21st May 2013 - I was interviewed by "Photo Professional" recently for a feature on Fine Art photography that they are running in the June issue of the magazine. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianbramham/8764540658/

5th February 2013 - I had an email from Sony to let me know that one of my photos from Iceland has been commended in this years 'Sony World Photography Awards'.
"I am delighted to announce that your image has been commended in the top 50 images in the Travel Category in the Open Competition of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.
Your work has been selected from 54,851 images entered from 170 countries. This is an incredible achievement." http://worldphoto.org/images/image-gallery/16128/?FromImageGalleryCategoryID=85&page=2

8th January 2013 - I was surprised but delighted to hear a few days ago that my photoblog at Aminus3 has been voted as one of the 20 most outstanding photoblogs in the world for 2012 by the 'Cool Photoblogs' community. My sincere thanks to all of you who voted - it was very kind of you! http://photoblogawards.com/2012/

29th October 2012 - I heard recently that 3 of my 5 shortlisted photos "have been Commended by the judges and have won a place in the Awards book. In addition, one (Southport) will appear as a print & the other two as part of a slideshow projection at the National Theatre exhibition."
The 3 photos are these ones:
1 - Power Station at Dusk
2 - Urbis, Manchester
3 - Southport Pier http://www.amazon.co.uk/Landscape-Photographer-Year-Collection-Aa/dp/0749573651

3rd October 2012 - The biggest landscape photography competition in the UK is run by the famous photographer Charlie Waite and is called "Take A View"

I entered it for the first time this year and was delighted to hear that I've had five of my photos shortlisted:

1 - Power Station at Dusk
2 - Cottam Power Station
3 - Urbis, Manchester
4 - Storm Warning
5 - Southport Pier http://www.take-a-view.co.uk/

There's a great new mobile app from NuffnangX that helps you find, follow and communicate with blogs the world over. My photoblog at ianbramham.aminus3.com was chosen to be one of the first Photography blogs on the app.
You can download the NuffnangX app for free from their website here: http://www.nuffnangx.com/

I had an email from Nikon back in June to let me know that one of my photos had been selected for an exhibition of photographs at the prestigious Getty Images Gallery, Eastcastle Street which is in central London.

"The highly esteemed Getty Images gallery, based in the heart of London’s West End, is to host an exhibition showcasing the best in Nikon ‘In-frame’ photographic talent from the past year. Having supplied Getty with hundreds of entries to choose from, we are delighted to inform you that your image has been hand-selected by the gallery to feature in the exhibition which will run from 10th September – 6th October 2012 – congratulations!" http://www.gettyimagesgallery.com/exhibitions/archive/nikon-in-frame.aspx

Sept 2012 - It was an honour to have a double page article about my fine art photographs of industry published in the August 2012 edition of the glossy UK photography magazine "Practical Photography". http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2012-07-10.html

June 2012 - I was lucky enough to get one of the 4 runner-up prizes again in the landscape category of this year's 'Photographer of the Year' run by UK magazines Practical Photography and Digital Photo. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianbramham/7400965032/in/photostream

November 2011 - 'Shadows & Light' is my first book. It includes 74 of my photos and has an introduction by Andrew James, the Editor-in-chief of Practical Photography magazine.

It is being sold as a signed limited edition of 100 copies and each book includes in the price a limited edition signed print of your choice of one of the photos in the book.

You can order a copy from this link: http://www.ianbramham.com/photo_8780468.html

November 2011 - Another two of my photos were shortlisted in the final rounds 5 and 6 of this years 'Photographer of the Year' competition organised by the UK magazines 'Practical Photography' and 'Digital Photo'. http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2011-11-10.html

November 2011 - One of my tree photos was runner-up in a photo competition organised by Manchester Museum and has been selected for a professionally curated exhibition that will tour NW England in 2012. http://www.ianbramham.com/photo_4828505.html

September 2011 - I've now started a blog section to this website. http://www.ianbramham.com/section536519.html

June 2011 - One of my photos taken on the beach at sunset in Blackpool was shortlisted by Digital Photo and Practical Photography magazines for the landscape round of their 2011 'Photographer of the Year' competition.

This is the landscape competition that I won last year so to get shorlisted again this year was a big thrill. http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2011-06-22.html

November 2010 - One of my b&w photos of the Perch Rock Lighthouse won Nikon's 'In-Frame' competition. http://www.flickr.com/photos/ianbramham/5264764118/

April 2010 - I was delighted when one of my B&W power station photos won the landscape category of Practical Photography and Digital Photo magazines 2010 "Photographer of the Year" competition!

Nikon were the main sponsors of the competition and the very generous prize meant that I am now using a full frame Nikon D700 camera. http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2010-04-23.html

February 2010 - My photo of the bridge that links the Île de Ré with la Rochelle in France was featured as a double page spread in Practical Photography magazine. http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2010-02-25.html

December 2009 - Chandos Records have chosen one of my photos of the lighthouse at the entrance to the River Mersey to illustrate the cover of a new classical music CD that they have brought out. http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2009-12-18.html

October 2009 - One of my photos won first prize in the adult section of Liverpool Anglican cathedral's inaugral photography competition. Here's a link to the photo: http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2009-10-30.html

Wildcat Marine's new website featuring the photographs that they commissioned from me in April 2009. http://wildcat-marine.com/

March 2009 - I was one of 10 prize winners of the 2009 "Capture Manchester" competition. My winning photograph was on exhibit for three weeks at the professionally curated Cube gallery in Manchester. http://ianbramham.aminus3.com/image/2009-03-27.html