AWARDS

FIRST PRIZE - MACRO/OTHER category (“Underwater Dancers”); SPECIAL AWARD: NATIONAL PARKS AND REFUGES (“Snack Time”); TOP 250 (“Early Morning Kingfisher” and “Fly Like a Bird”) in the 2024 Share the View International Nature Photography Contest

FIRST PLACE - NATURE/AMATEUR category (“Fish Balloon”); HONORABLE MENTION – WILDLIFE/AMATEUR category (“Bliss”, “Fly Like a Bird”, and Underwater Dancers”), HONORABLE MENTION – NATURE/AMATEUR category (“Pool Party”) in the 2024 Monochrome Awards International Black and White Photography Contest

TOP 100 (“Underwater Dancers”); TOP 250 (“Pool Party”) in the 2025 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Showcase Competition

GOLD AWARD (Great Blue Heron); HIGHLY COMMENDED (Malachite Kingfisher, Calliope Hummingbird, Black Bishop, Osprey X 2, Osprey and Pelican) in the 2025 Society of International Nature and Wildlife Photographers (SINWP) Bird Photographer of the Year

PHOTOGRAPHER OF THE YEAR (featured photo “Mobula Rocket”); FINALIST (“A Cool Dip”, “Giraffes at Sunset”, “The Understanding”, “Bravery or a Death Wish”, “Angel Wings”, “It Sure is Hot Today”, “Good Grief”, “Attempted Thievery”, “Face-to-Face With Nemo”, “Orcas in Sunbeams”, “Dolphin Hunt”, and “Swimming With an Apex Predator” in The Nature Photography Contest 2025

WINNER - SPECIAL AWARD: OCEAN LIFE (“Orcas in Sunbeams”); TOP 250 (“Lion Kings” and “An Angel in My Head”) in the 2025 Share the View International Nature Photography Contest

NOMINEE - Natural World/nonprofessional category (“Orcas: The Apex Predators of the Ocean” series) in the 1839 Awards: 2025 Art of Storytelling Contest

WINNER- Monochrome Wildlife Challenge (“Lion Kings”); THIRD PLACE - The Best of 2025 Challenge (“Orca Family”); FINALIST - Monochrome Wildlife Challenge (“Gentle Glider”) in the 2025 Pangolin Photo Challenge

TOP 31/JUDGE’S CHOICE - MACRO, MICRO, AND ALL OTHER WILDLIFE category (“Gentle Glider”); TOP 100 (“Orca Family”); TOP 250 (“Orcas in Sunbeams”, An Angel in My Head”, Boys Will Be Boys”, and Lion Kings”) in the 2026 North American Nature Photography Association (NANPA) Showcase Competition

FINALIST (“Orcas in Sunbeams”) in the 2026 Siena International Photo Awards