This month's award for Photo of the Month goes to a new recruit to the Fotoviva Team, Paulo Lopes and his stunning shot entitled 'Behind the Sun'. Paulo is our second member of the team from Portugal and joins Pedro with some incredible photographic work, especially seascape images. This picture shows the sunset over Adraga's Beach at Sintra Natural Park in Portugal. Paulo spent almost all his youth in the rural part of the country, so nature soon became a very familiar environment, making part of his everyday life. However, it was only around his 26th birthday that he got enough money to buy

Our favourite photograph this month comes from our team member Don Tiffney and is entitled Safe Haven. Despite a very early morning start in the summer and a tricky combination of light sources Don has expertly worked his magic to make such a great image. A three minute exposure meant a steady tripod was required to keep the photograph nice and sharp! He tells us "A flat calm North Sea reflects the beam from the Flamborough Head lighthouse & the sodium lights cast a comforting glow over the weathered stonework on the harbour wall. This was photographed at 2am but it's not always as quiet

This month we are showcasing a wonderful black and white photograph by Andrew Gibson entitled 'La Recoleta Angel'. It was taken in the Cementerio de Recoleta (Recoleta Cemetery in English) in Buenos Aires. It's one of the cities main attractions and the cemetery is special because only the richest and most famous Argentines are buried there. It's very expensive and they say it's cheaper to live the high life in Buenos Aires than to be buried in Recoleta. One of its most famous inhabitants is Evita, otherwise known as Eva Perón, second wife to the Argentine President Juan Perón. Andrew's mon

Our Photo of the Month is a new feature where we aim to showcase photographs of outstanding quality and beauty. For October we are presenting an incredible image by Tim Wallace called 'Northern Tide'. This is such a dramatic photograph with wonderfully vivid colours. Tim says "Northern Tide is part of a set of images that I'm working on to produce contemporary photography using an old weathered chair, basically in places that you would not expect to find a chair." "This shot was taken just next to the pier at Saltburn on the North East coast at the very early hours of 4:50am as the sun was ri