I had the great fortune of attending the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year awards ceremony again this year, but this time solely in the capacity of a guest of my daughter Thea, whose image of the planet Venus was highly commended in the Young Astronomy Photographer of the Year competition. Here are a few photos from the event.
Drinks reception in the entrance hall of the National Maritime Museum Greenwich
© National Maritime Museum, London
All set for the ceremony
© National Maritime Museum, London
Thea receiving her award from Jon Culshaw
© National Maritime Museum, London
The exhibition ready for guests - you can see myself and Thea on the big screen
© National Maritime Museum, London
Here’s a closer view of that film!
Thea by her winning image in the exhibition
The winning image (nicely overexposed!) as shown in the exhibition
The exhibition up and running
Thea was also lucky enough to be the subject of one of the short films which play within the exhibition space. I also feature in a rope pulling and pointing capacity. Here is the link to the film from the RMG website
https://www.rmg.co.uk/whats-on/astronomy-photographer-year/galleries/2019/young-competition
Finally here is Thea’s winning image
Thea’s highly commended image - ‘Daytime Venus’