Accolades
Professional Photographers of North Carolina Annual Photography Competition
- 1983 — 1st and 2nd place, and an honorable mention
- 1984 — Best of Show and 2nd place
- 1985 — Did not compete
- 1986 — 1st place
- 1987 — 1st and 3rd place; PPNC Fellowship award
- 1988 — Best of Show, 1st, 2nd, and 3rd place
- 1989 — 1st and 3rd place
- 1990 — 3rd place
- 1991 — 1st and 3rd place
- 1992 — 3rd place
- 1993 — Best of Show ( Commercial ) 2nd place, PPNC photographer of the Year.
- 1994 — Best of Show
Note: From 1995 through 2013 I did not enter any photo competitions with the exception of the Charlotte Observer competition
Additional Awards
- 2003 — Won Best all around photograph in the first "How I shot my summer vacation” at The Charlotte Observer newspaper.
- 2014 — Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition = Best in Show award
- 2015 — Appalachian Mountain Photography Competition = Blue Ridge Parkway Foundation award
- 2017 — Won the innaugural Highlands, NC Nature Center Photo Contest = Best in Show award
— Winner of 4 Kodak Photographic Excellence awards
— Fuji Masterpiece award, 1993
— Earned Professional Photographers of America Master Photographer degree, 1993
— Earned over 25 national awards of merit in print competition through Professional Photographers of America