Elland photographer receives national acclaim - bucking the trend for the wedding industry

Elland photographer, Lisa Kershaw of Drawn by Light Photography has gained international recognition by winning a significant award with the Guild of Professional Photographers.
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Lisa Kershaw

The Guild is the highly regarded national photographic body whose members are dedicated to enhancing their skills in the art, craft and profession of photography.

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It runs an Image of the Month Competition, and received over 16,000 entries during 2020, from photographers in the UK and overseas.

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Each image is scored, and the scores from the year are then totalled to determine who wins one of the Guild's Top 10 Photographer awards.

Lisa was honoured to become a Top 10 Photographer of the Year in the Wedding Photography genre - a remarkable achievement when you consider the number and standard of the entries as well as the challenges that 2020 presented for the wedding industry.

On hearing the news Lisa said: “I am delighted to be recognised in the Top 10 wedding photographers. It has been an incredibly tough year for the wedding industry, so to be able to showcase my work and continue to challenge myself creatively has wonderful. Thank you to be lovely wedding couples who have continued to work with me”.

The images entered into the wedding category have all been taken during couples wedding days.

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Lisa has also been granted membership of the 'Photographers Bar’.

Membership of the 'Photographers Bar' is a unique distinction awarded to those photographers who have successfully had images assessed by the Guild of Photographers over the course of a year and have attained a score that evidences an exceptional level of professional skill and consistency throughout that a full year.

Lisa’s Awards were presented to her at the Guild's Awards night on Saturday night, which for the first time ever was held remotely and streamed live.

Steve Thirsk (Director of the Guild) said: "I amboth proud and delighted that Lisa has achieved this recognition after 12 months of submitting the highest quality images.

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"The Guild has very demanding standards when judging photographic competitions. The judging is undertaken by a panel of internationally recognised experts from a variety of photographic backgrounds, so Lisa quite rightly should be delighted with their extraordinary achievement. It illustrates her commitment, skill and consistency. Lisa should be very proud of what they has achieved"