Search continues for top young photographers

THE deadline to find the area’s best young photographers has been extended until the end of the year.

The Inverness Courier and Inverness Camera Club – which are both celebrating milestone anniversaries – have joined forces to launch a photographic competition.

Aimed at eight to 26-year-olds, entrants are asked to submit an image depicting the theme, Inverness Past and Present.

The winners will have their work published in the Courier and receive a voucher and framed print of their entry.

The competition marks the 200th anniversary of the Courier while the camera club is celebrating its 70th anniversary.

As part of its celebrations, the club is displaying members’ past images at Eden Court Theatre in Inverness. They will be on show on the Flow Photofest Wall until January 5.

But the club is also keen to encourage young photographers to show off their work.

Digital entries for the young photographers’ competition will be accepted in the four age categories – eight to 10 years, 11 to 14, 15 to 18 and 19 to 26.

Just one entry per person will be allowed, although two images per entry will be accepted.

The judging panel will include Owen Cochrane, president of the camera club; Matt Sillars, a lecturer in photography at Inverness College UHI; Culloden Academy teacher Jen Hay; and Philip Murray, news editor with Scottish Provincial Press, which publishes the Courier.

The four winning entries in each category plus a selection of other images will be exhibited at the Upstairs Gallery in the offices of HRI Munro Architecture in Academy Street.

Entries should be sent as a jpeg to YOYP@invernesscameraclub.co.uk by December 31.