Photograph A Stranger assignment

Romanian Child

I was awarded 1st Place for my portrait titled Romanian Child in an assignment on Photoworkshop.com titled Photograph a Stranger (Assignment 25). These assignments are judged by Robert Farber, an award winning photographer from New York, who founded Photoworkshop.com.  I won a signed copy of Robert Farber’s Nudes… and what a beautiful book!!

The great thing about these assignments is that Robert provides audio comments which explain what he was looking for and why he selected the winners. This is very useful information and I enjoy listening to his comments on all of the photographs entered for the various assignments. I learn a lot from them.

Naturescapes Award Win

San Marcos City Limits #2

Last night at the Awards Reception for the San Marcos Naturescapes photography competition, I was awarded 1st Place in the People & Pets category for my image titled San Marcos City Limits #2. I was also awarded 1st Place in the Scenery category for my image titled Cypress Pond #1. Two other photographs that I submitted were chosen as Honorable Mentions.  All of these images are currently in the exhibition in the Walker’s Gallery at the San Marcos Activity Center until Oct. 28th, 2006.

International Photography Awards 2006

Kinnitty Tree

I was awarded 2nd Place in the International Photography Awards 2006 in the Nature category (Trees) for my series of infrared images titled Arborteum. I also got an Honorable Mention in the Advertising category for my series of images for the Benini Sculpture Ranch, and another Honorable Mention in the Portrait Category for my photograph titled Romanian Child. There are over 15,000 entrants in this competition from around the world, so I was pleased to have my images chosen again this year.

Irish image selected

Killarney Horse

The Center for Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado selected one of my images from Ireland, Killarney Horse, to appear in their International Members exhibition.  The show will run from Oct. 6 until Nov. 4, 2006.

Naturescapes Contest and Exhibition

Five of my images were accepted into the San Marcos Greenbelt Alliance Naturescapes Photography Contest and Exhibition which will be on display at the San Marcos Activity Center Walkers Gallery
September 8 through October 27, 2006.  Four of the five images are digital infrared images (yes there are longhorns, of course).

Arts Encounters at the Benini Sculpture Ranch

I was one of four guest artists who were invited to speak at the Benini Sculpture Ranch during their monthly Arts Encounters.  I spoke and presented a slide show of photographs on the topic of “Cultural Photography” which included many of my images from my travels in Mexico and Europe (Hungary, Romania, Austria, Ireland).

These are great events and provide a lot of inspiration for me as I get to hear other artists speak and see their work.  Highly recommended.  Benini and his wife Lorraine have been instrumental in encouraging me to keep pursuing my art. I owe a lot to them.

Giving back…

I recently donated two images to Artists for Austin for their innagural Art Auction benefiting Safe Place in Austin.

I’ve also been asked again to donate a print for the Texas Photographic Society auction to raise money for the organization. Auction XII will take place on Oct. 21 at the Davis Gallery in Austin, TX.

Guest Speaker at Austin Shutterbug Club

I will be speaking on “Digital Infrared Photography” at the Austin Shutterbug Club this coming Thursday, August 10th. 

I recently spoke at the Gulf States Camera Club convention in April and at the Hill Country Photography Club on the same topic. It’s nice to see other people showing interest in a technique I’m so passionate about!

Group Exhibition in Colorado

Great Texas Staredown

Great Texas Staredown was selected to appear in a group exhibition titled “People, Places, Things” at the Center For Fine Art Photography in Fort Collins, Colorado. The exhibition will run from Sep. 1 to Sep. 30th.

Published in American Art Collector

Swayback Barn

One of the images from my Prairie Solitude series, “Swayback Barn”, was selected as part of a juried competition of new work that was recently published in Volume 2, Book 4 of American Art Collector. Published quarterly, this book is available through Alcove Books.  There were only a handful of photographers selected to appear in the book, so I was pleased to have been chosen.