A TALENTED student studying for her A-levels at East Durham College’s Sixth Form (ED6) just won third place in a national photography competition.

Megan Ogden, 16, of Shotton Colliery, near Peterlee, who is studying photography, fine art and psychology at ED6 in Peterlee, was announced in the top three winners of the Exhibtr 2015/16 Student Photography Competition sponsored by Olympus.

The theme of the competition was Fashion, Beauty & Lifestyle, encouraging students to show off their ability to compose a great image and Megan was one of thousands of entries.

The Exhibtr judges were R Cleveland Aaron, Jay McLaughlin and Nico Goodden who are all Olympus Ambassadors and Visionaries.

Megan, a former pupil at The Academy at Shotton Hall, bagged third place for her image Back Yard Junkie and won an Olympus STYLUS TG860 worth nearly £200.

She has been interested in photography since the age of 13 and hopes to make a career in photography.

Megan said: “I got into photography when I was about 13 and started out taking pictures of flowers pretty much, but now I really like taking pictures of people and I hope to have a career doing wedding and baby photography.

“I’d really like to travel and take pictures of people from other cultures as well.”

For details on A Levels at East Durham College, ED6, please call student services on 0191-518-8222 or visit www.eastdurham.ac.uk