Awards and Shortlists
Digital Photographer Magazine Macro Photo Contest, 2023 - 'Macro Detail' - Commended - 'Bubble Caterpillar'
Amateur Photographer of the Year Competition (APOY) 2023 - 'Macro' - Shortlist - 'Bubble Caterpillar'
Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY), 2023 - Round 3 'Spring' - Shortlist - 'Anemone'
PGPA Image of the Month Competition (Professional Garden Photographers' Association), December 2022 - 2nd Place - 'Frozen Soap Bubble on Rose Branch'
Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY 04), 2022 - Manmade - Shortlist - 'Soap and Water'
Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY 04), 2022 - Insects - Shortlist - 'Diving Beetle'
International Photography Awards (IPA), 2022 - Fine Art, Still Life Non-Professional - Honorable Mention - 'Camellia'
International Photography Awards (IPA) One Shot / Color Photo Contest, 2022 - Fine Art Official Selection - 'Japanese Camellia Blooms'
International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition 15, 2021 - Macro Art Highly Commended - 'Korean Fir Cone'
Tales from the Riverbank Photography Competition, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, 2021 - Community Choice Category - First Prize - 'Brown Trout at Bere Mill'
Heritage Open Days Photography Competition, National Trust, 2019 - First Prize - 'Propeller Testing Rig'
APOY 2023 macro - shortlist
CJPOTY 2023 - Spring - shortlist
PGPA Image of the Month December 2022
cupoty 04 - insects - shortlist
cupoty 04 - manmade - shortlist
ipa 2022 - fine art, still life
ipa 2022 - fine art, still life
ipa 2022 - one shot photo contest - color
ipa awards one shot photo contest - color 2022
IGPOTY 2021
IGPOTY 2021
Heritage Open Days Photography competition 2019
Awards with AFFCC Camera Club
2022-23 Season - The Donnington Trophy - Championship PDI League
2022-23 Season - Colour Challenge Cup - CupWinners PDI League
2022-23 Season - The Camera Sound Cup - Championship Print League
2022-23 Season - The Ash Cup - Championship Best Print
Yateley Camera Club 8x8x6 Competition, 2023 - Winners - Print panel competition for 8 pictures from 8 members of 6 clubs - AFFCC entered 8 images, including my 'Soap Bubble Abstract' image
2021-22 Season - AFFCC Chairman's Award
Yateley Camera Club 8x8x5 Competition, 2022 - Winners - Print panel competition for 8 pictures from 8 members of 5 clubs - AFFCC entered 8 images, including my 'Camellia' image
Exhibitions
15/07/2023 - Group exhibition by Aldershot, Farnham and Fleet Camera Club (AFFCC) members, including 4 of my images, Dogmersfield, Winchfield and Crookham Village Horticultural Society 69th Flower Show and Fête, Dogmersfield, UK.
13/05/2023-14/05/2023 - Panel exhibition with other 7 AFFCC members at the Yateley Camera Club Annual Photographic Exhibition 2023, including one of my images, Yateley School, Yateley, UK.
From 12/05/2023 - Online group gallery with images captured by SheClicks members for the April 2023 challenge, theme ‘A for April’, including 1 of my images.
26/11/2022- 10/11/2022 - Group exhibition by AFFCC members, including 3 of my images, Hart Shopping Centre, Fleet, UK.
07/07/2022- 22/07/2022 - Group exhibition by AFFCC members, including 3 of my images, Hart Shopping Centre, Fleet, UK.
02/07/2022 - Group exhibition with other 7 AFFCC members, including 1 of my images, The Bourne Show, Bourne Recreation Ground, Farnham, UK.
14/06/2022- 06/07/2022 - Group exhibition of Fleet's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations by AFFCC members, including several of my images (see Event Photography Gallery), Hart Shopping Centre, Fleet, UK.
21/05/2022-22/05/2022 - Panel exhibition with other 7 Aldershot, Farnham and Fleet Camera Club (AFFCC) members at the Yateley Camera Club Annual Photographic Exhibition, including one of my images, Eversley Village Hall, Eversley, UK.
05/04/2022- 12/06/2022 - 'Wild Foxgloves' exhibited as part of the 'Watching Narrowly' Photography Exhibition at Gilbert White House & Gardens, Selborne, UK.
12/01/2022-29/04/2022 - 'Brown Trout at Bere Mill' exhibited at various community venues in Hampshire, UK, as part of the 'Tales from the Riverbank' Photography Competition touring exhibition.
Hart Shopping Centre Group Exhibition
Hart Shopping Centre Group Exhibition
Watching Narrowly Group Exhibition
Publications
Halsey, M. Moth Activity in the Reserve. Fleet Pond Society Summer Newsletter. 08/2023; Issue 183:8. Featuring one of my images of the Six-belted Clearwing moth.
Halsey, M. Moth Activity in the Reserve. Fleet Pond Society Autumn Newsletter. 11/2022; Issue 180:6. Featuring two of my images of moths: Red Underwing and Blue Underwing.
Halsey, M. Moth Activity in the Reserve. Fleet Pond Society Summer Newsletter. 08/2022; Issue 179:6. Featuring several of my images of moths: Mottled Umber, Scarce Prominent, White-barred Clearwing and Dotted Fan-foot.
Mabin, M. and Bailey, H. Fleet and Crookham Platinum Jubilee Souvenir Programme: Celebrating 70 years of local and national history during the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2022, Ingram Spark, 2022. The book features 6 of my images from the Fleet Platinum Jubilee celebrations: Thursday 2nd June (Beacon Lighting and Firework images); Friday 3rd June (County Tractors).
International Garden Photographer of the Year Collection 15, published 03/06/2022. My image 'Korean Fir Cone' features in this collectible hardback.
Fleet Jazz Club, Simon Allen & Alan Skidmore. Available at: https://fleetjazz.wordpress.com/june-2022-simon-allen-alan-skidmore/ (published: 06/07/2022). Several of my images from Fleet Jazz Club's concert on 21st June 2022, as part of the Aldershot, Farnham and Fleet Camera Club (AFFCC).
Press
Round & About Magazine - Fleet/Church Crookham, 07/2023, 'In the Frame' - Page 28 - 1-page featuring images by the Aldershot, Farnham and Fleet Camera Club (AFFCC) of Fleet's Coronation Celebrations, including 2 of my images.
Fleet & Yateley News & Mail, 10/05/2023, 'Happy and glorious' - 1-page featuring images by AFFCC of Fleet's Coronation Celebrations, including 3 of my images.
Summer of Change. Town Talk: The newsletter from Fleet Town Council, 10/2022, Page 1 - One of my images of the Seven Decades of Motoring Procession, part of the Platinum Jubilee's Events.
Farnham Herald, 30/06/2022, 'What a day! A carnival party fit for a Queen!' - 20-page Farnham Carnival 2022 supplement containing images by AFFCC, including 6 of my images.
Vivre de la Photo, 22/08/2021, 'Les plus belles photos macro des International Garden Photographer of the Year'.
Photonerd, 13/08/2021, 'I vincitori di Macro Art Competition 15 sono stati annunciati, scopriamoli assieme'.
itechnews, 12/08/2021, 'International Garden Photographer of the Year Macro Art 15 Competition Winners'.
Farnham Herald, 28/03/2019, 'Aldershot, Farnham & Fleet Camera Club' - commentary on my flower macro photography.
Farnham Carnival 2022
Farnham Carnival 2022
Farnham Carnival 2022
Farnham Carnival 2022
Farnham Carnival 2022
Fleet & Yateley News & Mail; Round & About Magazine
Fleet & Yateley News & Mail
Fleet & Yateley News & Mail
Round & About Magazine
Community Projects
12/12/2022-10/04/2023 - Partnership between Autism Friendly Fleet (AFF) charity and Aldershot, Farnham and Fleet Camera Club (AFFCC) to help local autistic people create a Photography Exhibition for World Autism Acceptance Week 2023. The exhibition was set up from 27th March to 10th April 2023 at the Hart Shopping Centre, Fleet, UK.
29/07/2022-22/08/2022 - Collaboration between Bourley Grange Care Home and Aldershot, Farnham and Fleet Camera Club (AFFCC) to help the Care Home Residents create a Photography Exhibition for World Photography Day 2022. The exhibition was set up from 19th – 22nd August at the care home in Church Crookham, UK.
01/2022-ongoing - I volunteer as a photographer for the moth survey at Fleet Pond (Fleet, UK), organised by the Fleet Pond Society.
05/2023-ongoing - I volunteer with the Window-winged Caddis Fly (Hagenella clathrata) survery organised by The Species Recovery Trust Charity .