Accolades
Highlights…
> National Audubon Society Favorite Female Bird Gallery, from 2022 Audubon Photography Contest: Photo featured: (1) Female Hooded Merganser escaping with crayfish.
> TheUniverseofColourPhotography.com 2022 Golden Camera Award / Hall Of Fame - Photographers of the Year Awards: (1) Taveta Golden-Weaver Weaving Nest From The Inside.
> NANPA Showcase 2024 (North American Nature Photography Association):
2 Top 100 Awards: (1) Female Hooded Merganser Escaping With Crayfish. (2) Burrowing Owl with Poisonous Monarch.
> 9th 35Awards International Photo Competition - Wildlife 2024:
(1) Osprey with Specklefin Midshipman Fish.
Top 35 Wildlife Award and Viewers Choice Single Photo Award.
> TheUniverseofColourPhotography.com 2023 Golden Camera Award / Hall Of Fame - Photographers of the Year Awards: (1) Baby American Coot.
> 9th Master Photographers International - IIC Competition, 2024:
3 Gold Awards: (1) Peregrine Mating pair, (2) Peregrine Circle of Life, (3) Peregrine Drop Food-Transfer. 5 Silver Awards: (1) Western Screech Owl In Hidy-Hole, (2) Osprey With Red Kokanee Salmon - Wings Up, (3) Osprey With Red Kokanee Salmon - Sweeping Low, (4) Osprey With Sparkle-fin Midshipman, (5) Female Hooded Merganser With Crayfish. 2 Bronze Awards: (1) Great Gray Owl, (2) Snowy Plover Hatchling Stretching Wings. 2 Overall Top-100 Image Awards: (1) Peregrine Mating pair, (2) Peregrine Circle of Life, Peregrine Drop Food-Transfer. Third Place - Nature Photography Series: (1) Peregrine Mating Pair, (2) Peregrine Circle of Life, (3) Peregrine Food-Drop Transfer, (4) Osprey With Specklefin Midshipman Fish.
> The Perfect Exposure Gallery - Aesthetics Exhibition (2024):
Alhambra, California - 2 photos exhibited: (1) Mandarin Duck - “Mother Nature Outdid Herself”. (2) American Barn Owl - “Going Full Tilt”.
> Bird Photographer Of The Year (BPOTY) Award 2025: ”
(1) Vaccum-Cleaner Foraging” (Brewer’s Blackbird with alkali flies).
> 10th 35Awards International Photography Competition - Wildlife 2025 (with 50 participating countries): Viewer’s Choice Award: (1) Peregrine Falcon Protecting Nest From Brown Pelican. Voted Top 35 Wildlife Photos, Voted Top 35 Wildlife Photographers, Voted Top 2% Wildlife Photographers in Hunting & Foraging Competition, and Top Wildlife Series.
> TheUniverseofColourPhotography.com 2024 Hall of Fame - Golden Camera Award / Photographers of the Year Awards: (1) Brown Pelican With Pouch Of Fish.
> 10th Master Photographers International / International Imaging Competition, 2025:
2 Gold Awards: (1) Long-Eared Owl with vole, (2) Peregrine Falcon drop-food-transfer.
8 Silver Awards: (1) Peregrine Falcon Protecting Nest, (2) Mating Peregrine Falcons, (3) Peregrine Falcon Food Transfer, (4) Wood Duck Portrait, (5) Two Anna’s Humming Birds Drinking From fountain, (6) Single Anna’s Hummingbird drinking from fountain, (7) Western Grebe With Chick, (8) Allen’s Humming Bird Surviving Global Warming, Peregrine Falcon Chasing Brown Pelican. 1 Top 100 Award (across all contest categories): (1) Long-eared Owl With Vole.
> TheUniverseofColourPhotography.com 2025 Hall of Fame - Golden Camera Award / Photographers of the Year Awards: (1) Mother Great Horned Owl Feeding Owlets, “Love At First Bite”.
> NANPA Showcase 2026 (North American Nature Photography Association):
Top 100 Awards (Bird Behavior): (1) Brewer’s Blackbird foraging alkali flies. TOP 250 Awards (Birds) : (2) Acorn Woodpecker. Top 250 Awards (Birds/Humor): (3) Snowy Owl imitating life.
> 11th35Awards: 2026 - Judging Panel Member:
I was invited by the 11th35Awards to be one of the 50 judges on this year’s judging panel for
the 11th35Awards - International Photo Competition with only 1 judge from each of the
50 participating countries. I will be representing the United States for this year’s competition.
> The Perfect Exposure Gallery - “The Big Picture” show (2/28/26), Alhambra, CA:
This is my first individual gallery show. The show will feature some of my favorite bird photos at an astounding size of 25 x 38 inches. Each bird will be brought to life near actual size, allowing viewers to immerse themselves in seldom seen moments and the bird's visceral survival instincts, intense motherly devotion, boundless free spirit and uncanny sense of humor…up close and personal. The show runs for six weeks from February 28th to April 11th.
More to come…
