This FREE zoom event is presented by the FIAP Photo Academy Online Events invites you to a presentation Portraits of Resilience on Thursday 18 September 2025 at 7pm London Time. This presentation is by the Canadian Photographer Wayne Simpson who will speak with us about his insightful portrait images.
Many people wear a lifetime of experiences on their face, yet who that person is and what they have experienced often remains a mystery. In this talk, the audience will encounter a collection of portraits accompanied by individual stories of inspiration, tragedy and humanitarianism. The overall narrative is an emotional journey in which the audience will inevitably see pieces of themselves in the stories of some truly remarkable individuals.
With compassion and respect, Wayne Simpson has befriended individuals and discovered some truly remarkable people with profound stories we can all learn from. Intertwined with each story is the sub-narrative of the photographer learning who he is as each connection is forged.
Always compelling, and at times haunting, Wayne’s portraits keep storytelling at the forefront. The atmosphere and mood are often crafted with multiple studio lights on location. Many of Wayne’s portraits are graced with intricate details – adding additional layers of complexity to the portrait and in turn making each portrait a visual story on its own.
Wayne Simpson is an author and professional photographer based in Elora, ON Canada. Determined to tell meaningful stories through portraiture, Wayne prides himself on being true to his subjects as he combines art and compassion together as one.
Whether he is photographing a person or a place, Wayne’s ultimate goal is to create images that evoke emotion and a sense of mystery. As an educator, Simpson conducts portrait and landscape photography workshops throughout Canada. See more on Wayne’s website (click here)
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Dingwall National Exhibition 2025 - It's that time again!
Dingwall's Nation Exhibition 2025 is open for submitting your best images from Sat 19th July. Closing Date 28th September 2025.
Four sections - Open Colour, Monochrome, Landscape and Nature. The following link will take you to the submissions page (click here)
The Selectors for this years exhibition are - Andy Hayes ARPS EFIAP/g DPAGB PPSA, Chris Palmer FRPS EFIAP DPAGB APAGB and Keith Snell EFIAP MPSA LRPS BPE2
You can find out more about the history and details of the Dingwall National Exhibition by visiting the following webpage (click here)
Scottish photographers have done well in this competition in the past. We have shown a few of those gaining Awards in Dingwall 2024 below. You can view all of the Dingwall 2024 Results on their website (click here)
Congratulations to all of the SPF's FIAP Distinctions applicants who were successful in 2025. This gallery shows the portfolios of images that each applicant submitted to FIAP along with their completed paperwork to achieve their award. Scottish successes this year see a total of 4 AFIAP...
This gallery contains all of this year's 2025 SPF Annual Portfolios Individual Award Winners.
The lists of all of the 2025 Portfolio Acceptances along with the Final Club Placings and details of the Individual Award Winners can be downloaded from the SPF Portfolios area of this website...
We are a non-profitmaking network of almost 100 clubs and societies from Thurso in the north to Dumfries in the south and all areas in between. The sizes and involvement of each club within the SPF varies widely.
Founded in 1903, our remit is to promote the art and science of photography through interaction. To this end, the SPF Executive Committee organises a diary of events annually, mainly in the form of competitions and workshops, which our Clubs and their Members can participate in. The SPF also organises or co-ordinates entries to other events nationally or internationally on behalf of our members. We also maintain a mailing list and supply various services, including our e-newsletter the 'e-flash', and SPF Directory which contains all SPF Clubs and our SPF Judge’s & Lecturer’s list.
Through our SPF membership, comes affiliation of the PAGB. This gives access to the Club network throughout the whole of the UK. Through this affiliation comes other benefits including competitive Insurance arrangements for Camera Clubs, exclusive to the PAGB (Photographic Alliance of Great Britain) network, which you can take advantage of as an affiliated SPF club. In addition to this UK membership; as a member Club of the SPF, you and your members also automatically become members of FIAP (Federation Internationale de l'art Photographique) which is a worldwide organisation, currently based in Luxembourg.
