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Photographic Honours

FAPS (Fellow of the Australian Photographic Society) 2016

AAPS (Associate of the Australian Photographic Society) 2014

 

Official Photographer of...

Leukaemia Foundation - Light the Night 2016, 2017

Adelaide Fringe Festival 2016, 2017

Adelaide Zombie Walk, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018

Australian Body Art Awards 2015

Credit Union Christmas Pageant, Adelaide, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2017

MS Mud Run 2012, 2013

Spineless Wonders 2012, 2013, 2014

Re-Enact SA 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018

Adelaide International Kite Festival, 2014

Semaphore Street Fair 2014

  

Movie Stills Photographer

Inner Demon

 

Writer for

Weekend Notes

  

Exhibited Works

2023 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year National Exhibition

2021 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year National Exhibition

2020 Frank Hurley Photography Awards

2020 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year National Exhibition

2019 SALA at West Torrens

2019 Laurie Thomas Salon, Christchurch NZ

2019 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2018 APSCON (Australian Photographic Society Annual Convention)

2018 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2017 APSCON (Australian Photographic Society Annual Convention)

2017 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2016 APSCON (Australian Photographic Society Annual Convention), Adelaide

2016 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition

2016 South Aust Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2016 Port Adelaide Camera Club 60th Anniversary Exhibition

2016 Sampson Flat Bushfire Anniversary exhibition

2015 Port Adelaide Art Exhibition

2015 Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year exhibition

2015 Royal Adelaide Show

2015 Royal Perth Show

2015 Sutherland Shire National Exhibition of Photography

2015 South Aust Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2015 Yalumba Festival Garden photography exhibition

2015 Fringe Photo Mania, Black Diamond Gallery, Port Adelaide

2014 APSCON

2014 Royal Adelaide Show

2014 South Aust Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2013 Port Festival

2013 Broken Hill Fringe Festival

2013 Royal Adelaide Show

2013 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2013 Centennial Park Exhibition, Adelaide South Australia

2012 Australian Photographic Society 37th Annual APSCON Exhibition, Canberra, ACT

2012 Perth National Photographic Exhibition 2012

2012 Royal Adelaide Show, Adelaide, South Australia

2012 South Australian Photographic Federation - Annual Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia

2012 Noarlunga Photographic Expo, Port Noarlunga

2011 Best of Portrait of a Stranger exhibition, Olive Cotton Awards, Tweed River Art Gallery, Murwillumbah, New South Wales

2011 Centennial Park Exhibition, Adelaide

2011 Best of Portrait of a Stranger exhibition, ABC Open, Port Pirie, South Australia

2011 Best of Portrait of a Stranger exhibition, ABC Open, Broken Hill, New South Wales

2011 South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition, Adelaide, South Australia

2011 Royal Adelaide Show, Adelaide, South Australia

2011 Noarlunga Photographic Expo, Port Noarlunga

 

Awards

2021 Runner-Up, Botanical, Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

2021 4th Place, Mono Awards

2021 7th Place, Mono Awards

2021 Australian representative in the 4-Nations Cup

2021 Finalist, International Bird Photographer of the Year

2021 Winner, Parks SA "Get the big picture" photo competition

2020 Finalist, Frank Hurley Photography Awards

2020 Finalist, "Birds in the Landscape", Birdlife Australia Photography Awards

2020 Winner, Wellness Gallery Colour Photo Competition

2020 Finalist, Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

2020 Winner, Largs Bay RSL Art Prize

2020 People's Choice Winner, RSL Art Prize

2019 Photo of the Year (print), Port Adelaide Camera Club

2019 Finalist, West Torrens Art Prize

2018 Winner, Photo of the Year (phone), Port Adelaide Camera Club

2018 Winner, Photo of the Year (print), Port Adelaide Camera Club

2018 Winner, Creative print, South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2018 Winner, People/Portraiture print, South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2017 Top Print of the South Australian Photographic Federation's Annual Exhibition

2017 Winner, People/Portraiture print, South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2016 Runner Up - Photo of the Year, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2016 Winner - Australian Photographic Society Photo Book competition

2016 finalist Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

2016 Winner "Top Aggregate Overall" trophy, South Australian Photographic Federation Annual Exhibition

2015 2nd place, Photo of the Year, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2015 Winner of the Adelaide group, Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk

2015 finalist Australian Geographic Nature Photographer of the Year

2015 represented South Australia at the Australian Interstate Photographic Competition

2015 Top Prints Exhibitor, SAPF Annual Exhibition

2015 Winner of Yalumba Festival Garden photography competition

2014 represented South Australia at the Australian Interstate Photographic Competition

2014 7 Merits, SAPF Annual Exhibition

2013. 1st place – Photo of the Year, Print, 2013, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2013. 2nd place – Photo of the Year, Print, 2013, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2013 Royal Adelaide Show, acceptances

2013 Merits and Acceptances, South Australian Photographic Federation's Annual Exhibition

2013 Acceptances, Australian Photographic Society Digital Photography Awards

2012. 1st place – Photo of the Year 2012, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2012. Australian Photographic Society - Reserve Champion

2012. Australian Photographic Society - First Place, PJ/Social Documentary Prints

2012 Australian Photographic Society - Merit, Mono Open Prints

2012 Perth National Photographic Exhibition, Merit, 9 Acceptances:

2012. SAPF Annual Exhibition 2012 - People/Portraiture Top Projected Image

2012. 13 acceptances, Honour and 2 Merits, South Australian Photographic Federation's Annual Exhibition.

2011. 1st place – Photo of the Year 2011, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2011. 2nd place – Photo of the Year 2011, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2011. 2nd Place (small print), Royal Adelaide Show, September 2011

2011. 2nd Place (small print), Royal Adelaide Show, September 2011

2011. 3rd Place (small print), Royal Adelaide Show, September 2011

2011. Bowden Group Prize for the exhibitor with the most acceptances in the Small Print section, Royal Adelaide Show, September 2011

2010. 1st place – Photo of the Year 2010, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2010. 2nd place – Photo of the Year 2010, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2010. 3rd place – Photo of the Year 2010, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2010. 4th place – Photo of the Year 2010, Port Adelaide Camera Club

2010. 5th Runner Up – Photo of the Year, Photographycorner.com

2010 Winner of the Adelaide group, Scott Kelby's Worldwide Photo Walk

2010 Olympus Australia PEN E-PL1 Test drive finalist

  

Published Works

Australian Geographic Magazine, September 2021

Australian Photography Magazine, September 2021

Wildlife Australia Magazine, October 2020

Australian Geographic, Photo of the Week, November 2017

Australian Photography Magazine, 3 page feature, September 2016

Australasian Wildlife Photography 2016

Australian Geographic "Australian Working Dogs" gallery

City of Adelaide's Market Quarter Christmas wrapping paper

Sampson Flat Bushfire - the book

Australasian Nature Photography, Double page spread, ANZANG 2015

Wildlife Australia Magazine, Double Page spread, Wildlife Australia Magazine, March 2015

Aspire Magazine, double page spread, December 2014

Four page feature, Australian Photography, August 2014

Double Page spread, Australian Geographic, May/June 2014

Australian Geographic, Sept 2013

New Zealand Geographic - On Assignment Issue 117 September 2012

Front cover Tourism SA's Clare Valley Visitor Guide

Page 52 Tourism SA's Clare Valley Visitor Guide

Page 45 Tourism SA's Adelaide Hills Visitor Guide

National Geographic Editors Pick - NZ Travel Gallery

selected in Australian Geographic's "Best of" Photo Gallery, February 2012

Front cover, Wingspan Magazine, December 2011

Australian Geographic Photo of the Week June 2011

Cornell University text book "Principles of Animal Communication"

Birds of Moorunde, by John Endersby

Page 3 Adelaide Advertiser

SA Tourism Events

Naracoorte Herald

Discover Australia Magazine

Channel 44 Adelaide (start at 1min45)

Oobi Blog

6 x Photo of the Week, Steve Parish's Photograph Australia

6 x Runner up Photo of the Week, Steve Parish's Photograph Australia

SA Tourism

Adelaide Zombie Walk

SA Tourism Adelaide Hills Gallery

 

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