For the past five years, I have participated in the Natural Landscape Photography Awards. While I have not yet received an award, my work has consistently performed well. In each of the last four years, one of my photographs has been selected for inclusion in the official annual book accompanying the awards. This year, my 2024 photo from Scotland—featuring rowan trees with red berries—continued that streak. Among 11,000 entries worldwide, my photo achieved a ranking in the top 2.3% and advanced to the final live judging round with 202 selected images.
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I am honored that I had several of my printed photos selected to win awards at the San Diego Fair’s Exhibition of Photography. I entered 15 photos. Of those 9 were selected to be printed and further judged for the exhibition. Of those 9, 6 won an award.
The highest honor went to “Rainforest Den,” receiving the “Coordinator’s Award.” This photo is displayed on the first wall you see when entering the exhibition beside the “Best of Show” photo. The photo titled, ” Lines in the Sand”, taken at Death Valley National Park won an overall Honorable Mention. The three on the bottom row, each received 4th place in their respective categories. Emerging Rose and Garnett Peak each received a “Donated Award” from different photo groups.
Rainforest DenLines in the SandEmerging RoseDaisy and SnailDancers in the MeadowGarnet Peak, November 2019
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As a result of getting various awards, I was asked to be part of a panel discussion at the fair on Saturday June 25 from 7-9PM. If you live in the area and wish to stop by, I would love to see you there.
Prints for Sale
In other news, most of my photos area available to purchase as prints. I updated my website to include information about purchasing prints. You can view this here.
Prints on Display
Finally, I printed several photos for a friend’s dental office in San Marcos. Three of them were large prints, 72 by 48 inches. They really came great! People are commenting that they look like paintings! Here are some photos from her office.
Dancers in the Meadow, Zion National Park, 2020Hilltop Garden, San Diego 2019Audience of Stones (on the right), Laguna Mountains for San Diego, November 2019
Coming soon: I will post more photos from my 3-week road trip. The next posts will focus on the redwoods on the northern California coast. Thanks for following along!