View this post on Instagram A post shared by PatrickPhotos (@patrickphotosuk) Today is the first day of the Taylor Wessing Photographic Portrait Prize 2013 exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery. I have to admit that I was not even aware of this competition until recently when I saw the past catalogues in their bookshop. I’m not sure…

View this post on Instagram A post shared by PatrickPhotos (@patrickphotosuk) Last year was my first visit to the BP Portrait Award exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London. I was so impressed by the artwork on display that I wanted to make it a regular event in my diary. I do enjoy getting…

Tonight they will be announcing the winner of the BP Portrait Award 2013 and I’m looking forward to when the exhibition opens at the National Portrait Gallery. I think I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, it is really inspiring looking at drawings and paintings in which time has been spent studying how light falls…