NAVY NEWS, AUGUST 2010
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ABOVE the image of the GR9 Harrier taking off from Ark Royal’s flightdeck dominates, and won the RN Maritime Fixed Wing Award for the ship’s LA(Phot) Jonathan Hamlet, whose efforts also netted him the Digital Award for deft use of digital enhancement to bring to life in ‘The green light’ an image of a Harrier preparing to take off.
rounds won the Award for Best Sports Image for PO(Phot) Tam Macdonald; and the relaxed shot of people sharing a joke was one of three that gave LA(Phot) Claire Jones the RN Student Award. To the left we have the Navy News Award;
The Naval boxer getting a pep-talk between
given to PO(Phot) Dave Husbands for this picture of Military Cross winner MA Kate Nesbitt in Afghanistan.
For us this summed up so much of the vital work of the RN Photographic branch; to have captured the moment just after the thick of action as Kate recovers, blood still on her cheek, and surrounded by the men of Charlie Company, 1 Rifles.
RN Video Rushes Award went to PO(Phot) Mez Merrill for the short production of rushes to tell a story. While seasoned Peregrine winner PO(Phot) Sean Clee received the Royal Navy Video Award.
And on a similar newsgathering theme the
NOW to the Open Category Award won by HMS Ocean’s LA(Phot) Bernie Henesy for the best single image that portrays individualism and artistic achievement for his picture taken during last year’s Taurus deployment; and for making us smile.
And finally to the winning unit of the Commandant General Royal Marines Prize for a portfolio of three prints on all matters green beret – Royal Marines Poole. The image featured right by LA(Phot) Hamish Burke is of a Royal Marine RIB underslung from a Chinook helicopter.
Picture perfect
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