Robert Friel on advice
From Rob Friel explains how his instagram images got him recognised by the RPS · · The Royal Photographic Society
“If anyone else is planning to do what you have done, go for an A panel. My advice would be: pick something that you are passionate about. It took two years to do this, so you've got to want to take the pictures.”
On , Robert Friel, Advisor at Revvity, spoke about advice during Rob Friel explains how his instagram images got him recognised by the RPS on The Royal Photographic Society.
About Robert Friel
Rob Friel, an advisor at Revvity, discussed how he earned an Associateship distinction from the Royal Photographic Society (RPS) using images taken with an iPhone. In a 2019 interview, Friel said he began taking photographs through train windows during his commute, using apps to process the images on his phone. He stated that he created a body of 20 images, which he presented at an assessment day, and noted that he was the second person to receive an RPS distinction with images taken from an iPhone. Friel described the process as requiring passion and commitment, saying that the RPS panels are bodies of work rather than single images. He said that he edited down 300 to 400 Instagram images to select 15 that told the right story, and advised others pursuing a similar goal to choose a subject they are passionate about, as the process took him two years. He added that achieving the distinction meant a great deal to him, given the respect associated with it.