Crowe Morgan unveiled their latest calendar with a prize presentation held at the iMuseum in Douglas last week.
Each year, the accountancy firm hold a photography competition aimed at young photographers, aged up to 18 years old, with the winning entries going on to make up the firm’s calendar.
There are also prizes given out to the best photograph taken by a primary school pupils, and the best by a secondary school photograph.
The primary school prize was won by 10-year-old Serena Wood, from Kewaigue School, with her entry, entitled ‘Grazing Sheep over Maughold’.
It featured a picturesque image of sheep, backlit by strong early morning sunshine.
Also featured in the calendar were two other stunning images taken by 10-year-olds, ‘Saviour For Centuries’, an inventive picture of Maughold Lighthouse by Ruby Grant, and ‘Mannanan’s Cloak’, a stunning monochrome cloudscape over Douglas Bay, taken by Abbie Broadhurst.
Tamara Preskey,18, from Ballakermeen High School, won the secondary school prize with her entry, entitled ‘Celtic Dawn’.
Although the picture was actually a composite, made from two images, it was thought that the result was very dramatic and striking, and was awarded pride of place on the front cover.
David Crowe, from Crowe Morgan, paid tribute to the quality of entrants in this year’s competition, and also highlighted the remarkably young age of some of the eventual winners.
‘This year we had a fantastic entry,’ he said after the presentation.
‘The schools have obviously put a lot of effort into it this year, and we’ve had all sorts of different photographs taken, by a wide variety of people.’
‘There are two 10-year-olds who are in our calendar this year, and their pictures are superb.
‘You can’t tell the difference between the pictures, which one was taken by the 10-year -old and which was taken by the 18-year-olds.
‘So we’re absolutely delighted.’
The competition is already open for next year,and will have the theme ‘Manx Tradition’.
Mr Crowe is hoping that more youngsters will be encouraged to pick up their cameras and enter.
He said: ‘For next year, we have some ideas to get different people and more schools involved.
‘That’s the reason we present a trophy to the leading primary school and also to the leading secondary school entrant.
‘Particularly with the primary schools, we hope it will encourage them to go taking photographs as they get older, and it will only go from strength to strength.’