OutdoorEyes.com Photo of the Day

One of my photos from Grand Haven was as the Featured Photos of the Day on 11/6/05 at OutdoorEyes.com.

Quantum Leap Strategies Photo of the Week

My photo of a fall tree at early sunrise was selected as the Photo of the Week at Quantum Leap Strategies. To see the image along with the other entries from the week, click here: October 24 - 30, 2005

The Quantum Leap Strategies online photo contest recognizes "The Beauty that Surrounds Us." Photographers are invited to submit their best photos. Best submissions are posted online in an exhibition featuring photos of sunrises and sunsets, landscapes, urbanscapes, lakes and waterfalls and streams, flowers, and animals.

St. Louis CVC Purchases Two Images

Two of my photo images (Missouri Botanical Garden and St. Louis Basilica were purchased for use by the St. Louis Convention & Visitors Commission (CVC).

The images were taken during our Spring Break vacation to St. Louis in April of 2005.

The St. Louis CVC is THE sales and marketing organization responsible for selling St. Louis City and St. Louis County as a convention and meeting site and as a leisure travel destination. The two images may appear in a variety of public relations media used to promote St. Louis for citywide conventions, hotel meetings, group tours, sporting and special events and individual leisure travelers.

Michigan 24/7 Photojournalism Book

Two of my photo images (MOM! baby robins)and First Milkshake at Rosie's Diner) were selected to be featured in a new book titled Michigan 24/7.

This is truly an exciting honor for me, as the book was created as part of an amazing collection of fifty hardcover books showcasing more than 8,0000 powerful and evocative photographs from every state in the Union. The state-by-state sequels to the New York Times bestseller America 24/7 and the largest one-day release of titles in US publishing history.

To read more about the entire project, visit www.247mediagroup.com/projects/states.html

"How many amateur photographers made it into the book, vs. professionals?
- The work of 32 students and 30 amateurs appear in the book. A few amateur images were good enough to be featured as 2-page spreads. This was an amazing opportunity for aspiring photographers to be discovered. Their work was reviewed by photo editors from top publications such as Time, Fortune, Newsweek, The Washington Post and The New York Times. A few even got professional assignments from these top publications."

- David Elliot Cohen, Project Director, America 24/7