awards

2006

• Received an Honorable Mention for "Blue Mountain Lake" in the Regional 2006 Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibit, held by the North Hills Art Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

2005

• Received First Place in the 2005 Pennsylvania Fish & Boating Commission Photography Contest in the Fishing and Boating Resources Category.
• Received the Grand Prize for Best Overall Photograph in the Life in the Fingerlakes 2005 Photo Contest with "4th of July at the Lake (v)", held by the Life in the Fingerlakes Magazine.
• Received First Price in the New York, of Course! Photo Contest with "Framed Clocktower in Winter", held by the New York State Department of Economic Development (NYSDED).
• Received a 1st Place in Photography Award at the 2005 Park Avenue Summer Art Fest in Rochester, NY
• Received a 2nd Place Certificate of Excellence in the SLide of the Year 2005 competition for "Lichens" at the Photographic Section of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh.

• Received an Honorable Mention in the Print of the Year 2005 competition for "Birches & Sugar Maple" at the Photographic Section of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh.

• Received a Festival Award at the 2005 2nd Session of the Three Rivers Art Festival in Pittsburgh, PA.
• Received a Certificate of Merit for "Commercializing History" in the Winter 2005 Photographic Section of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh member digital competition.
• Received the Juror's Choice Award for "Subway Abstract II" in the 1st Annual Regional Juried Exhibit held by the Charleroi Art & History Center.
• Received Finalist Status for "Window Sun" in the February 2005 contest held by BetterPhoto.
• Received an Honorable Mention for "Subway Beggar" in the 2005 Annual Photo Show held by the State of the Art Gallery in Ithaca, NY.
• Received First Place in Prints for "Palm Painting" at the 2005 Salon held by the Photographic Section of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh, and an Honorable Mention for "White Whiskers", an Honorable Mention for Desert Dune" and an Honorable Mention for "Taughannock in Winter".
• Received several awards in the Winter 2005 Photographic Section of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh member print competition, including a certificate of Merit for "Birches & Sugar Maple", a Certificate of Merit for "Two Sweaters" and a Certificate of Merit for "Turning Leaves".
• Received Finalist Status for "Delft Reflection II" in the 2005 Authors' Contest at Circle of Photographers.
• Received several awards in the Winter 2005 Photographic Section of the Academy of Science and Art of Pittsburgh member slide competition, including a Certificate of Merit for "Yellow Leaf", a Certificate of Merit for "Desert Dune" and a Certificate of Merit for "Lichens".

2004

• Received 2nd Place for "Sailing the Keys" in the 2004 Annual Membership Juried Art Exhibit, held by the North Hills Art Center in Pittsburgh, PA.
• Received a Finalist Certificate for "Subway Beggar" in their 24th Annual Spring Photography Contest, held by Photographer's Forum Magazine.
• Received 2nd Place for "Window Sun" in the Regional 2004 Multi-Media Juried Art Exhibit, held by the North Hills Art Center in Pittsburgh, PA.
• Received an Honorable Mention for "Burano Reflection" at the 2004 Juried Annual Photo Salon competition, held by the Pittsburgh Photo Section camera club.
• Received 1st Place for "Amsterdam Reflections II" in the "Close to Home" April 2004 montly contest at Focus, a Dutch photography magazine.
• Received several Honorable Mentions and Awards of Merit at the 2003-2004 quarterly print and slide competitions at the Pittsburgh Photo Section camera club.

2003 etc

• Received 1st Prize in Photography at the White Plains Art Show in White Plains, NY.
• Included as one of the winners of the "My Work" contest with "Subway Beggar" in the April 2002 Issue of the New York Institute of Photography internet site.
• Included with "An Alien's Point of View: the Gun Store" as one of five winners in the Challenge (De Uitdaging) photo contest, theme "Borderline" (de Grens) of the Dutch magazine Focus, February 2002 no. 2 issue.
• Received 3rd Prize for "Delft Reflections I" in Photographer's Choice at the FotoFanatic.com internet contest.
• Received 2nd Prize for "Delft Reflections II" at the #41: Free Theme FotoSurf.com internet contest. Also received a PhotoSurf Quality Award for the design of this webpage.
• Included as one of the winners of the "My Morning" contest in the March Issue of the New York Institute of Photography internet site.
• Received 1st Prize in Photography at the Penfield Art Fest in Penfield, NY.
• Received 1st Prize in Photography at the Brockport Art Fest in Rochester, NY.
• Received 1st Place in Photography for Best Event Photograph for the City of Gainesville's Hogtown Medieval Fair.
• Received 1st Place in photography for "Reflections 2" at the Ocala Art Group Member Show at the Appleton Museum.
• Received 2nd Place at the annual Gainesville Fine Art Association member’s reception for "Amsterdam Reflections II".
• Received two judge selections at the 40th Apopka Art and Foliage Festival.
• Received an Honorable Mention for "Amsterdam Reflections II" at the 33rd Annual Mandarin Art Festival.
• Received an Award of Distinction for "Bike Mania" at the 24th Annual Leesburg Art Festival.
• Received an Award of Merit for "Reflections 2" at the Annual Member’s Show at the Gainesville Fine Art Association.
• Received 2nd Place Award with "Cypress Tree" at the Ocala Art Group annual Luncheon Contest.
• Received a Purchase Award with "Cedar Key Pelican" at the 19th Annual Downtown Festival and Art Show in Gainesville.
• Received 1st Prize for "Lazy Gator" at the travelphotocontests.com internet contest.