Professional Photographers of America (PPA) 

Photographic Craftsman (Cr.Photog.) Degree

American Society of Photographers (ASP)

The Blue Balloon Dog : Merit

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) -International Photographic Competition (IPC)

2022 IPC Gold Medalist
25+ Gold Merit Bar
Lights and Shadows : Merit, Imaging Excellence Collection
Sunset Mosaic : Merit, Imaging Excellence Collection
Impossible Climb - A Visual Paradox : Merit, Showcase Collection
Nature is My Canvas : Merit, General Collection
Family Coffee, 2-D Wall Art : Merit, General Collection

PPA - Western District

Lights and Shadows : Sealed image, Top Ten in Illustrative
Sunset Mosaic : Sealed image

American Society of Photographers (ASP)

3rd Place, RAW (Straight Out of Camera)

Desolate : Merit
Family Coffee Time, Wall Art Style : Merit
Nature-ly, Painterly : Merit
Paint with Nature : Merit
Rock, River, or Liquid Gold? : Merit
Sunset Mosaic : Merit
Yin and Yang : Merit

Professional Photographers of California (PPC)

California Master Photographer Degree (M-PPC)
Service Award 2nd Bar

Crazy Photographer Paints by Numbers : Merit
Desolate : Merit
Family Coffee Time, 2-D Art Drawing : Merit
Growing Upside Down : Merit
Honey, Do I Need Some Lipstick? : Merit
Sunset Mosaic : Merit
Yin and Yang : Merit

Inland Empire Professional Photographers & Videographers (IEPPV)

Elmer and Vera Kingham Service Award

Nature is My Canvas : Merit, Best of Master Illustrative (July)
Come and Sit with Me : Merit
Hiding in Plain Sight : Merit
I Can Work Anywhere Without The Internet : Merit
Impossible Climb : Merit
My Sweet Lavender : Merit
Never Wrong Time of the Day for Photos : Merit
Opie the Tiger Salamander: Merit
Peekaboo : Merit
The Blue Balloon Dog : Merit

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) -
International Photographic Competition (IPC)

Travelers of the Deep : Merit, Imaging Excellence Collection
Architect's LEGO : Merit, Showcase Collection

Professional Photographers of Orange County (PPOC)

Photographer of the Year in Computer Artistry - Living
Photographer of the Year in Computer Artistry - Creative
Sunset Mosaic : Merit, Best of Upper Division (Nov)
Family Coffee Time, Wall Art Style : Merit, Best of Computer Artistry Living (Nov)
Desolate : Merit, Best of Computer Artistry Creative (Nov)
Time Stood Still : Merit, Best of Computer Artistry Creative (Feb)

Inland Empire Professional Photographers & Videographers (IEPPV)

Architect's Metal LEGO : Merit, Best of Master Illustrative (July)
COVID Boredom : Merit, Best of Master Photojournalism (May)
When a Photographer Learns to Paint by Numbers: Merit, Best of Master Photographic Artist (March)
What are You Looking at : Merit
Sunset Mosaic : Merit
Honey, do I Need Some Lipstick? : Merit
Yin and Yang : Merit
Bottles of Dreams : Merit
Ghostly Hammerheads : Merit
Atomic Bomb Survivor at Peace : Merit
Oblivious to the Masterpiece : Merit

Aquarium of the Pacific - Photographer's Night

Winner & Honorable Mention

Professional Photographers of America (PPA)

Master of Photography (M.Photog.)
25+ Gold Merit Bar

Professional Photographers of California (PPC)

Service Award 1st Bar

Inland Empire Professional Photographers & Videographers (IEPPV)

Scholar of Photographic Arts (S.P.A.)

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) -
International Photographic Competition (IPC)

Fishing Blues : Merit, Loan Collection
Last Survivor of Hiroshima : Merit, General Collection
Sky Dancer : Merit, General Collection

PPA - Western District

Fishing Blues : Sealed image
Last Survivor of Hiroshima : Sealed image

Professional Photographers of California (PPC)

PPC President's Award
Service Award Medallion

Fishing Blues : Merit
Last Survivor of Hiroshima : Merit
Nightfall before the Snow : Merit

Inland Empire Professional Photographers & Videographers (IEPPV)

Elmer and Vera Kingham Service Award

"New Work 2019" Juried Show by the City of Vista

Come Sit with Me : Acceptance
Serpent of Anza Borrego : Acceptance

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) -
International Photographic Competition (IPC)

Winter Blues : Merit, Loan Collection
Dashing Through : Merit, General Collection
Teeny Tiny Nemo : Merit, General Collection

PPA - Western District

Winter Blues : Sealed image
Dashing Through : Sealed image
Teeny Tiny Nemo : Sealed image

Professional Photographers of California (PPC)

Water Princess : Merit & Judge's Honorable Mention
Living in Sting : Merit
Dashing through the Broad : Merit

Inland Empire Professional Photographers & Videographers (IEPPV)

Fishing Blues : Merit; Best of Class in Landscape
Heaven & Earth : Merit
Foggy Dawn at Yosemite : Merit
Death Gaze of an Egret : Merit
Just Stopping By : Merit
Hiroshima Standing Proud : Merit
An Earthquake Survivor : Merit
Poise : Merit
Becoming a Young Man : Merit
River of Gold : Merit
Aliens : Merit

One Eyeland

Hiroshima Standing Proud : Finalist, World's Black & White Photo Contest 2018

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) -
International Photographic Competition (IPC)

2017 IPC Bronze Medalist
Study in Steel : Merit, General Collection
Mom and I : Merit, General Collection
Painterly Pond : Merit, General Collection
Late Summer Night's Dream : Merit, General Collection

PPA - Western District

Mom and I : Sealed image

Professional Photographers of California (PPC)

Straight Out of Camera Photographer of the Year
Nature's Canvas: Merit & Judge's Honorable Mention
Into the Misty Meadow: Merit
This Lavender is Mine: Merit
Travellers of the Deep: Merit

Inland Empire Professional Photographers & Videographers (IEPPV)

Midnight Express at the Broad: Merit
Bone Dancers : Merit
Living in Sting : Merit
Painterly Pond: Merit
Winter Blues : Merit
Family Pampering Session : Merit
Anti-gravity : Merit

Professional Photographers of America (PPA)

Certified Professional Photographer (CPP)

Professional Photographers of America (PPA) -
International Photographic Competition (IPC)

Charisma : Merit, General Collection
Spring's Paint Strokes : Merit, General Collection
Nature in an Art Gallery : Merit, General Collection

PPA - Western District

Charisma : Sealed image
Frank Gehry's Boat : Sealed image
Nature in an Art Gallery : Sealed image

PPA - Southwest District

Frank Gehry's Boat : Merit
Intrigued in the Woods : Merit
Nature in an Art Gallery : Merit
Spring's Paint Strokes : Merit

Professional Photographers of California (PPC)

Top Ten Photographers
Charisma : Merit & Judge's Choice by Pete Rezac
Frank Gehry's Boat : Merit
Mama, look! : Merit
Gallery of Nature : Merit
Painted in Spring : Merit
Vibrance of a Sea Urchin : Merit

The Chinese-American Photographic Festival & International Exhibition

My Baby Brother : Gold Medal
Frank Gehry's Boat : Acceptance
Translucent Symbiosis : Acceptance
One Winter Afternoon : Acceptance

Canon CPS Award at WPPI, Las Vegas

Frank Gehry's Boat : Winner

Wedding and Portrait Photographers International (WPPI)

Frank Gehry's Boat : Silver
Strokes of Nature : Silver
Vibrance of a Sea Urchin : Silver

The Chinese-American Photographic Festival & International Exhibition

Photographer in Wonderland : Acceptance

Aquarium of the Pacific - Urban Ocean Festival

Peekaboo : Winner, Photography & Digital Art

Asia Dive Expo (ADEX)

Perfect Glide : 1st runner-up, Best Artwork for the Conservation for Dolphins