A love of the sea and a eye for a great shot have landed local photographer Alison Taylor a top award. Alison, a retired teacher and university administrator who lives in Woodthorpe, has been made an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society - the oldest photographic organisation in the world.
It's a rare honour - she is one of only seven landscape photographers in the world to be named an associate of the society.
It is actually her seascapes which won her the accolade. She had to submit 15 prints on the theme of 'The Lonely Sky and the Sea' to judges. Key among them were images of massive storm waves which she took off the North East coast. They may be still photographs - but somehow they seem to bulge and surge with the full power of an angry sea.