Awards and Shortlists
2025 Sony World Photography Awards, Open Competition, 'Creative' Category, Shortlisted.
2025 International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition 18, 'Captured at Kew' Special Award, Second Place.
2024 Fleet Community Photography Competition, Fleet Town Council, Winner.
2024 AOP Emerging Talent Award, The Association of Photographers (AOP), Finalist.
2024 Mobile Photography Awards, The British Photography Awards and Samsung, 'Zoom In' Category, Shortlisted.
2023 Digital Photographer Magazine Macro Photo Contest, 'Macro Detail' Category, Commended.
2023 Amateur Photographer of the Year Competition (APOY), 'Macro' Category, Shortlisted.
2023 Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY), Round 10 'Animals, Shortlisted.
2023 Camera Jabber Photographer of the Year (CJPOTY), Round 3 'Spring', Shortlisted.
2022 Professional Garden Photographers' Association (PGPA) Image of the Month Competition (December), 2nd Place.
2022 Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY 04), 'Manmade' Category, Shortlisted.
2022 Close-up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY 04), 'Insects' Category, Shortlisted.
2022 International Photography Awards (IPA), 'Fine Art, Still Life' Non-Professional Category, Honorable Mention.
2022 International Photography Awards (IPA) One Shot / Color Photo Contest, 'Fine Art' Category, Official Selection.
2021 International Garden Photographer of the Year Competition 15, 'Macro Art' Category, Highly Commended.
2021 Tales from the Riverbank Photography Competition, Hampshire & Isle of Wight Wildlife Trust, 'Community Choice' Category, First Prize.
2019 Heritage Open Days Photography Competition, First Prize.
Group Exhibitions
2025 Sony World Photography Awards Exhibition, Somerset House, London, UK.
2025 18th International Garden Photographer of the Year (IGPOTY) competition, Kew Gardens, London, UK.
2025 Southern Counties Photographic Federation's (SCPF) 55th Annual Exhibition, Salisbury, UK.
2024 Online group gallery with images captured by SheClicks members for the October 2024 challenge, theme ‘Multiple Exposure’.
2024 39th AOP Awards Showcase (Association of Photographers), The Village Underground, London, UK.
2023 Yateley Camera Club Annual Photographic Exhibition 2023, Yateley, UK.
2023 Online group gallery with images captured by SheClicks members for the April 2023 challenge, theme ‘A for April’.
2022 Fleet's Platinum Jubilee Celebrations, Fleet, UK.
2022 Yateley Camera Club Annual Photographic Exhibition 2022, Eversley, UK.
2022 'Tales from the Riverbank' Photography Competition touring exhibition, various community venues in Hampshire, UK
Publications
Sony World Photography Awards Book, 2025, Page 206. Featuring my shortlisted image.
Fleet Town Council Newsletter, Autumn 2024, Page 2. One of my images of fireworks at Fleet Coronation Celebrations.
39th AOP Awards Book, Association of Photographers Awards 2024, published 09/2024, Page 248. Featuring 5 images of my series 'Memories'.
Fleet Town Council Newsletter, Spring 2024, Page 4. One of my images of fireworks at Fleet Coronation Celebrations.
Amateur Photographer Magazine, 20/02/2024, 'Join the Club'', Pages 52-53. Club profile for the AFFCC including my image 'Bubble Caterpillar'.
Japan Matsuri London 2023 Portfolio, Michael Bacon, Michael Carrington & Ana Peiró Muñoz, Available at: https://affcc-japanmatsuri2023london.myportfolio.com/ (published: 10/10/2023). A selection of images by three photographers (including myself) from the Japan Matsuri celebration at Trafalgar Square, London, on 1st October 2023, as part of the Aldershot, Farnham and Fleet Camera Club (AFFCC).
Halsey, M. Moth Activity in the Reserve. Fleet Pond Society Summer Newsletter. 08/2023; Issue 183:8. Featuring one of my images of the Six-belted Clearwing moth.
Halsey, M. Moth Activity in the Reserve. Fleet Pond Society Autumn Newsletter. 11/2022; Issue 180:6. Featuring two of my images of moths: Red Underwing and Blue Underwing.
Halsey, M. Moth Activity in the Reserve. Fleet Pond Society Summer Newsletter. 08/2022; Issue 179:6. Featuring several of my images of moths: Mottled Umber, Scarce Prominent, White-barred Clearwing and Dotted Fan-foot.
Mabin, M. and Bailey, H. Fleet and Crookham Platinum Jubilee Souvenir Programme: Celebrating 70 years of local and national history during the reign of HM Queen Elizabeth II 1952-2022, Ingram Spark, 2022. The book features 6 of my images from the Fleet Platinum Jubilee celebrations: Thursday 2nd June (Beacon Lighting and Firework images); Friday 3rd June (County Tractors).
International Garden Photographer of the Year Collection 15, published 03/06/2022. My image 'Korean Fir Cone' features in this collectible hardback.
Amateur Photographer, 19/07/2024, 'Think you can’t do well as you’re ‘just’ a beginner? Think again!' — One of my images of the series "Memories" is included in the AOP (Association of Photographers) Emerging Talent Awards gallery selection.
Fleet & Yateley News & Mail, 29/11/2023, 'Festive Magic Enchants Town' — One of my images in the front page; and page 4 features images by AFFCC members of Fleet's Christmas Festival, including 1 of my images. Same images also published in Farnborough News & Mail and Aldershot News & Mail.
Fleet Community Ad Magazine, Issue 11, November 2023, 'Top marks for local photographers', Pages 26-27 — Including my images 'Memories of Lyndhurst' and 'King of the Pippins'.
Farnham Herald, 02/11/2023, 'Snap up the chance to learn new photo skills', Page 9 — Including my image 'Memories of Lyndhurst'.
Round & About Magazine - Fleet/Church Crookham, 07/2023, 'In the Frame', Page 28 — One page featuring images by the Aldershot, Farnham and Fleet Camera Club (AFFCC) of Fleet's Coronation Celebrations, including 2 of my images.
Fleet & Yateley News & Mail, 10/05/2023, 'Happy and glorious' — One page featuring images by AFFCC of Fleet's Coronation Celebrations, including 3 of my images.
Summer of Change. Town Talk: The newsletter from Fleet Town Council, 10/2022, Page 1 — One of my images of the Seven Decades of Motoring Procession, part of the Platinum Jubilee's Events.
Farnham Herald, 30/06/2022, 'What a day! A carnival party fit for a Queen!' — 20-page Farnham Carnival 2022 supplement containing images by AFFCC, including 6 of my images.
Farnham Herald, 28/03/2019, 'Aldershot, Farnham & Fleet Camera Club' — Commentary on my flower macro photography.
Fleet Town Council Newsletter, Autumn 2024
Amateur Photographer Magazine - 20/02/2024, 'Join the Club'
News&Mail - Fleet & Yateley - December 2023
Communityad Magazine - November 2023
Farnham Herald - November 2023
Round&About Magazine - Fleet - July 2023
News&Mail-May 2023
Town Talk - Fleet - October 2022
Farnham Herald-June 2022
Community Projects
2024 Volunteered as a photographer in a collaboration between AFFCC and the Fleet and District Beekeeper's Association (FBKA) to document the work of the Association.
2023 Volunteered with the Window-winged Caddis Fly (Hagenella clathrata) survey organised by The Species Recovery Trust Charity.
2022–2023 Volunteered as a photographer for the moth survey at Fleet Pond (Fleet, UK), organised by the Fleet Pond Society.
2022–2023 Partnership between Autism Friendly Fleet (AFF) charity and Aldershot, Farnham and Fleet Camera Club (AFFCC) to help local autistic people create a Photography Exhibition for World Autism Acceptance Week 2023. The exhibition was set up from 27th March to 10th April 2023 at the Hart Shopping Centre, Fleet, UK.
2022 Collaboration between Bourley Grange Care Home, Church Crookham, UK and AFFCC to help the Care Home Residents create a Photography Exhibition for World Photography Day 2022.