PAGB        Photographic Alliance of Great Britain.

APAGB      Award for Meritorious Service to Member Societies of a Federation

                of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. Name placed on a

                Roll of Honour.

CPAGB     Consideration of 10 prints or projected images considered to be

                Good Club Photography – awarded “Credit” PAGB.

DPAGB     Consideration of 15 prints or projected images considered to be

                of Open Exhibition Standard – awarded “Distinction” PAGB.

MPAGB     Consideration of 20 prints or projected images and the standard

                Is the Highest Standard of UK Amateur Photography – awarded

               “Master” PAGB.

Credit, Distinction and Master are also awarded for Audio Visual (AV) presentations – example – DPAGB AV.

RPS          Royal Photographic Society.

LRPS        Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society.

ARPS        Associate of the Royal Photographic Society.

FRPS        Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society.

BPE          British Photographic Exhibitions.

MCPF        Midland Counties Photographic Federation.

                 The MCPF makes an award for Meritorious Service and places the

                 recipient’s name on a Roll of Honour.

FIAP          International Federation of Photographic Art.

ESFIAP      Excellence for services rendered to photography.

HonEFIAP  Honorary Excellence for services rendered to photography.

AFIAP        Artist FIAP.

EFIAP        Excellence FIAP.

EFIAP/b     EFIAP Bronze.

EFIAP/s     EFIAP Silver.

EFIAP/g     EFIAP Gold.

EFIAP/p     EFIAP Platinum.

MFIAP       Master Photographer FIAP.

               (N.B. In order to enter for EFIAP/g you must have had 300 acceptances in FIAP approved exhibitions with at least 100 different works

25% of which should have been gained outside the UK)

Just think of our exhibition as the first step on the long ladder to success