"Under The Live Oaks"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - October 2025


I received the Stuart Lynn Award at the March 1st, 2025 CVDCC banquet.

Stuart Lynn is a mentor in the Coachella Valley Desert Camera Club, a figure so revered and accomplished that this award is given each year in his name. It is a great honor to receive the coveted award, and I thank my fellow members for the Year 2024 nomination.


"Leaf Portrait in Red, No. 7"

1st Place - CVDCC "WOW" Contest, Red Theme - June 2025

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial - October 2025

S4C Pictorial Circuit, June - 2026 Acceptance 


"Dreamtime Return"

S4C 2023-24 End of Year GOLD MEDAL, Pictorial Creative - June 2024 



"Winter Solstice: Sunrise, Arch Rock"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - April 2021 

S4C Award, Nature - March 2021

S4C - End of Year Honor Award - Nature, General - September 2021​​​​​​​

CVDCC 2021 Image of the Year, Pictorial: Honor Award - March 2022


"Agave, Shadows and Light"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Monochrome - October 2021

S4C: 27 out of 27 point Award, Monochrome - November 2021

CVDCC 2021 Image of the Year, Monochrome: GOLD MEDAL - March 2022

Coachella International Exhibition Acceptance, Monochrome - April 2022

S4C End of Year BRONZE MEDAL, Pictorial Monochrome - June 2022

S4C International Photo Exhibition, SILVER MEDAL, Monochrome - September 2023 


"Lifting Fog"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Monochrome - December 2021

S4C Honorable Mention, Monochrome - December 2021


"Santa Rosa Plateau"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Monochrome - April 2021 

CVDCC 2021 Image of the Year, Monochrome: HONORABLE MENTION - March 2022


"Oblivious"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - December 2021

S4C Award, Pictorial, Individual Color - January 2022

Coachella International Exhibition, BRONZE MEDAL,

 PID Color Division - April 2022

S4C End of Year Honor Award, Pictorial Individual Color - June 2022

S4C International Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Pictorial - September 2023



"Sunset View, Mount Signal" - February 2024

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - February 2024



"East Jesus Beauty"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - December 2024

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial - Color, February 2025


"Sunset, Wonderland Ranch"
CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial Color - February 2019
S4C End of Year Bronze Award, Pictorial Individual Color - 2018-19
S4C Award, Pictorial - March 2019



"Starlight Over Desert Queen Ranch"

CVDCC 2018  IMAGE OF THE YEAR AWARD, Pictorial Color
S4C Excellence Award, Pictorial - 2019
S4C End of Year GOLD Award, Pictorial Individual Color - 2018-19
​​​​​​​Details: This is a panorama of 16 images, in 2 rows, knitted together in Photoshop:
  Canon 6D, 50mm, f2.8, 10sec each, ISO 3200
Each shot taken in portrait format, 15 degrees apart 


"Tea Service"

1st Place, CVDCC November 2025 "WOW" Contest

Theme: "Out of Place"

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial - Color, March 2026

S4C Pictorial Circuit 2026 - Acceptance


"Walking the Fish Market"

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial - Color, November 2024


"Blood Moon Tableau"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - December 2021

S4C Award, Pictorial Creative - December 2021

Coachella International Exhibition Acceptance, PID Color Division - April 2022

S4C End of Year GOLD MEDAL, Pictorial Creative - June 2022

S4C International Photo Exhibition, GOLD MEDAL WINNER, Pictorial - September 2023



"1934 Chevrolet, Goffs, CA"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - June 2025



"Partly Cloudy"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial, February 2022

Coachella International Exhibition Acceptance, PID Color Division - April 2022



Burrowing Owl, Imperial Valley

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - February 2024



"Souvenir Shop"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - October 2023

 S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial, Individual Color - November 2023 


"Moonrise, Imperial Sand Dunes"

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial Creative - November 2022

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - February 2023

S4C End of Year Honor Award, Pictorial Creative - September 2023


"Receding Light, Algodones Dunes"

Coachella International Exhibition, Image Acceptance, PID Color Division - April 2021

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial Color - 2019

S4C Award, Pictorial Individual Color - 2019

​​​​​​​S4C End of Year Award Honorable Mention, Pictorial Individual Color - 2018-19




Placid Day, Salton Sea

S4C Award, Pictorial Monochrome - April 2022

S4C International Exhibition, Acceptance, Monochrome - September 2023





"Soft Boulders and Sky"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Monochrome - April 2024


"After The Storm" 

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - February 2024



"The Best Kind of Solitude"

CVDCC Advanced Honorable Mention, Pictorial - October 2021

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial, Individual Color - November 2021

S4C End of Year Honor Award, Pictorial Individual Color - June 2022


"Weathered Wagon"

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial, Individual Color - November 2023 


"Saying Goodbye to Dad"
S4C International Exhibition, September 2020
GOLD MEDAL, Photojournalism, Human Interest

Coachella International Exhibition, April 2021

GOLD MEDAL, Judging Panel #1

BRONZE MEDAL, Judging Panel #2

 Photojournalism, Human Interest


CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, 

Photo Journalism, Human Interest - October 2019

CVDCC Honorable Mention, 2019 Image of the Year
S4C Advanced Excellence Award, Photojournalism, 
Human Interest - December 2019




"Bodhisattva of Compassion"

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial Creative - October 2023



"Waxing Crescent"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Monochrome - October 2025

S4C Honorable Mention, Monochrome - October 2025


London Bridge, Early AM

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Travel - February 2023


Night Reflections, London Bridge

CVDCC Honorable Mention, Travel - February 2023



"Self Portrait: Looking Ahead to the Holidays" - December 2021

​​​​​​​S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial Creative - January 2022

S4C End of Year Honor Award, Pictorial Creative - June 2022

CVDCC Advanced Honorable Mention, Pictorial - February 2023

CVDCC Honorable Mention, 2023 Image of the Year Award, Pictorial


"I'm afraid it's mate in 3 again...

...but you're really improving!"

S4C Award, Pictorial Creative - March 2021

Coachella International Exhibition - Image Acceptance, PID Color Division - April 2021

S4C - End of Year Honorable Mention, Pictorial Creative - September 2021




"Man About Town"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - April 2022

S4C Award, Pictorial Individual Color - April 2022

S4C End of Year Honor Award, Pictorial Individual Color - June 2022

CVDCC End of Year Honor Award, Pictorial - 2022



"A Perfect Desert Dawn"

CVDCC Honorable Mention, Pictorial Color - February 2021





"Starlight Over Sheep Pass"
​​​​​​​CVDCC  Advanced Excellence Award - Nature, General - 2018
Coachella International Exhibition Acceptance - PID Color - 2019
S4C Award, Pictorial, Arranged Color - 2019
S4C End of Year Honorable Mention, Pictorial Arranged Color - 2018-19
S4C International Exhibition, Pictorial Color, Honorable Mention - 2020



"Under Starry Skies"

2017

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial, June 2022


"Play of Light II"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Monochrome, February 2022

S4C Award, Monochrome, February 2022

Coachella INT'L Exhibition, JUDGE'S CHOICE MEDAL, Monochrome

 April 2022

S4C End of Year Award, Pictorial Monochrome - June 2022


"The Best Kind of Solitude"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Monochrome - April 2022


"Distant Chocolate Mountains"

CVDCC Advanced Honorable Mention, Pictorial - February 2022

CVDCC End of Year Honor Award, Pictorial - 2022


"Blue Supermoon Over Mt. San Jacinto"

CVDCC Advanced Honorable Mention - June 2021 


“November Sunrise, Sheep Pass”

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial Color - June 2021 

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial, Individual Color - February 2021



"Stardust Over Cap Rock"

Joshua Tree National Park

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award - June 2021


"Nightscape, Desert Queen Ranch"
CVDCC  Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial Color - September 2020
S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial Arranged Color - October 2020
CVDCC Honorable Mention: 2020 Image of the Year, Pictorial Color - February 2021

S4C - End of Year Honorable Mention, Pictorial Arranged Color - September 2021





"Midnight, Desert Queen Ranch"

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - 2019

S4C Honorable Mention Award, Pictorial Arranged Color - 2019




'37 Hudson Terraplane, Desert Queen Ranch, JTNP

S4C Honorable Mention, Pictorial - March 2020




"Frozen in Flight"

CVDCC Advanced Honorable Mention, Pictorial Color - September 2020

S4C Advanced Honorable Mention, Pictorial Individual Color - October 2020

Coachella International Exhibition - Image Acceptance, PID Color Division - 2021






"High Desert Glow"
Joshua Tree National Park 
CVDCC Honorable Mention, Pictorial Color - December 2020




"Cap Rock by Starlight"

CVDCC Advanced Honorable Mention Award,

Nature, General - 2019

CVDCC 2019 Honorable Mention, Image of the Year Award

Nature, General




"Coyote Trail, Imperial Sand Dunes Wilderness"

CVDCC  Advanced Honorable Mention Award, Nature - 2018




Salton Sea: "Reflections at Obsidian Point"

Coachella International Exhibition Acceptance, PID Color - 2019

CVDCC Excellence Award, Pictorial Color - 2018

S4C Award, Pictorial - 2019




From "My Daily Pandemic Walk at Dawn" Series

CVDCC Advanced Honorable Mention - June 2020




"Sunset, Cathedral Rock"

S4C  Honorable Mention, Monochrome - March 2020





"Coachella Valley Vista, March 2019"

CVDCC Advanced Honorable Mention Award, Pictorial Color - June 2019





"Play of Light, Anza Borrego"

CVDCC Advanced Honorable Mention Award

Pictorial Color - October 2019




Three Down, Three to Go!

CVDCC Advanced Excellence Award, Pictorial - April 2023



"Slab City Tour"

CVDCC  Excellence Award, Photojournalism, General - 2018

S4C Honorable Mention Award, Photojournalism - 2018

S4C International Exhibition, Honorable Mention, Photojournalism - 2020

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