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Michael Hallett FRPS - This is the Elusive Fellowship
Recently the Society elected 11 new Fellows. Fellowship Board
Chair Michael Hallett FRPS considers the impact and diversity 
of their work in the context of recent trends

Roger Reynolds HonFRPS - Here to help
Roger Reynolds HonFRPS, past president and member of the Distinctions Advisory Board, discusses the advice, guidance and feedback available to Distinction candidates throughout the process, from application to after the result has been received.

Michael Hallett FRPS - Pictures on pages
It's not a matter of whether the photobook will replace the shoebox as a method of storing and showing photographs, but when, says Michael Hallett FRPS, as he takes a look at how the new medium impacts on his own practice

Applied - The Road to Associateship
Steve Roberts ARPS discusses the route he took to gaining his Applied and Professional Associateship in May 2008, with a portfolio of monochrome photographs on abandoned Cornish mines

Visual Art - Cohesive and Consistent
John Chamberlin FRPS, Visual Art Panel Chair, looks at recent successful Fellowships by Steve Smith and Dianne Owen, as well as discussing the standards required in order to gain a Visual Art Associateship or Fellowship.

Contemporary - Focus
It is the ideas and meanings expressed in a body of work that make it contemporary, says Brian Steptoe FRPS, Contemporary Distinctions Panel member and past Chair, as he introduces the RPS Contemporary Group and its distinctions

Distinctions Advisory Board - Saying it as it is
Distinctions Advisory Board Chair Michael Hallett FRPS considers the impact of digital technologies on current and future practice, and the implications of this for The Society's Distinctions, as well as confronting the thorny issue of whether or not themed work is a requirement at Associate and Fellowship levels.

Research, Education and Application of Photography 
- Reaping the Benefit
Professor John Hannavy FRPS, Ex Chair of the Research, Education and Application of Photography Panel, explains why more members should consider applying for RPS Distinctions through non-practice-based routes

Travel - A sense of place
Travel Distinction Panel Chair Julian Comrie FRPS discusses what is required for success when submitting work for assessment in this category

Nature - On Nature
Tony Wharton FRPS, Nature Distinctions Panel Chair, looks at factors to consider when submitting work for Nature Associateship and Fellowships, using as examples submissions by Mike Middleton ARPS and Dickie Duckett FRPS

Audio Visual - Pictures that change
RPS Distinctions are an excellent way of providing to yourself and others that your work is valuable and highly prized, says RPS Audio Distinction Panel Chair Robert Albright FRPS, as he talks about the standards required for Distinctions in this category

Distinctions Advisory Board 
- A Fascination with Photography
Michael Hallett FRPS recently took over as Chair of The Society's Distinctions Advisory Board. Here, he explains its role, and offers some thoughts surrounding the distinctions process ( April 2008 )

Applied - Photography with purpose
The Applied Distinctions Panel looks at work in a whole range of genres, weddings,portraiture,medical,forensic,documentary,
Illustrative,architectural,commercial,sport,industrial,
stock and theatrical, the defining characteristic being
that the work should have a purpose and a definitive
end use. Panel Chair Nick Scott FRPS explains

Fellowship - The Elusive Fellowship
To produce photographic quality, you first have to recognise it.
Chair of the Fellowship Board, Michael Hallett FRPS, takes a long
at what that might mean.