RSPCA YOUNG PHOTOGRAPHER AWARDS 2008

A national photography competition for under 19s.

The judges

Your picture needs to stop our judges in their tracks - here’s who you need to impress. 

 

Matt Baker

Matt used to be a presenter on Blue Peter but is currently presenting the BBC's countryfile series. Matt was born in Durham where he grew up in the Dales on his family's sheep farm. His love of the countryside and animals made him the natural choice for fronting such shows as One Man and His Dog, Summer Countryfile Diaries, Animal Rescue Live and Animal Rescue Squad for Five. Matt was really impressed with the entries to YPA08 and can't wait to get judging this year's entries!

 

Danny Green

Is a professional photographer based in Leicestershire and specialises in photographing the native speciesfound in the UK. In 2007 he was the overall winner in the International Wild bird Photographer of the Year competition. He has also been successful in the Shell Wildlife Photographer of the Year competition winning the Category Urban and Garden Wildlife in 2007 and in 2005 was highly commended in the Animal Portrait category. This is his first year as a YPA judge and is looking forward to the challenge. To   see some of Danny's photos visit his website www.dannygreenphotography.com

Andrew Forsyth

RSPCA chief photographer Andrew spends his spare time photographing wildlife and was highly commended in the Wanderlust Travel Photo of the Year 2008 for his amazing pictures of temple monkeys in India. He receives hundreds of pictures from photographers every week and knows a great picture when he sees one. You can see some of his pictures on his website www.thewildlifephotographer.co.uk

 

Mark Thackara

Mark is the general marketing manager at Olympus. Mark has helped with the RSPCA Young Photographer Awards for a number of years and is looking forward to seeing the entries for YPA 2009!

 

 

Sarah Evans 

Sarah is editor of the best animal magazine around – Animal Action! She has two cats – Poppy and Coco – and is looking for a photo that will make a real impact as a poster in Animal Action. 

 

 

Philip Warner

Philip is managing director of magazine printing company Warners Midland plc, which is jointly sponsoring YPA 09. 

 

  

Henry Macaulay

Every picture tells a story and Henry, who is head of press and media at the RSPCA, will be looking for the story behind yours. 

 

Louise Stevens

Louise is head of publications and brand at the RSPCA and has a special interest in the Pet personalities category as she is the proud owner of two huge personalities - cats Max and Billie.