Celia May is a Licentiate of the British Institute of Photography and the Master Photographers Association. In 2013 Celia won Children Under 5s British Institute of Professional Photography Midlands Merit Award and 2013 Portraiture BIPP Midlands Merit Award. For the second year running, Celia won 2012 West Midlands Region Master Photographers Association Licentiate Portrait Award, 2012 BIPP Midlands Professional First Merit Award in Commercial Photography, plus Merit Awards in Portraiture, Pet Portraiture, Children Under 5s and Pictorial.