Little Red Riding Hood This photograph won First Place, Best of Show, and Grand Champion ribbons in the 2014 Lake County Fair Photo Contest. This was in the top 14% finalist group, out of 10,000 total photos entered, in the Photographer's Forum Magazine Spring Photo Contest. This work was also a Winner of Honorable Mention in this same contest. Won Finalist Award in "1K Edited Shots" contest on ViewBug.com. Awarded First Place in the 2016 McHenry County Fair Photo Contest. Featured in the Springfield IBHE gallery	Four Feet Under Featured in the McHenry County College Student Art Exhibition (May 2017). Part of the Permanent Art Collection at MCC. Link to Artist Statement Below.	Untitled Featured in the Satellite Gallery, run by the McHenry County College, in Woodstock, Illinois (May 2017). Featured in a Daily Herald News Article (August 2017).
Equines Awarded Finalist in the 2017 Photographer's Forum Magazine Spring Photography Contest. Awarded First Place in the 2017 Lake County Fair Semi-Professional Division.	Ohana Awarded First Place, Grand Champion, and Best of Show in the 2017 Lake County Fair Semi-Professional Division.	Letting Go Awarded First Place in the 2017 Lake County Fair Semi-Professional Division.
Ashley Awarded First Place in the 2017 Lake County Fair Semi-Professional Division.	Untitled Awarded First Place in the 2017 Lake County Fair Semi-Professional Division.	Jellies First place Winner of the Lake County Fair's 2014 Photo Contest. Featured in the Illinois Board of Higher Education's gallery in Springfield, Illinois for one year.
Carnival Cuisine High school Finalist in the Photographer's Forum Magazine Best of College and High School Photography Photo Contest	Untitled High School Finalist in the Photographer's Forum 35th Annual Best of College and High School Photography Contest	Untitled Placed First in the 2015 Lake County Fair Amateur Photo Contest. Awarded First Place in the 2016 McHenry County Fair Photo Contest.
Whirligig Placed Second in Lake County Fair's 2015 Amateur Photo Contest	Untitled Finalist in the Skyway Art Competition at McHenry County Community College. Awarded Grand Champion and First Place ribbons in the 2016 Lake County Fair Photo Contest. Won Third Place in the 2016 McHenry County Fair photo contest.	Untitled Awarded Second Place in the 2016 Lake County Fair Photo Contest.
Galaxy Placed First in Lake County Fair's 2015 Amateur Photo Contest. Awarded First Place in the 2016 McHenry County Fair Photo Contest. Chosen by Nancy Merkling, a professional photographer, to be a participant in the August 2016 4th Friday Event at the Starline Factory in Harvard, Illinois. Featured in the Illinois Board of Higher Education's gallery in Springfield, Illinois for one year.	Brody Awarded First Place in the 2016 Lake County Fair Photo Contest.	Henley Awarded Second Place in the 2016 Lake County Fair Photo Contest.
Untitled Awarded Second Place in the 2016 Lake County Fair Photo Contest. Won Second Place in the 2016 McHenry County Fair photo contest.	Untitled Awarded First Place in the 2016 Lake County Fair Photo Contest.	Untitled Finalist in the Photographer's Forum Magazine's 2016 Best of College and High School Photography Contest.
Untitled Finalist in the Photographer's Forum Magazine's 2016 Best of College and High School Photography Contest. Awarded First Place in the 2016 Lake County Fair Photo Contest.	Untitled This photograph was awarded Finalist in the 37th Annual Photographer's Forum Best of College and High School Photography contest. Awarded First Place in the 2017 Lake County Fair Semi-Professional Division.	Nicole Placed Third in the 2015 Lake County Fair Amateur Photo Contest. Awarded Second Place in the 2016 McHenry County Fair photo contest.
Untitled Awarded Finalist in Photographer's Forum Magazine's 2015 Spring Photography Contest.	Untitled Awarded Second Place in the 2016 Lake County Fair Photo Contest.	Untitled Placed Second in the 2015 Lake County Fair Amateur Photo Contest
Untitled First Place Winner in the Adult Division of the 2016 Cary Park District Amateur Photo Contest. Second Place Winner in the 2016 Lake County Fair Photo Contest. Published in the Neighbors and Classifieds section of the Daily Herald (November 15, 2016).	Through the Eyes of a Child First place Winner of the 2014 Cary Park District's "Give Us Your Best Shot" Amateur Photo Contest	The Weightless Bird First place Winner of the 2013 Cary Park District's "Give Us Your Best Shot" Amateur Photo Contest