This year I decided to start entering the Guild of Photographers 'Image of the Month' competition. I didn't enter every month, but I tried to enter most months throughout the year with a mixture of wedding and people photography, almost exclusively from client shoots. I blogged about a few as I went along but decided to put all the ones from the year together in one post. These are mostly Bronze Awards, and I'm very encouraged to have consistently produced work of a good professional standard across the year, from weddings, family shoots, engagement shoots, events, commercial and even pets. Looking forward to continuing my professional development by working towards 'Qualified' status with the Guild in 2014.

My Silver Bar winning image - shot during a live gig with a fab band called 'The Blues Collective'. This image was also printed and part of an exhibition at Belfast City Hospital.

And my Bronze Bar winning images from 2013...

Many thanks to all my wonderful clients over the past year. Looking forward to 2014! x