On Friday four students achieved a Grade 1 Barrett & Coe Diploma.
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| (L-R) Bernie Ramsay (Weddings) and Andrew Coe |
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| (L-R) Gill Alexander (Portraits) and Andrew Coe |
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| (L-R) Mark Adams (Weddings) and Andrew Coe |
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| (L-R) Martina Mcarthy (Weddings) and Trevor Lewis, MPA National Chairman |
Bernie Ramsay (Weddings) from Cardiff, Gill Alexander (Portraits) from Leatherhead, Mark Adams (Weddings) from Norwich and Martina Mcarthy (Weddings) from Cork in Southern Ireland. Martina is being presented with her diploma by Trevor Harris, National Chairman of the Master Photographers Association (MPA) and Principal Assessor of the MPA.
A selection of Bernie and Martina’s Grade 1 images taken during their practical session are shown below.
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| Photographed by Bernie Ramsay |
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| Photographed by Martina Mcarthy |
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| Photographed by Martina Mcarthy |
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| Photographed by Martina Mcarthy |
A Grade 1 is an outstanding result. Fewer than 10% of our students reach this level. They are featured above receiving their Diploma. The Wedding practical is as near as we can get to a real wedding with a great deal of time pressure and whatever weather conditions prevail at the time.
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| Ian Wilson |
Prior to the presentations of the Diploma Ian Wilson, former students, gave a fascinating account of his first year as a Barrett & Coe Studio owner.
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Andrew Coe is great grandson of Albert Edward Coe who founded the Coe photography businesses 150 years ago. He is recognised as one of the leading teachers of wedding and portrait photography in the UK having been commissioned by City & Guilds to write the first module for the Higher National NVQ Diploma in Portrait in this field. He has also been commissioned to give seminars in New York, Las Vegas, Madrid, Cologne and many other international venues. He owns the franchise for the largest group of wedding and portrait studios in the UK which has photography contracts with many national retailers and other major brand names. He founded the first chain of one hour mini labs in the UK (all with wedding and portrait studios attached), the largest advertising and commercial studio in East Anglia, a leading professional colour lab and has trained more people to become full time photographers than anyone else in the UK.
