October 8th was a date in which I would reach a personal milestone.  The annual juried photography show at Arts Clayton gallery is one that I have regularly participated in for nearly 5 years now.  Each year it gets better.  Each year it gets tougher.  To be awarded Best of Show for the event left me speechless. Read more »

2008 was quite good for me in terms of my professional work, freelance work, and general hobbyist activities.  I received a national level award and two state level awards at work.  Personally, I received a national level award, four local awards, and have been included in a variety of press and publications.  I have been blessed and look forward to seeing what 2009 holds.  Most recently, my work was included in Hallowed Ground Magazine (Winter 2008, Vol. 9, No. 4), a publication created by Civil War Preservation & Trust.  Something of which I am very proud of. Read more »

As some of you know, my two year term as president of the Visual Artists Collective of Henry County, Inc. has drawn to a close this year.  In order to devote my time elsewhere, I have opted not to run again as an officer in the organization and have turned it over to another group of very qualified and talented people.  Without being the leader of the group, I felt more at ease about entering one of the competitions and was quite glad that I did when I learned the results. Read more »

I attended the opening reception for the 5th Annual Arts Clayton Juried Photography Competition on October 2nd.  This is one of my favorite local photography competitions as it is usually well attended and just an all-around class act.  This year was no different.  I walked in the door with no real expectation of taking a prize home, so hearing my name called twice was quite a shock.

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A few months back, a friend of mine forwarded an online contest over to me to check out.  Knowing I have been out to photograph local Civil War re-enactments he thought I might be interested in participating.  So I did.  Turns out I won first place! Read more »

I received word last week that one of my City Hall East photos was selected as the winner for the Creative Loafing Flickr contest. Rarely do I win anything.  And by rarely I of course mean…never.  You can tell that I never win anything because I thought the mail was spam at first.

So this was a nice treat on a Friday afternoon.  I won a pair of tickets to see REM at Lakewood.