Ben Kirby Photography Administrator

As some people may know, I have mainly concentrated on wildlife photography for a number of years. Since 2023, I have started to venture into other subjects of photography and have suprised myself with what I have achieved. I decided to enter one of my photos I took in London, […]

Maidstone LitFest is the ultimate destination for anyone who loves books, words and ideas. For the last two years (2023 and 2024) we were asked to help take photos of the event, held in various Maidstone locations. The gallery pages, on their website, give you the opportunity to see some […]

Last year, 2024, I entered one of my Waxwing photos into my local camera club competition. It has now been selected to represent my local camera club, in a camera club competition battle, along with several other members photos and prints. What will the judge score my image….. Well it […]

I had some success in my local camera club PDI competition on 18th February 2025. The judge awarded my Springer Spaniel Catches Ball photo 19 out of 20 and 2nd Place.

Back in 2024, I set myself a challenge to complete the 365 (366 as it was a leap year) challenge. This involved taking a photo each day. I am happy to report that I managed to complete it, and you can view all my photos, from the challenge, on my […]

Maidstone Camera Club are holding the first of their Exhibitions for 2024. Entry is free and they will have 100+ prints on view. Members of the public are welcome to come, view the prints and vote for their favourite. There will be members of Maidstone Camera Club at the exhibition, […]

In my earlier blog (Branching out into different photography subjects & moving forward), I mentioned I was invited to go along and help take photos of the Walk for Parkinson’s Mote Park event. Parkinson’s UK are a charity that are working to help people affected, raise money for research and […]

After another fantastic club season, I thought I would have taken a look back through the PDI images I entered this season. Below are the images I entered into club competitions this year:

For many years, I have always been a wildlife photographer, but since July 2023 and thanks to friends from my local camera club, I have started to “branch out” into different subjects of photography. My number one passion will always be Wildlife, however it is nice to try taking other […]

My photos, Female Kingfisher With Catch & London Scenery – Night Time were selected to be entered into my local camera club battle competition called the Marley Medallion. This is a competition that sees four camera clubs enter 8 PDIs (Projected Digital Image) and 8 Prints. Each entry is scored […]