Unsure of how many entries there were into the 2021 Pink Lady Food Photography Competition, 10,000 or some such, but only 800 of these were shortlisted.

Rather chuffed that two of my images made it to the shortlist. They didn’t, sadly, make it through to the finalist selection. I entered just four images this year, and neither of my Wine Produce images were selected! A travesty if you ask me ;-)

My two finalist images are the Iced Lemon Cake in the Marks & Spencer Food Portraiture section and a Triptych I put together from the Washing Line project in the Fujifilm Award for Innovation section.

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Iced Lemon Cake - Finalist Marks & Spencer Food Portraiture

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Washing Line Triptych - Finalist Fujifilm Award for Innovation

A bit of a flurry this week as I snap a few images for the Pink Lady Photography awards. The competition closes in a couple of days, hence the frantic activity. I’m trying for a couple of different categories this year in addition to the Errazuriz Wine Photographer.

I’ve also just received a stunning wine decanter that I would really like to use in an image but time is pressing so it might not make it to the studio table in time for an entry this year.

I note that the Pink Lady blog featured my entry from last year - it reached the finalist slot but was up against a mass of really strong and impressive images, The writer states

Here, Andrew Barrow has used such props to set a scene for his Wine and Cheese. Using cheese and grapes as well as flowers gives this image a still life feel. We know that the story is about the wine, but it draws us into a feel of how the wine is enjoyed.

‘In the same way that there are artists or there are artists, the same is true of photographers. A photograph can be an art form in its own right. It can deliver mood and pathos, and put across a message in an outrageously powerful manner. In short, it can showcase the very DNA of the brand.’

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I received some rather pleasing news yesterday afternoon. My Washing Line series of images, coalesced into a uniform panel, fell under the strict scrutiny of a highly talented and exacting group of RPS accessors. They concluded that the images were worthy of a Fellowship in the RPS, their highest level of distinctions, which was a highly welcome piece of news in these trying times. I am now a fellow of the RPS.

The hanging plan submitted is below. It has been modified somewhat over the weeks before it submission following feedback from the one-to-one advisory session, which if anyone is tempted to apply for an RPS distinction, is a highly recommended course of action.

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The hanging plan is shown above. Several of the images haven’t appeared on my social media channels, so I will release them over the coming days.

Delighted to have been placed third in my category last night at the Pink Lady awards, specifically in the Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - Produce section. The virus meant the usual event in London, which I love attending each year, didn’t go ahead and, sadly, the live sessions on Facebook and elsewhere seemed to suffer technical issues. But I was there in spirit.

The full gallery of winners is available to view on via https://www.pinkladyfoodphotographeroftheyear.com/finalists-gallery-2020/

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Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - Produce 3rd Place

Delighted that one of my submissions to the Pink lAdy Photography Competition has been shortlisted. The Wine and Cheese image below is listed in the Errazuriz Wine Photographer of the Year - Produce category. The winning images will be announced at the virtual awards ceremony on Tuesday 28 April.

Funny really that this image was entered just to fill the available spaces per entry; I personally don’t think it was the strongest image submitted but still delighted to have made the finalists.

Cheese and Wine Old Masters Style