Abbreviations
ABCD, EFGH, IJKL, MNOP......What do all those letters mean?
During the last year a new member asked me what do all those letters mean.
When they are in the order shown above it is easy but mix them all up and newcomers to photography are rightly puzzled. I’ve listed a few but there may be others.
During the last year a new member asked me what do all those letters mean.
When they are in the order shown above it is easy but mix them all up and newcomers to photography are rightly puzzled. I’ve listed a few but there may be others.
PAGB
APAGB CPAGB DPAGB MPAGB RPS BPE MCPF FIAP ESFIAP HonEFIAP AFIAP EFIAP EFIAP/b EFIAP/s EFIAP/g EFIAP/p MFIAP |
Photographic Alliance of Great Britain.
Award for Meritorious Service to Member Societies of a Federation of the Photographic Alliance of Great Britain. Name placed on a Roll of Honour. Consideration of 10 prints or projected images considered to be Good Club Photography – awarded “Credit” PAGB. Consideration of 15 prints or projected images considered to be of Open Exhibition Standard – awarded “Distinction” PAGB. Consideration of 20 prints or projected images and the standard Is the Highest Standard of UK Amateur Photography – awarded “Master” PAGB. Credit, Distinction and Master are also awarded for Audio Visual (AV) presentations – example – DPAGB AV. Royal Photographic Society. LRPS. Licentiate of the Royal Photographic Society. ARPS. Associate of the Royal Photographic Society. FRPS. Fellow of the Royal Photographic Society. British Photographic Exhibitions. Midland Counties Photographic Federation. The MCPF makes an award for Meritorious Service and places the recipient’s name on a Roll of Honour. International Federation of Photographic Art. Excellence for services rendered to photography. Honorary Excellence for services rendered to photography. Artist FIAP. Excellence FIAP. EFIAP Bronze. EFIAP Silver. EFIAP Gold. EFIAP Platinum. Master Photographer FIAP. |
(N.B. In order to enter for EFIAP/g you must have had 300 acceptances in FIAP approved exhibitions with at least 100 different works 25% of which should have been
gained outside the UK)
Just think of our exhibition as the first step on the long ladder to success.