PermaJet Print of The Month Feature
Celebrating a standout image from the Women in Seascape Photography Community
Each month, one image from the Women in Seascape Photography Community is selected for a special feature. It’s a chance to highlight work that captures the quiet power of the coast, photographs shaped by weather, light, and the patience of standing with a landscape long enough for it to reveal something.
The chosen image is printed by PermaJet and sent to the photographer as a way of celebrating their craft.
A huge thank you to PermaJet for supporting this feature and helping us recognise the creativity within our community.
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JANUARY FEATURED PRINT OF THE MONTH
Kate Barclay LRPS
Kate is a landscape and ICM photographer originally from New Zealand but now living in the United Kingdom. She studied to become a costume designer and worked in theatre, film and Television for many years.
Kate transferred her artistic talent to photography 20 years ago. First as a landscape photographer because of her love of the great outdoors, and then more recently as an abstract ICM photographer.
ICM (intentional camera movement) is a photographic technique where a photographer purposely moves the camera during a long exposure creating intentional blur, giving one a feeling of freedom and creativity in ones photography. Kate moved to more abstract imagery because she wanted to create images that had atmosphere, freedom, flow and abstraction. She wanted them to invoke thought and discussion, she wanted to liberate the viewer from any preconceived assumptions about what they were seeing. This might be lot to ask of an image – but she feels that ICM gave her the freedom to do this.
Kate transforms ordinary scenes, be they landscapes, seascapes, street scenes or woodland scenes, into captivating visual experiences by simply moving her camera in various ways during a single exposure. Her work is characterised by vibrant colours (but also black and white), intriguing compositions and a distinctive play of light and shadow.
Kate’s photography has the ability to capture the essence of the subject in an abstract form evoking a sense of mystery and emotion. Kate’s work has been published in many magazines both digital and paper over the years and runs workshops in ICM photography
FEBRUARY FEATURED PRINT OF THE MONTH
Julie Spokes
‘Luskentyre Dawn’
Who doesn’t love being by the sea?
I live in Gloucestershire but never feel more relaxed and fulfilled than when I spend time at the coast, exploring with my camera. My love is nature photography - especially coastal scenes, close ups and abstracts.
This image was from my recent, first ever visit to the Isle of Harris, which was also my first visit to Scotland. I joined an ICM workshop (with My Beautiful Scotland) and was met with this wonderful scene exhibiting amazing colours and light in the early morning. The pale sand and turquoise sea were beautiful. Using ICM I could distill the essence of the cool, calm atmosphere into this image.
I have been Shortlisted with three images in Close Up Photographer of the Year (CUPOTY 7 - 2025), a Runner Up in London Camera Exchange Photographer of the Year 2025, and also Shortlisted with two images in 2026. I have been published in Amateur Photographer and Outdoor Photography magazines.
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MARCH FEATURED PRINT OF THE MONTH
Jen Rogers
My parents bought me a second hand manual Praktica camera for my 22nd birthday. I’d just moved to Scotland to study for my PhD and discovered hill walking. The camera became an extension of my love of the outdoors and remains so today.
Landscape photography has always been my passion, I have a particular love of water and seascapes. In 2010 we moved to Bideford on the North coast of Devon. I’m attracted to wild places and have spent many hours exploring the rocky coast of Devon by foot, snorkeling and by kayak, particularly the area around Hartland which has spectacular cliffs and hidden coves with ledges and pinnacles. I’m attracted to moody weather and bold colours, my images almost always have an element of movement or drama. I am happiest on the edge of or immersed in the water, and am often seen balanced with my tripod on a rock with water surging around me. In 2018 I discovered astrophotography, and I love to combine the night sky and seascapes. There is something really special about standing on a beach under the night sky watching the stars and listening to the sea. As a scientist I enjoy a technical challenge, astrophotography certainly fulfils that need! I particularly enjoy wide angle astrophotography, my aim is to capture the night sky in the context of the landscape, particularly over the sea.
Jen Rogers is an astro and seascape photographer based in North Devon. She was shortlisted for Astrophotographer of the Year in 2020 and 2022, Runner up in Landscapes at Night and Commended in the Historic Britain categories of Landscape Photographer of the Year 2022 and winner of the Your Path and Nature categories of the South West Coast Path Photographer of the Year competition in 2024. Jen has been published in Outdoor Photography, Canon Photoplus magazine and Digital SLR Photography magazine.
APRIL FEATURED PRINT OF THE MONTH
Shona Perkins
Shona Perkins, Professional Photographer based in North Berwick, Scotland.
Shona specialises in Seascape and Coastal Photography, known in particular for her use of intentional camera movement (ICM Photography). Whilst largely self-taught, Shona previously enrolled with the British Academy of Photography gaining a greater knowledge of the fundamentals and complexities of digital photography.
Often described as creating a sense of calm through my imagery, I aim to capture emotional depth, solitude, tranquility and haunting beauty in my work, all whilst maintaining a consistent and cohesive aesthetic with a delicate and painterly quality.
Shona is a NiSi Filters Brand Ambassador and workshop leader, establishing her brand, MY Beautiful Scotland. in 2018.