If you aren’t happy unless your photographer has won some awards,
I’ve listed below some of the trophies and shiny things that I’ve won.
I no longer make photographs ‘for awards’,
it’s something that I once did to give myself goalposts,
aimpoints, and to improve my work.
I now feel that my work has reached a level where it makes sense to compete with myself, rather than with others.
I am always critical of my own work, striving to improve what I do,
and when making images, I am mindful of my clients expectations, their hopes and dreams.
Whenever I make an image, I might initially be excited by what I’ve made, but within seconds, my reaction is simply
‘I like that image . . . now how can I improve it and make it even better’.
I think that self criticism is the way forward for every photographer.
I regard other photographers not as competitors, but as friends.
- 2011. Fuji awards, my images reached the top ten in the U.K. (wedding imagery).
from 2008 to 2011 – I gave awards a rest . . .
- MPA (North East) Top CONTEMPORARY (creative) Wedding photographer 2008
also . . .
- MPA (North East England) CONTEMPORARY (creative) Wedding award of excellence 2008
- MPA (North East England) Classical Wedding award of excellence 2008
- MPA (North East England) another Classical Wedding award of excellence 2008
- MPA (North East England) FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY award of excellence 2008
- MPA (North East England) FASHION PHOTOGRAPHY another award of excellence 2008
- MPA (North East England) Top Avant Garde (creative) Wedding photographer 2007
- MPA (North East England) Top Classical Wedding photographer 2007
- MPA (North East England) Top Avant Garde (creative) Portrait photographer 2007
- MPA (North East England) Top Classical Portrait photographer 2007
- MPA (North East England) Top Black and White photographer 2007
- MPA (North East England) Fujifilm Best overall wedding 2007 award of excellence
- MPA (North East England) Classical Wedding award of excellence 2007
- MPA (North East England) Avant Garde Wedding two awards of excellence 2007
- MPA (North East England) Classical portrait award of excellence 2007
- MPA (North East England) Avant Garde (creative) portrait award of excellence 2007
- MPA (North East England) Black and white photography award of excellence 2007
- MPA (North East England) Best overall wedding 2006
- MPA (North East England) Top Avant Garde (creative) Wedding photographer 2006
- MPA (North East England) Top Classical Wedding photographer 2006
- MPA (North East England) Fujifilm Best overall wedding 2006 two awards of excellence
- MPA (North East England) Classical Wedding award of excellence 2006
- MPA (North East England) Avant Garde Wedding award of excellence 2006
- MPA (North East England) Creative use of digital imaging – two awards of excellence 2006
- MPA (North East England) Classical Wedding award of excellence 2006
- MPA (North East England) Avant Garde (creative) portrait award of excellence 2006
- MPA (North East England) Classical portrait award of excellence 2006
- MPA (North East England) Black and white photography award of excellence 2006
at the British Professional Photography awards in October 2004,
achieved awards of Excellence and placed in top 8
Avant Garde Wedding Photographers in the U.K. today.
- MPA (North East England) Best overall wedding 2005
- MPA (North East England) Best Classical Wedding photographer 2005
- MPA (North East England) Best Avant Garde Portrait photographer 2005
- MPA (North East England) Best childrens portrait photographer 2005
- MPA (North East England) avant garde (creative) wedding photography award of excellence 2005
- MPA (North East England) black and white photography award of excellence 2005
- MPA (North East England) Top Avant Garde Wedding photographer 2005
- M.P.A. INTERNATIONAL award of Excellence : Avant Garde wedding photography 2004.
- M.P.A. INTERNATIONAL award of Excellence : Child portraiture 2004.
- Mario Acerboni silver plate, North East England top wedding photographer
- MPA (North East England) Avant Garde Wedding Photographer of the year 2004
- MPA (North East England) Portrait photographer of the year 2004
- MPA (North East England) Monochrome (black & white) photographer of the year 2004
- M.P.A. Associateship in Portrait Photography
- presented at Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, 2003
- MPA (North East England) Master Photographer of the year 2003
- MPA (North East England) Best wedding album 2003
- MPA (North East England) Portrait photographer of the year 2003
- MPA (North East England)avant garde (creative) portrait photographer of the year 2003
- M.P.A. INTERNATIONAL award of Excellence : Avant Garde (creative) portraiture 2003.
- M.P.A. INTERNATIONAL certificate of merit #1: Avant Garde (creative) portraiture 2003.
- M.P.A. INTERNATIONAL certificate of merit #2: Avant Garde (creative) portraiture 2003.
- M.P.A. INTERNATIONAL certificate of merit #1: Classical Wedding 2003.
- M.P.A. INTERNATIONAL certificate of merit #2: Classical Wedding 2003.
- M.P.A. INTERNATIONAL certificate of merit : Commercial photography 2003.
- MPA (North East England) under 5’s portrait photography award of excellence 2003
- MPA (North East England) commercial photography award of excellence 2003
- MPA (North East England) fashion photography award of excellence 2003
- MPA (North East England) wedding photography award of excellence 2003
- MPA (North East England) portrait photography award of excellence 2003
- MPA (North East England) avant garde (creative) wedding photography award of excellence 2003
- MPA (North East England) under 5’s portrait photographer of the year 2002/3
- MPA (North East England) Alternative (creative) photographer of the year 2002/3
- MPA (North East England) portrait photographer of the year 2002/3
- MPA (North East England) licentiate open photographer of the year 2002/3
- MPA (North East England) wedding photographer of the year 2000/01
- MPA (North East England) portrait photographer of the year 2000/01
- MPA (North East England) fashion photographer of the year 2000/01
- Portrait and Alternative (creative) photographer of the year 2000/01
- B.I.P.P. British Institute of Professional Photography North East Fashion photographer of the year 2000/01