Amateur Photographer award winners named

Amateur Photographer magazine plays host to annual awards, held at Caf� Royal in central London

The great and the good of the photographic industry descended on central London yesterday for the annual Amateur Photographer (AP) Awards.

Around 150 people - representing manufacturers, retailers and including AP staff - gathered at the glitzy Caf� Royal in Regent Street for a presentation ceremony hosted by AP's Editor Damien Demolder.

Among the guests was long-serving AP forum member David Steel � aka Lounge Lizard � who presented a new award for AP Forum Product of the Year, as voted for by AP forum members.

Before he presented the honour Damien told the audience: 'Our website has grown enormously this year, but the forums have been an invaluable source of information, advice, chat and amusement for a long time.'

David Steel pointed out that the Amateur Photographer forum has over 18,000 registered members and attracts several hundred posts each day. 'It is one of the largest, if not the largest, photography forums in the UK,' he told guests. 'Members advise each other and debate the merits of various techniques and - yes - your products and services are openly discussed.'

Chris Cheesman

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