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My principal hobby is photography and has been for many years. Despite my unwillingness to be an expert in anything<\/a>, I have been endeavoring to attain a photographic qualification: Associateship of the Royal Photographic Society [ARPS]. This has proved rather challenging – I wrote about my most recent lack of success [better words than \u201cfailure\u201d \ud83d\ude42] here<\/a>. I was wondering what to do next, when an idea was suggested to me \u2026<\/p>\n

Having failed to impress the ARPS assessors 3 times, I figured that there were about 3 ways forward:<\/p>\n

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  1. Give up. As someone put it: make a suitable hand-gesture to the RPS.<\/li>\n
  2. Try again with a modified or completely new set of images.<\/li>\n
  3. Do something different.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    (1) is not really my style. I was not keen on (2), as, having had 3 attempts, I was weary of the process. So, (3) seemed attractive.<\/p>\n

    There are various other, similar qualifications that I could endeavor to attain. A possibility, suggested by a well-respected photographic friend, was Associateship of the Irish equivalent or the RPS, the Irish Photographic Federation<\/a>. This has very similar entry requirements to the ARPS and is considered to be of much the same stature. So, I decided to give it a go.<\/p>\n

    Like the ARPS, I needed to submit a panel of 15 images with a \u201cstatement of intent\u201d. I decided to update my ARPS panel a little – taking into account the RPS feedback needed slight reworking of 2 images. This was fine, but I ran into a small problem. The RPS allow a panel to be displayed [as I recall] on 1, 2, 3 or 4 rows; so 15 images in 3 rows of 5 images works nicely. The IPF require the images in 2 rows – no more, no less. This needed a slight rethink.<\/p>\n

    I looked at my set of images with a view to making two, balanced rows, with some particular strength in the top row. I came up with this:<\/p>\n

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    I felt that this worked well and I even preferred it to my original 3-row format. It is is interesting that a problem\/challenge can yield an improved result. I decided to leave my Statement of Intent unchanged:<\/p>\n

    I enjoy the use of indirect imaging – silhouettes, shadows and reflections – particularly to depict a mood or an atmosphere. Reflections are the most expressive. The ubiquitous utilization of glass in modern cities means that reflections are many and varied. I have applied them to illustrate the vibrance and vitality – verging on chaos – of the urban environment, using a series of individual images with a common aspect ratio that depicts a sense of scale, and a presentation that complements the reflections.<\/em><\/p>\n

    It was my original intention to take my set of pictures to Ireland in person for the assessment session on 29 February and perhaps extend the trip to explore a part of the country that I had not previously visited. In the end, it proved too logistically challenging and rather expensive, so I packed up the pictures and shipped them. I heard that they had arrived safely and then nervously awaited the result \u2026<\/p>\n

    On the following Monday, I got a short email, which included the key information: “Your panel was successful on Saturday. Very well received by the assessors.\u201d Phew! I am now entitled to put the letters AIPF after my name. I am also entitled to apply for an ARPS without the inconvenience of having my work assessed. And I might just do that!<\/p>\n

    Otherwise, I guess the way forward is to apply for a Fellowship of one kind or another. That may take a while …<\/p>\n

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