Philip Higgins BPE2

I have had a life long passion for photography,

born and raised in Birmingham during the mid 1950's.

Upon leaving school I entered into the electrical trade.

By the time I reached eighteen l was married and the

proud father of a beautiful baby girl, Sharon Jane.

It was at this time that photography for me really took flight.

In 1974 I moved to Telford, Shropshire with my family and in

1975 my son James Robert was born.

Shortly after I joined the newly formed Wrekin Arts Photographic Club.

And was also full filling duties as exhibition and competition secretary for the

Telford Photographic Society.

For many photographers, the new millennium not only brought forth the digital revolution, but high-speed Internet too, photography as we knew it would never be the same again.

It was around this time that I became acquainted with the many Internet photography websites that had sprung up, but it was with the Dapa Group, in 2004, that I finally settled. In 2008, after the group gained membership to the Midland Counties Photographic Federation (MCPF), I took up the post of group President and I am currently working towards a Photographic Alliance of Great Britain (PAGB) distinction. with the encouragement of John Powell and other members of the Dapa Group I attained my BPE2 distinction in 2011

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