harvey: "Without You"
Highly Commended
Ken Ash: "St John's Duxford"
Paul Adams: "Late Turner"
Mike Reed: "A Taste of Russia"
Brian Harvey: "Without You"
James Verona: "A Venice Trip"
Jack Taylor: "Where have all the Flowers Gone?"
EAF Duxford 26! - Get Inspired, Get Involved
The EAF is thrilled to announce a brand-new event designed to bring our photographic community closer together — the EAF Duxford 26, taking place at the iconic Duxford Imperial War Museum!
This exciting day is all about connection, creativity and collaboration, and we’re inviting photographers from across the region to come together, share images and celebrate the art of photography.
Whether you are part of a well-established club or a smaller group just finding your feet, this is your chance to get involved, be inspired and explore this new EAF initiative.
Tickets are just £20. Doors open at 9.00am. Judging begins at 10.30am. The critique session starts at 2.30pm with the awards closing day at 5.00pm. Between 10.30.am and 2.30pm delegates have the chance to photograph around the museum and have lunch.
What's in store:
Photography Competition – ‘6 from 6’ – Open to smaller EAF Clubs
This friendly competition is open to clubs with 35 members or fewer who have not entered the EAF Interclub Print or PDI Championships in the past five years. It’s a great way for smaller clubs to get involved without the pressure of full-scale competition
Duxford Museum Access + Bonus Competition – Open to MEMBERS OF ALL CLUBS
While the judges review and mark the images in private, delegates will have access to photograph in and around the Museum. Images taken during the day can be submitted to a bonus competition, with the chance to win tickets to a major Duxford event later in the year.
Critique Session + Awards - Open to MEMBERS OF ALL CLUBS
We’ll wrap up the day with a relaxed and supportive critique session of selected images from the ‘6 from 6’ competition, that’s open to all attendees. Finally, the winning club will be announced, and their full ‘6 from 6’ portfolio will be showcased.
Entry forms for the competition & details on how to reserve your ticket to attend will be available later this year. Spaces are limited so be ready to secure your spot early!
Visit the new Duxford26 Page for fuller details of the day. You can also view/download the Poster & the PDF document giving full details of the day on the Downloadable Documents Page.
The EAF PAGB Awards for Photographic Merit (APM) Advisory Day took place on Sunday 31st August at Foxton Village Hall.
Presentation of APM Certificates by Rod Wheelans, Chairman of the APM's, and Daphne Hanson, Secretary to the Awards.
Kathy Sharman BPAGB (Ware & DPS) & Trevor Partridge CPAGB (Great Notley PC)
Jim Bennett CPAGB (Bottisham & Burwell PC) & Tori Andrews MPAGB (PICO)
Here are a few more photos from the day.
All images courtesy of Alison Jenkins ARPS DPAGB CPAGB/AV BPE1*
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The slideshow at the top of this page has been updated to display the award winning images from the 2025 Exhibition.
The 12 "major" award winning images, "Best Images" & "Judges Awards", can be viewed HERE where there is also a link to a PDF version of the Exhibition Catalogue. The Catalogue can also be downloaded from the Downloadable Documents page
The 12 main Award Winning Images (Best Images and Judges Awards) can now be viewed on the 2025Awards page in the Exhibition drop-down menu where you can download a PDF version of the Exhibition Catalogue. or you can click on the cover image below to download the Catalogue
On Sunday 16th March, 17 clubs took part in the Print Championship at Fulbourn near Cambridge. Each club showed 15 images with all 15 images counting towards the final positions.
The final results were:
Winning club gaining the EAF Trophy – Colchester Photographic Society
Runner up club gaining the Eric Saul Memorial Trophy – Beyond Group
Third placed club receiving a certificate – Photographic Imaging Co-operative (PICO)
The fourth placed club was Ipswich & District Photographic Society
The EAF representatives at the PAGB Inter-Club Print Championship to be held in October will be PICO and Beyond Group who have qualified by reaching the final last year, along with Colchester PS and Ipswich & DPS. It is a good event, and our representatives would welcome some support. Tickets need to be bought in advance through the PAGB website.
The judges selected the following images as their personal choices and their joint choice as the best image in the Championship:
Best Print of the Championship: “Winter in Yosemite” by Tom Lane of St Ives Photographic Club
Personal selection of Roger Reynolds HonFRPS APAGB FBPPA FBPE : "Rose Tinted Dawn, River Crouch" by John McDowall of Melbourn & DPC
Personal selection of Rosemary Wilman HonFRPS AFIAP ABPE APAGB: "Black Church at Budir" by Jackie Gillman Dace of Bury St Edmunds PS
Personal selection of Clive Tanner MPAGB FRPS APAGB: "The Titanic Experience" by Malcolm Bumstead of Ipswich & DPS
Print Room Choice: "Silent Landscape" by Roger Care of Melbourn & DPS
The Scoresheet is available on the
Downloadable Documents Page or click
HERE
The Award Winning images can be viewed
HERE
Congratulations to Alison Jenkins for gaining the CPAGB-AV distinction on the assessment day.
In Alison's words "I wanted to pursue a new avenue with my photography and have always had a fascination with AV (audio visual) and have previously judged AV comps. 6 months ago I joined the Essex AV Group which is part of the EAF. I was encouraged to go for PAGB accreditation in Audio Visual and I was successfully awarded my CPAGB-AV on the assessment day. My sequence was on Dalmatian Pelicans. Thank you to those who encouraged me and supported me as this was so new to me I was in doubt I was ready after such a short time."
Alison Jenkins ARPS DPAGB CPAGB/AV BPE1*
(Click on the image to watch the sequence on YouTube. Tap the "F" key to toggle full screen display.)
The EAF Club Directory is now available as a Password Protected Downloadable PDF Document
The Document will be updated on an ongoing basis as changes are submitted
For more information and to download the document go to the
Member Clubs Page or the
Downloadable Documents Page.
On Sunday 16th February, 23 clubs took part in the PDI Championship at Fulbourn near Cambridge. Each club showed 15 images in Round One, aiming for a place in Round Two. The top scoring 11 clubs progressed to Round Two, showing us a further 10 images with all 25 images counting towards the final positions.
There was one club (Upminster CC) who had not previously entered this competition.
The final results were:
Winning club gaining the EAF Trophy – Beyond Group
Runner up club gaining the Eric Saul Memorial Trophy – Photographic Imaging Co-operative (PICO)
Third placed club receiving a certificate – Bury St Edmunds PS
Best "Rookie Club" - Upminster CC who finished in 17th place.
The EAF representatives at the PAGB Inter-Club PDI Championship to be held in Warwick in July will be PICO and Beyond Group who have qualified by reaching the final last year, along with Bury St Edmunds and Melbourn & DPC. It is a good event, and our representatives would welcome some support. Tickets need to be bought in advance through the PAGB website.
The judges selected the following images as their personal choices and their joint choice as the best image in the Championship:
Best PDI of the Championship: “Little Crake” by Robin Lee of Bishops Stortford Camera Club
Personal selection of David Gibbins ARPS APAGB EFIAP/b BPE5 CPAGB/av: "Marbled White Pair" by Andre Neves of Melbourn & DPC
Personal selection of Gary Langley DPAGB: "Chambers taking the Victory" by Colin Bradshaw of PICO
Personal selection of Louise Langley CPAGB: "Sammie Kinghorne in the Rain" by Peter Milsom of Beyond Group
The Scoresheet is available on the
Downloadable Documents Page or click
HERE
The Award Winning images can be viewed
HERE
The Judges and Lecturers Handbook is now available as a Password Protected Downloadable PDF Document.
The Document will be updated on an ongoing basis as changes are submitted to our Handbook Secretary
For more information and to download the document go to the Judges & Lecturers Page or the Downloadable Documents Page.
This event was hosted at Winsford in Chesure, run by the PAGB team with local assistance.The WPF had been due to host and run the event but were unable to find a suitable venue. Sadly, once again, we seem to have had a problem with the heating system and for much of the weekend everyone had to sit with their coats on.
This was a well-run event, and thanks must go to the PAGB team and those assisting for giving up their weekend. There were 121 applications nationwide with 16 applications from our own Federation, of whom only a few were present and able to collect their respective badges from the PAGB President Daphne Hanson DPAGB HonPAGB.
Image: The adjudicators: l/r: Richard Speirs DPAGB HonPAGB BPE2*, Tillman Kleinhams DPAGB ARPS EFIAP/b BPE3*, Jane Lines MPAGB LRPS BPE5*, Ann Greinger MPAGB APAGB, Sue O'Connel DPAGB ARPS EFIAP/s BPE5* and Mike Sharples MPAGB ARPS EFIAP FBPE.
Of our 16 applicants, 7 were successful over 4 levels. Sadly we had no success for the new EPAGB this time. Hopefully, we should receive the Certificates in January and be able to present them to the successful applicants at one of our three live events on 16th February (EAF AGM and PDI Championships), 16th March (EAF Print Championships) or 3rd April (Opening of the EAF Annual Exhibition).
We can now offer our congratulations to the following successful members.
Badge Prints: Geraint Williams BPAGB from StevenagePS.
Credit Prints: John Dunn ARPS CPAGB from BedfordCC.
Credit PDIs: Barrie Yeend CPAGB from Kings Lynn & DCC and Philip Earl LRPS CPAGB from Bury St. Edmunds PS.
Distinction Prints: Nigel Northwood DPAGB from Melbourn & DPC.
Distinction PDIs: Ian Tulloch DPAGB from Melbourn & DPC.
Master Prints: Andy Gutteridge MA FBPE EFIAP/d MPAGB ARPS from the Photo Imaging Co-operative.
Images: Left/Top: Geraint Williams (On the right). Right/Bottom: John Dunn (4th from left, back row).
Images: Left/Top: Nigel Northwood (2nd from right back row)
Right/Bottom: Daphne Hanson receiving a Special Award from Rod Wheelans as it was the final event of Daphne's Presidentship of the PAGB.
The books are now open for the April Adjudication which will take place north of the border. It will be hosted by the Scottish Photographic Federation at the Victoria Hall, Stirling Road, Dunblane, More information later. Currently we have 9 applications.
To round off the weekend a special presentation was made by the Awards Chairman Rod Wheelans MPAGB MFIAP FRPS FIPF HonPAGB HonSPF to Daphne Hanson DPAGB HonPAGB as this was the last event Daphne would be presiding over as PAGB President, although she will continue in her other role as Secretary to the wards.
Thanks to John Smith from Rochdale, editor of the LCPU magazine for all the images.
Vic Hainsworth ARPS DPAGB APAGB
Federation Awards Secretary
The Print Championship took place on Saturday 19th October 2024 at Westholme School, Blackburn.
Thirty seven clubs took part. Congratulations to all six EAF Clubs.
The Judges were: Helen Hanafin FIPF EFIAP/p, Ray Brammall ARPS EFIAP/p DPAGB APAGB BPE5* and Richard Speirs DPAGB HonPAGB HonNCPF BPE2*
The Champion club was Catchlight CC: second equal places for Arden PG and Smethwick PS
For the EAF PICO and Beyond Group both reached the final round finishing in equal seventh place.
In the Plate group Colchester PS finished in equal second place, Bury St Edmunds PS and Melbourn & DPS finished in equal seventh place and Norwich & DPS finished in twenty first place.
In the Individual Awards both Gold Medal/Rod Wheelans Trophies went to EAF Club members.
Colour Print: "Last Leaves" by Peter North of Melboun & DPS
Monochrome Print: "The Jewish Museum, Berlin" by Jonathan Dadds of Colchester PS
Images: "Last Leaves" by Peter North and "The Jewish Museum, Berlin" by Jonathan Dadds
The full results document is available HERE and all the Individual winning images and the images from Catchlight CC are available on the PAGB website
The 2024 EAF Exhibition Portfolio which shows all the monochrome prints, colour prints and PDI's that were selected to form the 2024 EAF Exhibition is now available. Free if your club is a member of the EAF Federation and you request the downloadable version.
(You may still obtain a physical DVD-based version, if you would prefer, at a cost of just £10.00)
More details on the Portfolio Page.