Accolades
Competition and creating finished artwork have provided me with invaluable feedback from professional judges, museum juries, and art curators, continually raising the standard of the art I create for my clients and collectors. It is an expensive and time-consuming pursuit, shaped by years of learning, persistence, and more than a few lessons from the school of hard knocks.
I believe you will see that experience reflected in my finished artwork.
Selected Highlights
2007 — First Place, Professional Wildlife
Art Wolfe International Photography Competition — “Leap of Faith,” Park City2016 — First Place, People
International Color Awards — “Better and Better”2022 — Photographer of the Year
Intermountain Professional Photographers Association (IPPA)2022 — Court of Honor & Reportage Award
IPPA — photographs of the 2021 Parleys Canyon Fire2024–2026 — Three Consecutive Juried Spring Salons
Springville Museum of Art2026 — Best of Show
Utah State Fair — “Sovereign of the Storm”2026 — Image of Excellence
Photographic Society of America — “Sovereign of the Storm”2026 — International Bronze Medal
Professional Photographers of America International Photographic Competition — “Snowstorm Sheet Music”2026 — Juried Artist
Park City Kimball Arts FestivalPermanent Display — “Leap of Faith”
Swaner Preserve and EcoCenter, Park City
Selected Awards by Year
2026
Best of Show — Utah State Fair, “Sovereign of the Storm”
Image of Excellence — Photographic Society of America, “Sovereign of the Storm”
First Place, Black and White — Utah State Fair, “Balancing Act”
Second Place, America 250 — Utah State Fair, “Life, Liberty”
Third Place, Landscape — Utah State Fair, “Lost in Time”
Fourth Place, Black and White — Utah State Fair, “Shades of Summer”
Honorable Mention — Utah State Fair, “Etched in Time”
102nd Spring Salon — Springville Museum of Art, “Balancing Act”
Juried Artist — Park City Kimball Arts Festival
International Bronze Medal — Professional Photographers of America International Photographic Competition, “Snowstorm Sheet Music”
Nature Nominee — Americana Photo Awards, “Horns and Thorns”
Editorial & Press Nominee — Americana Photo Awards, “Hooves and Horseflies”
2025
101st Spring Salon — Springville Museum of Art, “First Snow on Fall Leaves – La Sal Range”
Photojournalism Nominee — Black and White Spider Awards, “Man and Machines Over Mountain”
2024
100th Spring Salon — Springville Museum of Art, “When the Leaves Are Gone”
Nature & Wildlife Image of the Year — IPPA, “Snowstorm Sheet Music”
Landscape Image of the Year — IPPA, “Big Sky Country”
Third Place, Nature & Wildlife — IPPA, “Baby Osprey – Waiting for Mother”
Second Place, Landscape — IPPA, “Lonely Bristlecone Pine – Dead Horse Point”
First Place, Street & Architecture — Utah State Fair, “The Encounter”
Second Place, Wildlife — Utah State Fair, “Owl Twins Through the Mist”
Second Place, Sunsets — Utah State Fair, “Last Light Lace”
Fourth Place, Cell Phone — Utah State Fair, “Reflections”
Honorable Mention, Wildlife — Black and White Spider Awards, “Snowstorm Sheet Music”
2023
First Place, Professional Wildlife — Utah State Fair, “Waiting for Mother – Baby Osprey”
Honorable Mention, Human Interest — Utah State Fair
Honorable Mention, Black and White — Utah State Fair
Honorable Mention, Reflections — Utah State Fair
2022
Photographer of the Year — IPPA
Court of Honor — IPPA
Reportage Award — IPPA
Superior (92) — IPPA, “When the Leaves Are Gone”
Excellent (87) — IPPA, “God’s Paintbrush”
Honorable Mention, Photojournalism — International Color Awards, “Last Drop”
Honorable Mention, Photojournalism — International Color Awards, “Into the Inferno”
Honorable Mention, Aerial — International Color Awards, “On a Wing and a Prayer – Hometown Heroes”
Additional Honorable Mentions — International Color Awards, Wildlife, Americana & Nature
Supervisor’s Choice — Utah State Fair, “Winter Dreams – Utah Wild Mustangs”
Second Place, Professional Black & White — Utah State Fair, “Winter Dreams – Utah Wild Mustangs”
Second Place, Professional Wildlife — Utah State Fair, “Baby Great Horned Owl – Up on the Rooftop”
2021
Honorable Mention — Black and White Spider Awards, “Moon Rising Over White Barn”
Nominations — Black and White Spider Awards, Abstract, Americana & Nature
First Place, April PROMPT Competition — IPPA
First Place, May PROMPT Competition — IPPA
2009–2018
2018 — Honorable Mention, Aerial — International Color Awards
2009–2017 — Multiple Nominations — International Color Awards, including Americana, Architecture, Photojournalism, Still Life, Nature & Aerial
2013 — Wildlife Recognition — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
2014 — Wildlife Recreation & Sportsman Portraiture Honors — Utah Division of Wildlife Resources
2008
2008 — Don Pugmire Award — Photography, printing & framing, “Leap of Faith”
2008 — PPA/IPPA Merit — “The Aviator”
2008 — Two Children’s Portraiture Ribbons — IPPA
2007
2007 — First Place, Professional Wildlife — Art Wolfe International Photography Competition, “Leap of Faith”
2007 — Nature Nominee — International Color Awards, “Leap of Faith”
Please enjoy a few digital images of these competitions below!
