Accolades and Awards
-2009-
Nature Photo of The Year - 2009 - American Photo Magazine - Kaboom!
Winner - Through Your Lens - 2009 - Popular Photography Magazine - Kaboom!
Visitors Choice Award - 2009 - Nature Exhibit - Center For Fine Art Photography - Kaboom!
Semi-Finalist - 2009 - Nature's Best Photography: "Oceans” - Kaboom!
Finalist - Mystical Adventures - 2009 - Outdoor Photographer Magazine - Fairy Tale Falls
-2010-
National Geographic - 2010 - Photo of the Month August - Kaboom!
Finalist - 2010 - Digital Photography - The Art Of Photography - Spirits In The Sky & Fire Falls
Highly Honored - 2010 - Windland Smith Rice International - Neptune's Tongue
2nd Place - 2010 - Nature Exhibit - San Diego Museum - Fire Falls
Finalist - 2010 - NUDE magazine - River Calm BW, Going With The Flow, Arch & River's Pull
Finalist - 2010 - Photo Of The Year - Digital Photo Pro - Spirits In The Sky
Finalist - 2010 - Photo Of The Year - National Geographic Magazine (People category)
Exhibition: Color of Water - 2010 - Ordover Gallery - San Diego Natural History Museum, CA
-2011-
4 Bronze Medals - 2011 - EPSON Pano Awards - Paradise Moon, Battle Of The Gods, Portrait Of A Tree Too, Spirits In The Sky
Finalist - 2011 - Your Best Shot - Digital Photo - Love Light
Finalist - 2011 - Perfect Portraits - Digital Photo - Portrait Of A Beard
Finalist - 2011 - Art Of Expression - Outdoor Photographer - The Rapture
Nominee - 2011 - Masters Cup - Polihale I (Nature) & Perched II (Nude)
-2012-
Bronze Medal - 2012 - International Loupe Awards - Celestine Prophecy & Rabbit Island
Highly Honored - 2012 - Ocean Views - Nature’s Best Photography - Celestine Prophecy
1 Silver Medal, 7 Bronze Medals - 2012 - EPSON Pano Awards - Celestine Prophecy (silver), Color Curl, Kalalau Solstice, Polihale I, Hanalei’s Cosmic Cosmos, Tidal Crescent, Beacon Of Light, From Palm To Gold
3rd Place - 2012 - EPSON Pano Awards - Celestine Prophecy
Nominee - 2012 - International Black & White Spider Awards - Nude - Creationists
Winner (Artistic Merit) - 2012 - Islands Magazine - Fluted
Semi-Finalist - 2012 - Windland Smith Rice International - Anole & Nature's Heartbeat
Editor's Pick - 2012 - National Geographic Photo Contest - Week 10 - Fluted
Silver Medal - 2012 - International Loupe Awards - Old Orchard & Fluted
Finalist - 2012 - Digital Photo - Your Best Shot - Hypnotized
Photographer Of The Year - 2012 - Pollux Awards by Gala Awards - Figure & Nude Category
-2013-
Nominee - 2013 - Master's Cup - Celestine Prophecy (Nature) & Bamboo Altar (Nude)
Honorable Mention - 2013 - Black and White Awards - WPGA - Infinity
Honorable Mention - 2013 - Black & White Photographer Of The Year by Gala Awards - Figure & Nude - Infinity
Judge - 2013 - Ateliora.com
Judge - 2013 - Kauai Museum Student Art Festival
Judge - 2013 - Garuda Indonesia World Photo Contest (GAWPC)
1st Place - 2013 - Pollux Awards - Nature - Hypnotized
2nd Place - 2013 - Pollux Awards - Figure & Nude - On Your Mark
Finalist - 2013 - Pollux Awards - Figure & Nude - Procreation & Studio Nude I
Finalist - 2013 - Pollux Awards - Landscape - Earthworks
Bronze Medal - 2013 - EPSON Pano Awards - Lost World, Split Decision, Kayaks, Rainbow Connection, Arches, Kauaian Serengeti, Marlin’s Fin
Nominee - 2013 - International Black & White Spider Awards - Skyward (Nature) & Infinity (Nude)
Silver Medal - 2013 - International Loupe Awards - Ha O Ka Mo’o
Bronze Medal - 2013 - International Loupe Awards - Na Pali
-2014-
7th Place - 2014 - Nature's Best Photography - Ocean Views - Ha O Ka Mo'o (Dragon's Breath)
Photographer Of The Year - 2014 - Pollux Awards
Acceptance - 2014 - Rochester Erotic Arts Festival - Under Da Sea, Truth Is Beauty, Under The Falls
Acceptance - 2014 - Seattle Erotic Arts Festival - Truth Is Beauty
Nominee - 2014 - Master's Cup - Chamber Of Secrets, Rainbow Connection, Eternal Vernal
Finalist - 2014 - Outdoor Photographer - The Great Outdoors - Lost World
Editor’s Pick - 2014 - National Geographic - Week 4 - Phone Home, Solitude, Ha O Ka Mo’o (Dragon’s Breath)
Acceptance - 2014 - ARTundressed Miami - Indinity, The Incubator, Truth Is Beauty
Nominee - 2014 - International Black & White Spider Awards - Waveform
Honorable Mention - 2014 - International Black & White Spider Awards - Solitude
Finalist - 2014 - Digital Photo Magazine - Black & White - High Voltage BW
1st Honorable Mention - 2014 - Nature Photographers Network - Blue Agave
Silver Medal - 2014 - EPSON Pano Awards - Solitude
Finalist - 2014 - Outdoor Photographer - 7th Annual Nature’s Colors - High Voltage
-2015-
Finalist - 2015 - Digital Photo Magazine - 8th Annual Your Best Shot - Solitude
Finalist - 2015 - 7th Annual Pollux Awards - Oceans XVI (Landscape), N2 (Nude)
Editor’s Pick - 2015 - National Geographic Traveler - High Voltage, Smoke On The Water
Shortlist - USA Landscape Photographer Of The Year - 2015 - High Voltage, Fire Falls Returns, Pencil To Paper
Nominee - 2015 - International Black & White Spider Awards - Stepping Stones (Nature) & Keyhole (Nude)
Honorable Mention - 2015 - International Black & White Spider Awards - High Voltage BW
Honorable Mention - 2015 - Monochrome Awards - High Voltage BW, Stork (Nude), Wailua Fall (Nude)
-2016-
Finalist - 2016 - HIPA - High Voltage
Acceptance - 2016 - Seattle Erotic Art Festival - Grounded & Coast Lines II
Nominee - 2016 - International Color Awards - Use Your Illusion, Oceans XVI, High Voltage
Honorable Mention - 2016 - International Color Awards - Smoke On The Water, Earthworks
3rd Place - 2016 - La Grande International Photography Awards - High Voltage (Landscape/Nature)
Semi-Finalist - 2016 - Windland Smith Rice International - Impact II
Honorable Mention - 2016 - International Photography Awards - Synapses & Secrets Of The Milky Way
Editor’s Pick - 2016 - National Geographic Photo Contest - Week 9 - Oceans XVI
Silver Medal - 2016 - EPSON Pano Awards - Waimea Splendor
Bronze Medal - 2016 - EPSON Pano Awards - Double Barrel, The Sound Of Silence, Galactic Wonder, Under The Cathedrals, Kalalau Majesty, Use Your Illusion V
Nominee - 2016 -International Black & White Spider Awards - Hau [nude], Incubation [nude], Rough Seas [nude]
2nd Place - 2016 - ND Awards - Desolation [dine art - nude]
Honorable Mention - 2016 - ND Awards - Synapses, High Voltage, Secrets Of The Milky Way, Affirmations [nude], Incubation [nude]
Shortlisted - 2016 - International Garden Photographer Of The Year - Rowena 2
Finalist - 2016 - National Geographic Photographer Of The Year - Oceans XVI
Honorable Mention - 2016 - Monochrome Awards - Synapses & Rush Hour BW [landscape] / Braced & Puzzle Piece [nude]
-2017-
Finalist - 2017 - Popular Photography Magazine - Synapses
Grand Prize - 2017 - Popular Photography Magazine - Beyond Here Lies Eternity
Acceptance - 2017 - Center For Fine Art Photography - Landscape Exhibition - Synapses
Nominee - 2017 - International Color Awards - Polygon, On & On, Secrets Of The Milky Way, Water Colors (Landscape), Desolation, Coast Lines II (Nude)
Honorable Mention - 2017 - International Color Awards - Behind The Veil (Landscape), Affirmations (Silhouette)
2nd Place - 2017 - La Grande International Photography Awards - Desolation
High Distinction/Highly Commended - 2017 - La Grande International Photography Awards - LH (nude) / Hau (nude), Behind The Veil (landscape)
Honorable Mention - 2017 - International Photography Awards - Transitions
Nominee - 2017 -International Black & White Spider Awards - Braced & Geometry [nude], Celestial Chase & Morning Mists [landscape]
Honorable Mention - 2017 -International Black & White Spider Awards - Sun Tunnels 1 [nude]
Finalist - 2017 - Digital Photo Magazine - Your Best Shot - Beyond Here Lies Eternity
Bronze Medal - 2017 - EPSON Pano Awards - Transitions, March Of The Ents, End Of The Road
Honorable Mention - 2017 -ND Awards - Smokey Nudes (series), CityScaped (series), The Kraken, Diptych, Transitions, Beyond Here Lies Eternity
Shortlist - 2017 - Outdoor Photographer Of The Year (UK) - Transitions, Lost World, Behind The Veil, Makana’s Domain
Honorable Mention - 2017 - Monochrome Awards - LA 128 (Abstract), Smokey Silks 180 & Womb Room (Nude)
Top 101 - 2017 - International Landscape Photographer Of The Year - Transitions
Finalist - 2017 - Outdoor Photographer Magazine - 9th Annual Nature’s Colors - Beyond Here Lies Eternity
-2018-
Nominee - 2018 - International Color Awards - Beyond Here Lies Eternity
Semi-Finalist - 2018 - Windland Smith Rice International - The Kraken
Acceptance - 2018 - Contemporary Photography In Hawai'i 2018 - Aerial Wave I
Honorable Mention - 2018 - International Photography Awards - Orange You Glad (Aerial) & Cityscaped series (Abstract)
Bronze Medal - 2018 - EPSON Pano Awards - Makana's Domain & Boo!
Nominee - 2018 - International Black & White Spider Awards - Silk Smoke II
-2019-
Honorable Mention - 2019 - International Photography Awards - Fungi Noctum & Agave (Nature-Other) ; Make Like A Tree & Flotsom (Fine Art Nudes)
Honorable Mention - 2019 - International Black & White Spider Awards - Fishy Fishy
Bronze Medal - 2019 - EPSON Pano Awards - Waimea Canyon
Nominee - 2019 - International Color Awards - Wave
-2020-
Shortlist - 2020 - Siena International Photo Awards - LA220
Honorable Mention - 2020 - International Photography Awards (Movement) - Rising Tide (Fine Art), Oceans XXXI (Nature)
Bronze Medal - 2020 - EPSON Pano Awards - Yellow Brick Road & If A Wave Crashes
-2021-
Spotlight Feature - 2021 - Black & White Magazine - Portfolio Feature
Nominee - 2021 - Fine Art Photography Awards - Camper's Paradise, Yellow Brick Road, Jane, Resilience II
Acceptance - 2021 - Contemporary Photography In Hawai'i 2021 - Oceans XXXVIII
Honorable Mention - 2021 - International Photography Awards - Camper's Paradise & Oceans XXXVIII (Nature/Landscape) ; Möbius & Unmovable (Fine Art Nudes)
Bronze Medal - 2021 - EPSON Pano Awards - Brocken, The Lau & Paradise