Achievements
2022 PSNZ Round 6 Canon on Line: "Born to Fly" - 3rd place2022 Great Summer Art Exhibition: "Tūī Wāiata" - 1st place2022 National Portrait Salon: "In The Beginning" - Honours2022 Nelson Triptych Salon: "Fly Kaka Fly" - Honours2022 New Brighton Photojournalism Salon: "Kārearea Rehabilitation at Wingspan Rotorua" - Highly Commended2022 Creative Focus Photography Salon: "Flow", "Horizon", "The Gathering"- Highly Commended x 3, "Migration" - Honours, "All That Remains" - Gold Medal2022 4 Nations (international inter club salon): "Migration" - Selected2022 Trenna Packer Salver Inter club Nature Competition: "Kaka" ("Epic shot of the competition”)2022 North Shore Salon: "Locked In", "Plummet", "Braided River" - Highly Commended x 3, "Eye Spy" - Silver Medal2022 PSNZ Honours Board; Distinction of Associate from the Photography Society of New Zealand - APSNZ2022 NZ Camera 2022: "Eye Spy" - Published2022 Laurie Thomas Landscape Photography Salon: "Braided River" - Honours2022 PSNZ Sony National Exhibition of Photography: "Migration" - Bronze Medal2022 Canon on Line Round 1: "Eye Spy"- 6th place2022 Bristol International Salon: Acceptance x 62021 Great Summer Art Exhibition: "Tūturiwhatu" - 1st place photography2021 PSNZ Canon on Line: Round 6, "Wingdings" - 9th place2021 Creative Focus Photography Salon: "Tūi Waiata" - Highly Commended2021 North Shore Salon: Highly Commended x 5, Honours x 5, "After 12,000km" - Silver Medal 2021 4 Nations (international inter club salon): "Kaka" - Selected2021 PSNZ Sony National Exhibition of Photography: "Solitude" - Arthur Bates Trophy for Best Monochrome and Ron Willems Medallion for Best Overall Photographer in Projected Images2020 PSNZ Canon on Line: 2nd Place Overall including 3 Top Ten placings2020 National Photojournalism Salon: "Ouch" – Honours2020 PSNZ Canon on Line Round 5: "Kaka" - 6th place2020 Creative Focus Photography Salon: "Sway" – Highly Commended2020 PSNZ Canon on Line Round 4: Kārearea - 2nd place2020 PSNZ Honours Board: Distinction of Licentiate from the Photography Society of New Zealand - LPSNZ2020 4 Nations (international inter club salon): "Kārearea" - Selected2020 PSNZ Canon on Line Round 3: "Tūturiwhatu, NZ Dotterel" – 8th place 2020 North Shore Salon: "Into the Sunset" – Highly Commended, "Poised" – Bronze Medal2020 Laurie Thomas Landscape Photography Salon: "Approaching Storm Tāwharanui" – Gold Medal2020 NZ Camera 2020: "Poised" - Published2020 PSNZ National Exhibition of Photography: "Allegro Non Troppo" - Bronze Medal2020 Great Summer Art Exhibition: "Allegro Non Troppo" - 1st place photography2019 Photographic Society of NZ International Salon: "Poised" - GPU Honourable mention ribbon, "Solitude" PSA Bronze Medal2019 Dunedin Festival of Photography: Honours x 32019 July Creative Focus Photography Salon: Highly Commended x 1 , Honours x 2, "Allegro Non Troppo" - Bronze Medal2019 North Shore Photography Salon: Highly Commended x 2, "Poised" - Bronze Medal 2019 Royal NZ Easter Show; "Pōhutukawa Pathway" - Solar plate triptych - Highly Commended2018 NZ Camera 2018: "Lift Off" - 10th place2018 PSNZ Canon on Line: "A Moment in Time" - 1st place2018 New Brighton Photojournalism Salon: "Hot New & Now" – Honours 2018 PSNZ Canon on Line: "A Moment in Time" - 1st place2018 Hibiscus and Bays Art Award: "Pōhutukawa Pathway" (Solar plate triptych) – Merit2018 PSNZ Canon On Line: "Peek-a-Boo" - 10th place2018 Royal NZ Easter Show: "Hot, New & Now" (Photo) – Merit, "Gone Fishing" - (Solar plate) - 2nd place mixed media2017 Auckland Camera Club Shoot Out: "Hot, New & Now" - 2nd black and white2017 North Shore Photography Salon: "Barbary Dove" - Gold Medal2017 Royal NZ Easter Show: "Matariki, New Beginnings" (Lino print) - 3rd place2016 Estuary Art Centre Merit Awards: "Three Views One Moment" ( Lino Print) – Merit2016 Hibiscus and Bays Art Awards: "Let Them Eat Flax" (Lino Print) - MeritI never imagined that I would have a page like this. In fact I still need to pinch myself whenever I add to it. However I shall not apologise for its continued growth as I am proud of my achievements. Entering photographic competitions and salons gives my work an audience, which in my humble opinion, all art deserves.
2023 Awarded FIAP International Photography Distinction; AFIAP2023 Dunedin Festival of Photography: "Of Sea and Sand", "Welcome Swallows" - Honours2023 Photography Society of New Zealand Regional Northern Salon: "Balance"' "Bar-tailed Godwit" - Honours, "Born to Fly" - First Place Digital Open2023 National Triptych Salon: "Adrenaline Rush" - Highly Commended, "Lapping it Up" - Honours2023 North Shore Salon of Photography: "Days' End" - Highly Commended, "Lift Off" - Honours2023 National Photojournalism Salon: "Never Miss a Shot" - 2nd in Social Commentary2023 Laurie Thomas Landscape Photography Salon: "Braided River" - Honours2023 Mawhera Photography Salon: "The Challenge" - Honours, "Horizon" - Gold Medal2023 Creative Focus Photography Salon: "Floral" - Highly Commended, "Kaitiaki of the Mountains", Tara iti" - Honours2023 Spring Clicks, Montenegro: "Pied Shag" - PC Peresto Bronze Medal, "Pied Shag" - Victory Honourable Mention, "Solitude" - GRADAC PGI Honourable Mention2023 Managua Circuit, Nicaragua: "Variable Oyster Catcher" - Diploma MPC, "Poised" - Diploma Salon, 2023 International Brazilian Photo circuit, Brazil: "All That Remains" - GRFRP Diploma, "Braided River" - BICP Diploma2023 Colombia Photostories, Bangladesh: "Still Standing" - FIAP Ribbon2023 Athens Grand International Salon, Greece: "In the Beginning" - GPU Ribbon2023 International Photo Contest, Hungary: "New Zealand Northern Dotterel" - FIAP Honourable Mention2023 Lion City International Salon, Singapore: Acceptance x 3, "Northern New Zealand Dotterel" - FIAP Blue Ribbon, "Welcome Swallows" - IAAP Bronze Medal2023 PSNZ Canon on Line: "Tara it" - 1st place2023 Bristol International Salon: "Bar-tailed Godwit"- Honourable Mention, "Northern New Zealand Dotterel" - PAGB Silver Medal