AWARDS

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2024

  • TBA

2023

  • 18th Black and White Spider Awards 2023, Nominee Award in Still Life / Amateur category: “Grass and Bug Footprints”
  • 18th Black and White Spider Awards 2023, Nominee Award in Nature / Amateur category: “Onion Creek Tree Legs”

2022

  • 17th Black and White Spider Awards 2022, Nominee Award in Still Life / Amateur category: “Dried Lotus Leaves”
  • 17th Black and White Spider Awards 2022, Nominee Award in Nature / Amateur category: “Reed Speers”

2021

  • 16th Black and White Spider Awards 2021, Nominee Award in Still Life / Amateur category: “After the Rain”
  • 16th Black and White Spider Awards 2022, Nominee Award in Nature / Amateur category: “Oregon Coast Sand Dunes”

2020

  • 15th Black and White Spider Awards 2020, Nominee Award in Abstract / Amateur category: “Floating Grass of Lake Irwin”

2919

  • 14th Black and White Spider Awards 2019, Nominee and Honorable Mention Award in Nature / Amateur category: “Lake Martin Cypresses”

2018

  • 13th Black and White Spider Awards 2018, Nominee Award in Nature / Amateur category: “Heart Rock”
  • May 2018 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, May 22, 2018 Gold level, Color category, 2nd Place: “Broken” 
  • May 2018 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, May 22, 2018 Gold level, Monochrome category, 1st Place: “Fern leaves”
  • March 2018 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, March 27, 2018 Gold level, Monochrome category, 1st Place: “Gull Point Sticks”
  • February 2018 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, February 27, 2018 Gold level, Color category, 1st Place: “Spider” 

2017

  • July 2017 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, July 25, 2017 Gold level, Monochrome category, 1st Place: “Rock Wall” and Gold level, Color category, 1st Place: “White sand Dunes”
  • March 2017 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, March 28, 2017 Gold level, Monochrome category, 1st Place: “Old Tree” and Gold level, Color category, 2nd Place: “Nesting Great Egrets”
  • International Color Awards 2017, worldwide photography contest, 3 images selected for Nominee on March 4, 2017. “White Sand” is Nominee in the Abstract Category and “Frozen Lake” and “Gull Point Trees at Dawn” are Nominee in the Nature Category.
  • February 2017 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, February 28, 2017 Gold level, Monochrome category, 1st Place: “3+1 Aspens” and Gold level, Color category, Honorable Mention: “Wind-combed”
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2016

  • Winner, Black and White Magazine Single Image Contest 2017 (“Door to the Dark Water”)
  • October 25, 2016 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, October 25, 2016 Gold level, Monochrome category, 2nd Place: “Layered Mountains at Dawn”
  • October 8, 2016, 25 Years Service Award for dedicated Volunteer Service at Brazos Bend State Park, TX.
  • September 2016 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, September 27, 2016 Gold level, Color category, 2nd Place: “View from Fly deck at Dawn”
  • 9th International Color Awards, 2016, Nature Amateur Category, Nominee Award “White Sand Grass”
  • NVAL 2016 International Juried Photography Show “Photography: The Full Spectrum”, Silver Selection: “Lichen Tree”.
  • The Jardin Botanique de Bordeaux, France, worldwide photography contest, 4 images selected for Exhibition.

2015

  • 10th Black and White Spider Awards 2015, Nominee, and Honorable Mention Award in Abstraction / Amateur category: “Floating Door to the Darkness”
  • November 2015 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, November 17, 2015 Gold level, Monochrome category, 1st Place: “El Capitan”
  • September 2015 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, September 22, 2015 Gold level, Monochrome category, 1st Place: “Aspens of Gunnison”
  • July 2015 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, July 28, 2015 Gold level, Monochrome category, 1st Place: “Shadow Play”
  • May 2015 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, May 26, 2015 Gold level, Monochrome category, 3rd Place: “Window Pour off”
  • NVAL 2015 International Juried Photography Show “Photography: The Full Spectrum”, Merit Award: “Cades Cove Magic”
  • 8th International Color Awards, 2015, Wildlife Amateur Category, Nominee  and Honorable Mention Awards: “Cranes in the Corn Fields”
  • 8th International Color Awards, 2015, Still Life Amateur Category,Nominee Award “Dried Dance”
  • Appreciation Award for outstanding contribution and dedicated service as a Print Competition Vice President of the Houston Photographic Society in 2014. January 13, 2015.

2014

  • Year End 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, January 13, 2015 Monochrome category, Honorable Mention: “San Simeon Shore”
  • Black and White Magazine 2015 Single Image Contest, Plants/Nature category, Winners: “Rock Falls” and “Fern and Log”
  • Photography Forum Magazine, 2014 Spring Contest, Finalist: “Fern”
  • 9th Black and White Spider Awards 2014, Nominee, Excellence: “Grass on black water”
  • November 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, November 18, 2014 Gold level, Monochrome category, 2nd Place: “Reeds of Boquillas” and Gold level, Color category, Honorable Mention: “White Sand Falls”
  • October 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, October 28, 2014 Gold level, Monochrome category, Honorable Mention: “White Sand Sandfall”
  • August 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, August 26, 2014 Gold level, Color category, 3rd Place: “Palmetto Leaf”
  • July 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, July 29, 2014 Gold level, Monochrome category, Honorable Mention: “Balanced Rock”
  • June 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, June 24, 2014 Gold level, Monochrome category, Honorable Mention: “Onion Creek Trees” and Gold level, Color category, Honorable Mention: “Egret Play Fight”
  • May 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, May 27, 2014 Gold level, Monochrome category, 3rd Place: “Hardwood Cove” and Gold level, Color category, Honorable Mention: “Shadow-play”
  • March 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, March 25, 2014 Gold level, Monochrome category, 2nd Place: “San Simeon Shore”
  • February 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, February 25, 2014 Gold level, Monochrome category, Honorable Mention: “Dancing Dried Trees” and Special Category Identity, 2nd Place: “Sea Gull Identity”
  • January 2014 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, January 28, 2014 Gold level, Monochrome category, 2nd Place: “Dogwood Patel Dance”

Coming soon.  In progress…

2013

2012

2011

  • Emeritus Award for his commitment to 20 years of dedicated volunteer work at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

2010

2009

2008

  • Year End 2008 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, January 9, 2008 Monochrome category, 3rd Place: “Shoveler Pond Sunset”

2007

  • Year End 2007 Contest, Houston Photographic Society, January 8, 2008 Monochrome category, 2 Honorable Mention: “Storm Trees” and “View to the Prairie”; Color category, 2nd Place: “White Sands after Rain”

2006

2005

  • Excellence Award for his commitment to Excellence in Photography Education, on his Photo Walks at Brazos Bend State Park, Texas

2004

  • Ullman Memorial Plaque for outstanding service to the Houston Photographic Society

2003

2002

2001

2000

1999

1998

1997

1996

1995

  • 1st Place Nature/Wildlife Color, Texas Center for Photography 1995 Spring Juried Photography Exhibition. Juror: Daryl Goad, Curator.
  • Award of Excellence, 21st Annual Interpretations Art and Photography Exhibition, Baylor College of Medicine, Medical Illustration and Audiovisual Education, 2015.

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