NUPG announce 2019 splash-in and print competition winners

Published 6 years agoon August 26, 2019

The August meeting of the Northern Underwater Photography Group (NUPG) saw members judging both the splash-in competition images and the annual print competition.

Splash-In

The Splash-In saw competitors head to North Wales, where they strived to get the best shots in the condition on the day. Most members headed for the old favourite site of Trefor Pier, and even though the pier no longer stands, the winning shots all came from this excellent dive site. The splash-in has 3 categories: Close Up, Wide-Angle and Newcomer and then an overall winner is selected from the 3 category winners. Each category has a sponsor and the winner gets to take away a trophy. The results are as follows:

Wide Angle

Print Competition

The NUPG print competition always has a great display of images from the UK and around the world. Members compete in four categories: UK Macro, UK Wide-Angle, Overseas Macro & Overseas Wide-Angle. This year saw a very unusual clean sweep by John Spencer – who now has to decide what to do with his four Shark Trust sponsorships! The voting was tight in each category. The winners and runners up are as follows:

UK Macro

Winner: John Spencer

Runners-Up – both by Yo-Han Cha

UK Wide-Angle

Winner: John Spencer

Runner-Up: Nick Robertson-Brown

Runner-Up: Yo-Han Cha

Overseas Macro

Winner: John Spencer

Runner-Up: Caroline Robertson-Brown

Runner-Up: Glynn Phillips

Overseas Wide-Angle

Winner: John Spencer

Runner-up: Caroline Robertson-Brown

Joint 3rd: Nick Robertson-Brown

Joint 3rd: Caroline Robertson-Brown

For more information about the NUPG please visit their website by clicking here.

Nick and Caroline Robertson-Brown

Nick and Caroline (Frogfish Photography) are a married couple of conservation driven underwater photo-journalists and authors. Both have honours degrees from Manchester University, in Environmental Biology and Biology respectively, with Nick being a Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society, a former high school science teacher with a DipEd in Teaching Studies. Caroline has an MSc in Animal Behaviour specializing in Caribbean Ecology. They are multiple award-winning photographers and along with 4 published books, feature regularly in the diving, wildlife and international press They are the Underwater Photography and Deputy Editors at Scubaverse and Dive Travel Adventures. Winners of the Caribbean Tourism Organization Photo-journalist of the Year for a feature on Shark Diving in The Bahamas, and they have been placed in every year they have entered. Nick and Caroline regularly use their free time to visit schools, both in the UK and on their travels, to discuss the important issues of marine conservation, sharks and plastic pollution. They are ambassadors for Sharks4Kids and founders of SeaStraw. They are Dive Ambassadors for The Islands of The Bahamas and are supported by Mares, Paralenz, Nauticam and Olympus. To find out more visit www.frogfishphotography.com