I AM VERY PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THAT MY PHOTOGRAPH ENTITLED "DESERT CLIMBER" TOOK 1ST PLACE OUT OF OVER 6,000 IMAGE SUBMISSIONS FROM OVER 28 COUNTRIES THIS YEAR AT THE DRONESTAGRAM AND NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DRONE PHOTOGRAPHY CONTEST. THE COMPETITION WAS JUDGED ON CREATIVITY AND PHOTOGRAPHIC QUALITY BY A PANEL OF EXPERTS INCLUDING NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC PHOTOGRAPHER KEN GEIGER (PULITZER PRIZE-WINNING PHOTOGRAPHER) AS WELL AS JEAN-PIERRE VRIGNAUD, EDITOR IN CHIEF OF NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC FRANCE AND DRONESTAGRAM.
The 2013 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest received over 15,000 submissions from countries across the globe.
I am very pleased to announce that my photograph entitled "Thunderstorm at False Kiva" took 2nd place out of over 15,000 image submissions this year at the National Geographic 2013 Photo Contest. National Geographic Traveler Director of Photography Dan Westergren, one of this year's judges, shares his thoughts about the image:
“This photo combines two different scenes into one: the small kiva in a cliff dwelling and the grand vista of Canyonlands National Park across the valley. I really like the two different color palettes—warm inside and purple outside. This two-for-one scene was caused by the lightning storm outside the dwelling, which lit up the landscape like it was a huge electronic flash. Looking at this picture I can imagine what a wonderful sight it must have been for the ancient people who lived here. It doesn't seem too amazing now in our modern world, but might have been mind-blowing for the prehistoric residents.”
I am pleased to announce that my photograph entitled "Looking Up" took first place in the 2013 Destinations Travel Photo Contest hosted by Digital Photo.
I am pleased to announce my image entitled "Canyon Spirits" won First Place in the Shoot The Land International Photography Award contest in October, 2013.
International Photography Awards (IPA) 2013
The 2013 International Photography Awards received nearly 15,000 submissions from 103 countries across the globe.
I am pleased to have received fourteen awards in this years 2013 IPA Awards. Five of my images won second place in the Nature: Other category, four won third place in the Nature: Landscape category, and five received honorable mention in the Special: Night Photography category.
•Awarded in the Amateur Category of: Nature: Other - Second Place Winner - Curious Chicks
•Awarded in the Amateur Category of: Nature: Other - Second Place Winner - Lone Penguin
•Awarded in the Amateur Category of: Nature: Other - Second Place Winner - Courtship
•Awarded in the Amateur Category of: Nature: Other - Second Place Winner - Colony
•Awarded in the Amateur Category of: Nature: Other - Second Place Winner - Welcome to South Georgia
•Awarded in the Amateur Category of: Nature: Landscape - Third Place Winner - Sand and Sun
•Awarded in the Amateur Category of: Nature: Landscape - Third Place Winner - Sun Waves
•Awarded in the Amateur Category of: Nature: Landscape - Third Place Winner - Beams
•Awarded in the Amateur Category of: Nature: Landscape - Third Place Winner - Canyon Light
•Awarded in the Amateur Category Special: Night Photography - Honorable Mention - Annapurna Stars
•Awarded in the Amateur Category Special: Night Photography - Honorable Mention - Patagonia Noche
•Awarded in the Amateur Category Special: Night Photography - Honorable Mention - Mesa Night
•Awarded in the Amateur Category Special: Night Photography - Honorable Mention - Thunderstorm at False Kiva
•Awarded in the Amateur Category Special: Night Photography - Honorable Mention - Night at the Arch
I am pleased to announce that my image entitled "Curious Chicks" was a finalist in the 2013 Photographer's FORUM Magazine Best of Photography contest
I am pleased to announce that my image titled "Annapurna Stars" was commended in low light category of the 2013 Sony World Photography Awards.
This year's contest attracted more than 122,000 entries from 170 countries.
I am pleased to announce that my image entitled "Looking Up" received honorable mention in the Connecting People and Nature category of the 2013 National Wildlife photography competition. There were over 32,000 image submissions to the contest this year.
I am happy to announce that my imaged titled "Patagonia Night" received an Honorable Mention award in the 2013 Compelling Image contest hosted by legendary photographer Art Wolfe.
I am pleased to announce that my image titled "Moonrise over Wildebeest" received highly honored awards in the 2011 Natures Best Photography Contest and was published in Natures Best Photography Magazine. Over 25,000 images were submitted from countries around the globe, and it was a great pleasure for me to receive this distinction.
It was a pleasure working with Africa Geographic and having my article on Black Footed Cats published in the April 2011 issue. I was fortunate to be a researcher on the Black Footed Cat project in Kimberley, South Africa for several months. I learned a great deal about the species and spent a lot of time tracking them in the field, which allowed me to write up this article and include several of the images I had taken during those months of work.
It was a pleasure working with Backpacker Magazine. We published a brief article on Antarctica, including one of my penguin images.
It has been an honor to have an image published in the June 2013 issue of Spirit Airlines Magazine
It was an honor to have my image published in the January 2012 issue of Africa Geographic Magazine.
I am happy to announce that two of my images were selected as 'Editors Favorites' in the Winter 2012 edition of Travel Africa Magazine
MatadorU Article Publication - Field Notes from a Conservation Biologist in Antarctica
MatadorU Article Publication - Travel Photography Tip - How To Shoot Night Photography
Outdoor Minded Magazine Article Publication - Photography Sets: Max Seigal and the Natural World
