The 2025 Judging Panel
Thank you to our esteemed judging panel for giving their time to help select the shortlists and winners for the categories for the SheClicks 2025 Awards.
Angela Nicholson
SHECLICKS FOUNDER
Angela is the founder of SheClicks. She started reviewing cameras and photographic kits in early 2004, and since then, she’s been the Amateur Photographer’s Technical Editor and Head of Testing for Future Publishing’s extensive photography portfolio including Digital Camera and TechRadar.
Adrienne Bednarz
PHOTOGRAPHER & ADVENTURER
Adrienne is an internationally recognized photographer based in New York City who focuses on photographing women in various stages of life. Currently, she is working with female-owned businesses to raise awareness of the journey of female entrepreneurship and create a legacy to inspire tomorrow’s business leaders. In her personal travel photography work, Adrienne focuses on capturing the essence of locations and their people in quiet moments.
Alex Wilkinson
MARKETING DIRECTOR AT WILKINSON CAMERAS
Alex is a director at retailer Wilkinson Cameras, where she has worked for over 10 years, focusing on marketing and e-commerce. You’ll also see her on Wilkinson Cameras’ YouTube channel, reviewing the latest technology alongside her colleague Olivia.
Alex is passionate about photography and is increasingly interested in videography. She is dedicated to encouraging more women to explore photography. Always eager to grow, Alex continuously seeks out the latest gear and works to refine her skills in both photography and video.
Amy Davies
FEATURES EDITOR AMATEUR PHOTOGRAPHER
Amy has been writing about cameras, photography and associated tech since 2009. She is currently the Features Editor at Amateur Photographer magazine, and in her spare time works across a number of publications including Wired, Stuff, Digital Camera World, Expert Reviews, and just a little off-tangent, PetsRadar.
Amy Moore
JOURNALIST
Amy Moore has worked in the photography industry for 14 years covering most major camera releases, and fronting video content for some of the UK’s biggest retailers. She is a highly respected kit reviewer and her work has covered a wide range of photography styles. She favours shooting meteorological events, landscapes and lifestyle.
Ann Aveyard
PHOTOGRAPHER
Ann’s photography journey began after taking early retirement from the NHS. She studied photography at Poole College and Bournemouth University, becoming a wedding photographer in 2012. After a decade of running a successful wedding photography business, Ann decided to devote her time to wildlife photography.
Ann has won many national awards for her photography and had images published in national newspapers and magazines. She now runs wildlife photography workshops in the UK, and organises and leads photographic safaris in the Masai Mara.
Athena Carey, ARPS
ARTIST, EDUCATOR & ADVENTURER
Athena Carey is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society with both a BA and an MFA in photography.
Her career has included owning a portrait studio, being a fine art landscape photographer, running international photo workshops, and teaching photography to all levels and ages from preschool to university, both in person and online.
Athena’s work has been awarded, purchased, published and exhibited throughout the world.
Becky Danese
PHOTOGRAPHER & TUTOR
Becky Danese is a film and digital photographer, photography tutor and technical writer for publications such as Nikon Owner Magazine. With fifteen years of experience working at Nikon specialist Grays of Westminster, she started with film photography from a young age and now favours Nikon mirrorless for her digital shooting, along with a variety of 35mm and 120 film cameras. Macro, landscapes and street photography are her favoured genres.
Beverley Birchley
ENTHUSIAST PHOTOGRAPHER
I discovered photography when I retired. After years of educating others, it was refreshing and daunting to learn a new skill from scratch. I’ve moved from Nikon to Olympus, (now OM systems) but keep an eye on new innovations by all manufacturers. My photographic archive includes a range of genres, but my principal loves are wildlife photography and street.
Carmen Drake LRPS
ENTHUSIAST PHOTOGRAPHER
I am an amateur photographer, passionate about everything called photography, from trying to master composition and techniques to the thrill of wildlife photography or the realm of creative photography, portraits or drone photography. I am also a bit of a gear geek, always trying and learning about new cameras and accessories. A SheClicker at heart - happy to share my photography passion with people who have become close friends.
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Caroline Webb
ENTHUSIAST PHOTOGRAPHER
I’ve been an enthusiastic wildlife photographer for over 40 years, and I’ve had the privilege of photographing many species both at home and abroad.
Over the years I’ve used a wide range of cameras from Zenit, Pentax, Canon and Fuji, amongst others. I’m currently using a Canon EOS R5 and a Fujifilm X-T5, both of which I love – the former for wildlife, the latter for landscapes and focus stacking.
I am definitely a bit of a gear geek, and I’m always keeping an eye on what’s new in the world of photography, and dreaming about future acquisitions.
Claire Gillo
PHOTOGRAPHER & JOURNALIST
Claire Gillo is based in the South West of the UK. She specialises in business branding and has a wealth of expertise in many genres including food and interior photography. Claire also writes technique and technical gear guides for photography magazines and websites including Amateur Photographer, Digital Photographer and Digital Camera magazine.
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Daisy May
PHOTOGRAPHER
Daisy May is an award-winning photographer who specialises in creative food photography. She has a distinctive, often humourous style that includes foodscapes, food word play, levitational work and action shots.
Daisy started her journey into food photography when recovering from anorexia. She is now a recognised commercial food photographer and been interviewed by the BBC. Daisy work has appeared in many media publications and several photographic exhibitions.
Deepa Girish
PHOTOGRAPHER
Deepa Girish is an award-winning and internationally published photographer based in Dubai. With a diverse portfolio encompassing travel, events, portraiture, wildlife, macro, minimalism, street and fashion, Deepa's photography embodies an artistic finesse, capturing the essence of her subjects with elegance. Her works have been shown in exhibitions in the UAE and India. In addition, she has judged several photography contests and mentored kids through Nikon workshops.
Emma Dunham
FOOD PHOTOGRAPHER
Emma Dunham is a multi-award-winning food photographer specialising in all things food and drink related, including commercial, lifestyle and editorial imagery and helping clients gain eye-catching on-brand storytelling images.
When not photographing food, Emma devotes her time to running online and in-person workshops to help photographers build a solid food photography business.
Emma Finch
PHOTOGRAPHER
Emma Finch is an award-winning and internationally published Portrait Photographer. With her business, Belle Privé Photography, she specialises in commercial lingerie and female portraiture, working from her Manchester studio or on location with commercial and private clients. Emma also runs Emma Finch Photography, which specialises in Family, Children, Lifestyle and Branding.
In addition, she organises photography events and teaches through Photography Session Days.
Gill Prince
PHOTOGRAPHER & PHOTOGRAPHY TUTOR
Gill teaches photography and Lightroom, both in person and remotely, as well as runs photography workshops and an active local photography Facebook group with over 1,500 members. In 2017 she published ‘Unexpected: MK’, a book of images to celebrate Milton Keynes’ 50th birthday, sponsored by local businesses. Gill is a long-time Lumix fan and shoots with the S5 and the G9. When not working, she loves landscape and street photography - mainly done while travelling!
Janie Peters
PHOTOGRAPHER & AIRSTREAMER
I work for a Civil Engineering Company carrying out photographic pre-condition surveys and progress photos. For this I need high quality record shots. In my personal photography I am more creative. I like playing with different techniques and cameras, my latest acquisition being a toy thermal printing camera. I love the ethos of the SheClicks community and am delighted to be on the judging panel.
Jayne Odell
PHOTOGRAPHER
I’m a Cambridge-born, internationally published, award-winning black & white photographer based in Suffolk. I’m a Fellow of The Royal Photographic Society and a member of the Applied Fellowship & Associateship Assessment Panel at RPS House in Bristol. I’ve lectured across the UK at judged at camera clubs over many years. My Arts Council-funded solo exhibition last year was critically acclaimed. I look forward to being a judge again this year for the SheClicks Awards.
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Jemella Ukaegbu
PHOTOGRAPHER & FOUNDER OF UKBFTOG
Jemella Ukaegbu has been a photographer for more than a decade, running her business Mellz Photography LTD, and is the founder of The UK Black Female Photographers Community (UKBFTOG), which is a group dedicated to black female photographers to help them have a safe space to connect and grow as a photographer. Jemella holds a First class degree in Photography and her work has been widely published.
Jessica Miller
PHOTOGRAPHER, CURATOR, JOURNALIST
Jessica is a Surrey-based photographer and curator. Her photographic practice is inspired by travel and place attachment. She studied Fine Art at Loughborough University, where she specialised in photography. In 2020, she also studied MA Museums, Galleries and Contemporary Culture at University of Westminster, and curated the online photography exhibition Materiality Exposed.
Jessica joined Amateur Photographer in 2021 and is currently Deputy Online Editor.
Jo Plumridge
PHOTOGRAPHER & JOURNALIST
Jo Plumridge has been a photographic journalist and photographer for over 20 years. She was given her first camera aged 10 and hasn’t stopped shooting since. She writes about photography for a number of websites and magazines and is particularly passionate about promoting female photographers. Jo also writes about all things sleep-related, along with reviewing kitchen, home and cat-related products.
Julie Smith Caffrey
PHOTOGRAPHER
I'm based in Wicklow, Ireland, and I’m an award-winning, Internationally published photographer. I’m an official photographer and advert designer for Our Dogs Ireland Newspaper, Our Dogs UK and part of the World Dog Press. I mentor at pirds of prey photography workshops and have spoken at camera clubs here in Ireland. I enjoy all genres of photography, but I spend most of my time taking photographs of wildlife and pets.
Karen Massey
PHOTOGRAPHER
Karen Massey is an experienced photographer and Associate of the British Institute of Professional Photography (ABIPP) originally from Lancashire and now based in Warwickshire, specialising in Wedding and Corporate Photography. Former Director of The BIPP and the Federation of European Photographers.
Kathryn Fell
PHOTOGRAPHER, TUTOR, MARKETER
Kathryn is a photographer based in South Oxfordshire. She worked in marketing for over 10 years with many international brands in the food industry. She photographs several genres but specialises in Brand photography & marketing support for small businesses and events. Her highlights include photographing a former Prime Minster. She loves sharing her passion for photography and runs photography workshops.
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Laura Galbraith
PHOTOGRAPHER
My first job was teaching Glaswegian teenagers maths and IT. I now satisfy my teaching urge by running photography workshops ranging from how to get off auto to specialised wildlife workshops. When I am not teaching workshops, I shoot pet portrait sessions in my studio in Cambridge. I was born in Africa and am lucky enough to visit regularly to shoot all the amazing wildlife there.
Lauren Morgan
BRANCH MANAGER AT LONDON CAMERA EXCHANGE
Lauren is a branch manager at London Camera Exchange in Colchester, with over 9 years of experience in the photography industry. Holding a Fine Art degree from DMU in Leicester, she has a passion for 35mm photography and mixed media techniques. Throughout her career, she has had the opportunity to test and experiment with the latest gear. Her hands-on experience with a wide range of equipment allows her to guide customers in finding the best tools for their creative vision.
Lauren Scott
PHOTOGRAPHER & JOURNALIST
Lauren Scott is a journalist, writer and photographer who has been covering the tech industry for almost ten years. The former Managing Editor of Digital Camera World , she’s written features and reviews for Canon Europe, Tech Radar and Space.com.
With a degree in Marine and Natural History Photography, Lauren is passionate about conversation, astrophotography, mindfulness, mental health and women in photography.
Liz Hammond
ENTHUSIAST PHOTOGRAPHER
Liz Hammond is a photographer and artist who makes her living in IT. She fell in love with photography after developing black and white film at primary school. Liz mainly shoots digitally, across a range of genres, but continues to explore analogue and camera-less techniques as part of her practice. During late April and early May you will find her in the bluebell woods of Hampshire.
Ljubima Woods
ENTHUSIAST PHOTOGRAPHER
Now a retired BBC Producer, Theatre Critic and Teacher, I am a 2019 graduate of ‘ A Year With My Camera’ a one-year course with Emma Davies’s School of Photography. I have since exhibited successfully and won several awards. I cover all genres as I love documenting life, but I also have an interest in art photography. Vintage lenses are a staple part of my kit. Photography has allowed me to express my creativity and vision of the world and I am firmly on track to continue to explore its endless possibilities.
Lowie Bingham
PHOTOGRAPHER
After retirement from my profession in IT, I had a eureka moment that I'd become a photographer as I had always had a love of art and imagery and frequently attended the Royal Drawing School in Shoreditch. I subsequently founded LowRedPhoto. As I love being outdoors, one of my favourite genres is landscape photography and I’ve had features in Amateur Photographer magazine and Photography News. I also enjoy street, macro and artistic photography. I particularly enjoy seeing an image printed.
Marie-Ange Bouchard
ENTHUSIAST PHOTOGRAPHER
My journey in photography began in the darkroom during my teenage years, sparking an enthusiasm for experimenting with various techniques, equipment - from iPhones to mirrorless cameras with vintage lenses - and various editing apps and software.
I have an ARPS, a CPAGB and a BPE1*. I am a camera club judge as well as a judges’ trainer for the Surrey Photographic Association and I spent four years on the Royal Photographic Society‘s Licentiateship Distinction panel.
Marketa Zvelebil
ENTHUSIAST PHOTOGRAPHER
Although I loved photography since childhood, I worked as a cancer research scientist. Now, retired, I can get back to my passion. I am a disabled photographer. My photography education includes a degree in Professional Photography from the New York School of Photography, as well as a licentiate with the Royal Society of Photography and Craftsmanship with the Guild of Photographers.
I have won numerous photographic competitions and had exhibitions in France and other countries. My photos have been published in magazines and books, including National Geographic Traveller Magazine.
Michaela Simpson
PHOTOGRAPHER
Michaela describes herself as a Scottish photographer of people and place. She’s been a freelancer for over 15 years. In 2015, the BIPP awarded her Press & PR Photographer of the Year and runner-up in the Portrait Category. She's a member of the RPS and is active in its Women in Photography group.
A change of lifestyle and move to North Tyneside has allowed her to create more personal work and collaborate with charities other creatives on ongoing projects.
As well as printing for clients in her studio, she makes handmade books, with collectors in the UK and further afield. Her work is licensed through Getty Images.
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Musa Bwanali
PHOTOGRAPHER & JOURNALIST
Musa Bwanali is a self-taught portrait, wedding and event photographer based in London/Bedford. Her passion for photography is fuelled by her interest in empowering people, especially women, by using her camera as a mirror to capture and reflect her subjects in the best light. Musa has exhibited her work in Zimbabwe (2017) and the UKBFTOG in Walsall and London (2021,2024).
Philippa Huber
PHOTOGRAPHER
I’d been an enthusiast photographer for years but swapping my life working on the ocean waves for a narrowboat in 2019 allowed me to take my photography to the next level.
Since then I’ve been documenting my travels around England’s waterways, shooting birds and nature in the environment with natural light and minimal intervention.
I’ve been commended in Bird Photographer of the Year, published in various magazines and shortlisted in international competitions.
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Rung Button
ENTHUSIAST PHOTOGRAPHER
I was born and raised in Norway, but I have lived most of my life in South Africa. I have always had a camera. Marriage, 3 children, plus a 30+ year career in tourism meant that time for photography was limited. My passion for photography was re-ignited in 2016 when I joined a local camera club, I’m now the chairperson. I am a photo judge and also tutor beginners in photography and editing. Wildlife and travel photography were my first loves, but now I enjoy exploring other genres, including macro, seascapes, landscapes, food and flower photography.
Sarah Jones
CAMBRIAN PHOTOGRAPHY OWNER
Sarah is the owner of Cambrian Photography, Photographic Retailer, in Colwyn Bay, North Wales. This has been established for nearly 80 years, and prides itself on looking after their customers. Sarah has been in the photographic industry for 40years, and was brought up primarily on film cameras and spending her time in the darkroom.
When not in the shop, Sarah enjoys getting out in her campervan with her Fuji camera and capturing landscapes and seascapes, which she is lucky enough to have on her doorstep. This combination is her Happy Place.
Sarah Williams
ARTIST & PHOTOGRAPHER
Sarah Williams (Longes) is an award-winning nature and wildlife photographer from Surrey.
She started out mainly painting and drawing until disability affected her manual dexterity and photography became her focus. She says ’being outdoors with nature has become not just a passion but a therapeutic management for me as I continue to battle chronic illness. But even more than that, the naturalist in me has a need to learn, to explore the joy in discovery. Photography really is an excellent way to observe and record all the behaviour I witness. And it makes me happy!’
Tigz Rice
PHOTOGRAPHER
Tigz Rice is a UK-based Boudoir & Personal Branding Photographer. In 2016, she photographed a lingerie campaign for Scantilly that Huffington Post called ‘one of the world’s most inclusive underwear campaigns’. In 2017 Tigz was voted the world’s leading female burlesque photographer in 21st Century Burlesque’s Burlesque Top 50. And in 2021, Tigz was named one of Digital Women's Top 40 Digital Women To Watch. She is also an award-winning author, with her book STRIP/TEASE winning bronze in the 2020 IPPY Independent Publishing Awards.
Tracy Calder
JOURNALIST & CO-FOUNDER OF CUPOTY
Tracy Calder has more than 20 years of experience in the photo magazine industry and is a former editor of Outdoor Photography. In 2018 she co-founded Close-up Photographer of the Year. She has written numerous photography books, and her work has appeared in more than 30 consumer magazines, as well as on the walls of The Saatchi Gallery, The Photographers’ Gallery and The National Portrait Gallery.
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