Tobermory Lifeboat Press Officer Sam Jones is the RNLI Photographer of the Year 2011.

Sam’s winning photo shows the crew of the Hebrides station having casualty care training onboard the Severn class lifeboat Elizabeth Fairlie Ramsey. She says: ‘The guys are quite used to me taking photos and are certainly no longer camera shy!’

The competition also included subject categories and the winners were:
• Lifeboats: Steve Taylor,
Aldeburgh.
• Lifeguards: Andrew Lean.
• Seas: Rob Inett, Poole.
• Rescues: Dave Parry, Gravesend.