The focus is on five members of Bridport Camera Club who have been praised for their skills.

Despite the difficulties and uncertainties of the past two years, the members have worked hard to achieve photographic distinctions, the club said.

Though physical meetings are currently not possible, the club continues to thrive and at a recent meeting were treated to an evening of online presentations from club members Andy Webber, Cathy Warne, Oran Balazs and Carol Tritton who were all awarded the Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society (LRPS) during 2021.

For the LRPS, applicants must demonstrate camera skills, visual awareness and communication in a panel of 10 images that work well as a whole.

A spokesman said: "Andy, Cathy, Oran and Carol talked through their respective experiences, explaining their thought process in selecting images, the support they got from fellow photographers and advisers and how their submission was received by the assessors at the RPS. The four all approached their journeys from a different perspective so their combined story showed club members how rewarding and effective it can be to make groups of pictures that work together or tell a story, as an alternative to focussing on separate single images."

In November 2020, Alison Webber was awarded the highest RPS distinction, the Fellowship, or FRPS. The spokesman said: "This was a remarkable achievement as she attained all three levels, the Licentiate, Associateship and Fellowship in just over three years. The Fellowship requires a distinctive and cohesive body of work showing the highest technical ability.

"Whilst Alison was collecting ideas for her Fellowship panel she was also undergoing an assessment for autism, and the diagnosis she received ended up having a direct influence on her work. The fifteen images in her final panel highlight something called ‘heightened visual awareness’, an idiosyncrasy she possesses as a result of her autism.

"Alison’s diagnosis has also acted as a springboard for other projects. Passionate about autism and photography and the ways they can have a positive influence on each other, Alison now runs ‘Photography and Autism’ workshops for small groups of autistic adults. She has also recently taken on a voluntary role as ‘Spotlight’ editor at the RPS, the aim of which is to showcase and give voice to photographic stories from all sectors of society."