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Inspiring and Supporting Photographers of Australian Birds

  • Straw-necked Ibis (Image ID 29258)

    Straw-necked Ibis.   Photographer: Bill Harding

  • Brown Treecreeper (Image ID 29820)

    Brown Treecreeper.   Photographer: Emmy Silvius

  • Variegated Fairy-wren complex (Image ID 33027)

    Variegated Fairy-wren complex.   Photographer: Richard Smart

  • Australian Wood Duck (Image ID 22525)

    Australian Wood Duck.   Photographer: Con Boekel

  • Red-capped Plover (Image ID 19448)

    Red-capped Plover.   Photographer: Mark Lethlean

The BirdLife Photography Committee offers a series of awards for various levels of Member engagement, see below for details.

As a member of BirdLife Photography you will have the opportunity to participate in our Awards. 

Note: Winners in all categories, not including competitions, will be announced in February/March of the following year.

 

BirdLife Photography Member of the Year

The most prestigious award is Birdlife Photography Member of the Year.  This award is at the discretion of the Committee and will be presented to a BirdLife Photography financial member who demonstrates a high level of effective activity for the benefit of members which could include:

  • contributes high quality images to the image galleries through the website during the calendar year,
  • consistently demonstrates behaviour reflective of BLP’s vision and mission
  • participates and/or encourages others to participate in the Current Competitions organised during the calendar year,
  • actively contributes to a range of BirdLife Photography activities, events, projects or resources that benefit our members (as determined by the Committee).

The award will consist of a quality sliced crystal cylinder with a frosted white-on-crystal BLP logo and laser inscription, in a velvet presentation case.  A photograph of the winning Member and short biography will be incorporated as a permanent record on this website.

 

Best Competition Photographers of the Year

Awards will also be presented to the Best Competition Photographers of the Year, for each competition level - Entry, Intermediate, and Advanced.  Winners will be announced in December.

The overall winner for each competition level will be determined by the total number of points accrued during the year, summed across all Current Competitions and for each level of competition.  Points will accrue from both Member voting and Mystery Reviewer selections.  For Member voting: Winner = 4 points, Highly Commended = 3 points and Commended = 2 points.  For Mystery Reviewer selections: Winner = 5 points, Highly Commended = 4 points, Commended = 3 points, and Special Mention = 2 points.  In addition, each entrant in a competition will receive 1 point.

As the Best Competition Photographer of the Year is chosen by the membership from anonymous photo entries, these awards will be open to members of the BirdLife Photography Committee.  The Committee members may not, however, participate in any other award.

These awards will consist of a BirdLife Photography custom designed 50 mm coin-style medal, presented in a blue velvet case.

BLP Medals

 

Best Photograph of the Year

The winning image will be chosen by member voting from a shortlist of images selected by a panel of image moderators and committee members; images taken by any panel member are ineligible for this award.  

The winner will receive a BirdLife Photography custom designed 50 mm gold finish coin-style medal, presented in a blue velvet case. 

 In addition the award will also include a parchment style certificate accompanied by a Newsletter article exhibiting the Member’s winning image

 

Birdlife Photography Encouragement award 

The BLP Encouragement award will be awarded to a member who shows a high level of improvement in the quality of photos submitted during the year in the Entry or the Intermediate level.  This award will be made by the Committee, taking into account the recommendation of the Competition Coordinator.

The award(s) will consist of a parchment style certificate accompanied by a Newsletter article exhibiting a selection of the Member’s images.

 

 

 

 

CONTACT US

The easiest way to contact us is by emailing us at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

The Our People page, in the About Us section, contains email links to each of the committee members.