Awards

Awards and Recognition

• One of the Top 25 Videographers in the World – 3 Years in a Row
• Wedding Video Hall of Fame

Certification

• Master of Electronic Imaging
• Certified Professional Videographer
• Merited Professional Videographer
• Photographic Craftsman

Service to Industry

• Honorary Lifetime Member – Professional photographers of California
• Honorary Lifetime Member - New York Professional Videographers
• Elmer Kingham Service Award – Inland Empire Professional Photo & Video
• President’s Award – Inland Empire Professional Photo & Video
• President’s Award – Professional Photographers of California
• Member of the Month – Wedding & Portrait Photographers International
• Service Award – Professional Photographers of America
• President – Professional Photographers of California
• President – Inland Empire Professional Photographers & Videographers
• Director – Inland Empire Association of Bridal Consultants
• Affiliate of the Year – Inland Empire National Association of Catering Executives
• Bob Lebar Vision Award for Innovation and Entrepreneurial Spirit
• Film Fellas – Webisodic TV

Instructor

• University of California – Riverside
• California Baptist University
• Winona International School of Professional Photography
• West Coast School of Professional Photography
• American Institute of Videography
• WEVA Institute

Convention Speaker

• Wedding and Event Video Expo - 20 years in a row
• Professional Photographer of America – 5 years in a row
• Wedding & Portrait Photographers International 3 times
• Western States Pro Photo Expo - 3 times
• Wedding MBA - 2 times
• And over 200 local, state and regional conventions and workshops

Competition Awards

• PROVA Award – Best Wedding Movie United States 3 Years in a row
• Best Video under $35,000 National Association of Catering Executives
• 127 Professional Photographers of America Awards of Merit
• 8 WEVA Creative Excellence Awards
• 4 Artistic Achievement Awards
• Aegis – Telly – Videographer – Communicator Awards
• Wedding MBA 1st and 2nd Place Awards
• Procailm Award – Best National Fundraising Video - Catholic Church
• Trendsetter Award – Orange County Association of Bridal Consultants
• Video Work featured on ABC, CBS, NBC, FOX and the BBC

Publications

• Author of "The Business of Wedding & Special Event Videography"
• Book of the Month - Popular Photography
• Four Stars - Videomaker Magazine
• Appeared in articles in Brides’ Magazine, Southern California Brides, LA Times,
• Inland Empire Magazine, Wedding & Event Video, Professional Photographer, Rangefinder, Popular Photography, Videomaker, Camcorder, In Sync