A KEEN photographer will have this picture featured in a popular calendar.

Malvern-based Beacon Camera Club’s vice-chairman Ian Thompson took this picture, Storm Force, which will be featured in BBC Countryfile’s calendar for 2013.

The calendar theme was A Walk on the Wild Side, which fitted in with Mr Thompson’s dramatic image taken when he and fellow club members travelled to photograph an extremely stormy day in Porthcawl, Wales.

Mr Thompson, aged 62, of Hanley Swan, who is an Associate of the Royal Photographic Society, said: “I owe this to the club. The help, support and encouragement from everyone there has lifted my picture taking to a level I would not have imagined three or four years ago. It’s quite something to be selected as one of 12 out of some 50,000 entries.”

Now viewers are being asked to vote for which of the pictures is the best by following links on the Countryfile website. Alternatively, you can vote for Mr Thompson by calling 0901 198 7611. The calendar will raise money for Children In Need. Last year’s raised £1.2 million.

The club meets every Thursday at 7.30pm in the Lyttelton Rooms, Church Street. Further information can be found at beaconcameraclub.

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