Irene has enjoyed photography since she was a schoolgirl. A past member of Dundee PS, Shillington & DCC and Hitchin CC, Irene chose Wellington for her retirement especially so that she could join Wrekin Arts PC. An elected member of the London Salon since 1996, Irene holds EFIAP and MPAGB as well as the prestigious J S Lancaster Medal (HonPAGB) awarded for exceptional service to photography.

She has recently relinquished her FRPS by resigning from the RPS. Irene has exhibited widely as well as lecturing throughout Great Britain. Irene is mainly a landscape photographer but that ranges from the wide to the intimate detail and she is often tempted into other subjects simply by the weather conditions. Now restricted in her walking abilities due to illness she relies heavily on husband Gerry to get the car where she wants the picture!

Irene is still fired with enthusiasm and cannot imagine a life without photography. She enjoys sharing her knowledge to help others to achieve their capabilities. She is always on the look out for that creative imagination which takes a member into the higher reaches of photography and will always try to nurture it when she sees that spark of enthusiasm.

Visit Irene’s web site at www.irenefroy.com

John has been an active photographer for over 30 years. He gained the Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society in 1984 and the Fellowship the following year. Until December 2009 he was a member of the RPS. Travel Distinctions Panel and Chair of the Visual Art Panel. He is now a member of the Distinctions Advisory Board and the Fellowship Board. In 2008 he was awarded the Fenton Medal and Honorary Membership of the RPS. for services to the Society. As well as belonging to the London Salon, he is a member of Arena and the Zoological Photo Club; membership of each is by invitation.

His images have been exhibited extensively in Britain and in many countries around the world and he has also acted as a selector at countless national and international exhibitions. He was awarded the MFIAP in 2008.

His own photography, perhaps against current trends, is extremely wide ranging. He works in both monochrome and colour with his current images being captured digitally.

As well as pictorial and creative work and images taken on worldwide travels he is an extremely active nature photographer with a particular love for Africa, a continent he has visited over twenty times.

Rikki is a creative photographer and artist by profession. Over the past 30 years he has combined his artistic and photographic skills to produce award-winning images in monochrome, colour and more recently through digital techniques.

His photography is essentially images that try to evoke emotion with the viewer. Rikki’s personal approach to my photography aims to create a “painterly” quality and through vision and his artistic skills he has produced unique images that have won acclaim both nationally and internationally.

He has exhibited in major group exhibitions and more recently has had six, one-man exhibitions. Rikki’s artistic photographs have been published as illustrations in a national magazine.

Rikki is on the Roll of Honour of the Scottish Photographic Federation. As a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society he has served on the Visual Arts Associateship and Fellowship Panels for the past 9 years, and is also on the Printing Panel. He is a Fellow of the Irish Photographic Federation and a Master of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain and has also been elected as a member of the London salon.

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Born in Vollezele (Belgium) on August 9th 1935. Married, two children. Retired official of the Statistical Office of the European Union (Eurostat). Moved to Luxemburg in 1968 for professional reasons.

Started competition photography 1971, especially photo travel slides and monochrome prints. Became a member of the Photoclub Mamer in 1969 and president of that Camera club from 1984 to 2001. After he retired 1995 he became Director of the FIAP Patronage Service. PSA affiliation 1984, member of the IAC (International Affairs Committee) of PSA, Honorific Member of the Union Photographique Remoise (France), of the Center of Visual Art "BATANA" in Rovinj (Croatia), of the Fotoclub Buenos Aires (Argentina) and of the Fotoclub de Villa Alemana (Chile).

Author of lectures about the countries he visited with his wife, mainly in Asia as well as North and South America. Judge in almost 200 national and international salons.

Personal or collective exhibitions in Luxemburg, Belgium, France, Germany, Croatia, Serbia, China, Argentina, Chile, Vietnam and Spain.

Interested in all categories of still photography for over 30 years. In that time Des has documented Ireland and its people extensively with his award winning photography, and has lectured widely in Ireland , UK and further afield . Des still loves print making and is a Fotospeed lecturer. He currently sits on the IPF and RPS distinction panels. Des gained his MFIAP distinction in 2010 in environmental portraiture.

Judy has a lifelong interest in photography and currently one of Ireland’s leading photographers. She is a prolific photographer and multi award winner and is currently a Fotospeed lecturer. She is a member of the IPF and RPS distinctions panels. Judy loves people photography and her images show a unique style and creativity. Judy also loves looking at other photographers images.