Award of Excellence in Wedding and Portrait Photographer's International Print competition 2010

First place in Chautauqua Digital Art Professional Category , Wytheville,Va. 2009

Grand Prize in the WPPI Kodak Award of Distinction NexPress Photo Book Feb 2009!


First Place in the "Just Print It" Maob Paper Contest sponsored by WPPI October 2008

( In the November issue of AfterCapture and Rangefinder Magazines)

28th Annual 2008 Spring Photography Contest by Photography Forum Magazine 4th place.
(Co-sponsored by Canon )

Shutterbugs Best of Category in Digital Art and Portraits August 2008, August 2009

Chautauqua Festival of Wytheville, Va. Professional Division 2008 1st in Wildlife, 2nd and 3rd in Portraits.

2007 Photographer of the Year competition for Digital Camera Magazine recieved a 'Commended'2/2008

First Place in the Portrait/Wedding Category of the Worldwide NAPP Photoshop User Awards! for the year 2008

Best of month/ Jan 08/ Digital Image Cafe/ Best of month June 2008
Best of Month/Dec 07/ Shutterbugs
Chautuaqua Show/ June 2007/ 1st and 2nd place in Fine Art Photography/ Pro Category.
                                        1st and 3rd in People Professional Category.
Grand Prize (Best of Show) winner in the year 2007 Worldwide
Photoshop User Awards! Won a trip to Rome!

Cover of PSD magazine Feb. 2007 and 'Self Exposure' article.
Best of Month for People Category at Digital Image Cafe Dec. 2006
Best of Quarter for People Category announced at Digital Image Cafe Jan.2007
Photographer of the Year "Photoshowdown" announced Jan 2007
Digital Art Image of the year "Photoshowdown" announced Jan.2007
Honorable Mention in the Photoshop Cookoff Contest. October 2006
3rd Place in Readers contest in Popular Photography Magazine October 2006
4th Place in "Portrait of a Stranger" assignment Photoworkshop.com August 2006
Featured Photographer in Professional Photography Magazine September 2006
Full Page in Professional Photography Magazine A September 2006
Featured in reader showcase Photoshop User Magazine September 2006

Best of Month in People at Digital Image Cafe for August 2006
Best of Month in People( 2nd )category at Betterphoto for August 2006
Best of Month in People category at DigitalImageCafe for July 2006
Best of Digital Art Category at Shutterbugs for June 2006
Best of Quarterly Digital Art at DigitalImageCafe  
Best of Month for Digital Art at DigitalImageCafe June 2006
Chautaugua Festival In the Park.Photo competition. Wytheville Va. 
1st, 2nd and Best in Show for Pro Digital Fine Art. June 2006
Honorable Mention in the "Digital SanDisk" competition June 2006
Best of month for Digtal Art May 2006 at Digital ImageCafe
Best of 1st Quarter Digital Art at DigitalImageCafe May2006
Picture of the month in Digital Art Category at DigitalImageCafe Feb. 06
First place in Theme Category 'self portraits' at DigitalImageCafe Feb. 06
Picture of the Month Digital Art and first place Portrait Art at Photoshowdown.com Feb. 06

First place in the January'06 DigitalImageCafe.com  Theme Contest with this image "Capture the Magic of Corel" and Corel Software adds this  image to their newsletter.

 "Digital Art Photo of the Year" for the year 2005 at PhotoShowDown and the featured artist of the month.

August 2005:  2nd place in State Contest 'Through Different Eyes' The Faces of Poverty in Virginia! This award is very near and dear to my heart! My images will be part of an exhibit honoring the most invisible among us. It opens in Richmond Virginia October 14th 2005  and will travel thoughout the state for 2 years.
This picture "Sunday's Best" of Daisey Dunford is now offered as a print to help with the Virginia Poverty Law Center. This exhibit will be coming to the Roanoke and Abington area, so don't miss it!

August 2005:  First place in the Canon Digital Rebel Competition!  "The Simple Life" (A farm scene in Ceres, Virginia)took first in Landscape
 http://photoworkshop.com/canon/contest/ I won a new canon 20D and a lens!

July 2005:  2nd place in the Chautaugua Festival Professional Photo Competition.

December 2004: my image "In My Daughters Eyes" makes the cover of 'Digital Photo Effects' (see image below)

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