Honors, Shows, Workshops and Awards

2010 Southern Lens Award at Beaufort Film Festival

2010 “Keeping the May River Wild” screened at Macon Film Festival

2009 “Keeping the May River Wild” (master’s project) selected among Best of ASMP

2008, 2009 Juried into The Art of Seeing annual promotional book

2007, 2008 Juried Artist at Southeast Wildlife Exposition, Charleston, S.C.

2007 “50-at-50” Single-artist Show, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

2006, 2008 S.C. Elizabeth Verner Arts Awards Juried Show and Sale.

2006 “Bow Shots” single-artist show, Bluffton, S.C.

2006 Joseph Costa Award, National Press Photographers Association.

2006, 2004 Photography Award, Art Market at Honey Horn, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

2005 Black-and-White Spider Awards, nominee in Nature

2005 Lowcountry Art Award, Art Market at Honey Horn, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

2005 “Cool Stuff” single-artist show, Hilton Head Island, S.C.

2004 Grant from Beaufort County Arts Association for show at Beaufort Film Festival.

2002 Visual Edge Workshop, The Poynter Institute for Journalism, St. Petersburg, Fla.

1999 Juried into the S.C. Artisans Center, Walterboro, S.C.

1999 Platypus Workshop (for video storytelling), NPPA and University of Oklahoma.

1999 Photography Educator Workshop, Rochester Institute of Technology.

1998 Kennedy Center Artists as Educators Workshop, Beaufort, S.C.

1997 Added to S.C. Roster of Approved Artists (for residencies in schools).

1996 Island Recreation Association Volunteer of the Year.

1994 Rotary Group Study Exchange to western Scotland.

1984 Admitted to Kappa Tau Alpha journalism honorary society.

1984 Outstanding Graduate Student, Ohio University School of Journalism.

1981 First and Second Place, “Day in the Life of Hilton Head” photo contest.

1981 First Place Color Picture Story, Harris Newspaper Contest.

1980-84 Multiple regional and National Clip Contest Winners, NPPA.

1980 Oklahoma Press Association News Photograph of the Year.

1980 Two pictures included in Best of Photojournalism 1980.