Category: Achievement

My notable achievements, either awards, publications, or meeting some challenge.

Aus Astrophotographer of the Year

I am deeply honoured to have been awarded Australia’s Astrophotographer of the Year by Skywatcher Australia for 2024. This is a very prestigious and popular competition held by Skywatcher Australia, and the quality and...

GWN7 News

I was fortunate that my Astrofest win and Eclipse photo was the subject of a short TV news feature presented on GWN 7 news on the 22nd of November 2023. Exciting!!! My few seconds...

Interview: ABC Radio Interview

I was delighted to be interviewed by ABC radio’s Eddie Williams regarding my recent win in the Astrofest 2023 astrophotography competition. It primarily focuses on my eclipse image and my experiences in Exmouth and...

Astrofest 2023 Winner

I am honoured to have my image of the 2023 total eclipse in Exmouth chosen as the Best Astro photo and the Best Eclipse photo in the West Australian annual Astrofest 2023.  This came...

Achievement: David Malin Awards

Its been a difficult year with astrophotography, with Covid-19 lockdowns and weather being unusually bad (and uncanny in its timing when the moon is not in the sky). Hence, when it came to entering...

Published: Great Southern Weekender

The Great Southern Weekender (the local newspaper for the southern part of Western Australia) printed one of my recent images of Flinder’s Peninsula in their reader’s section. Dark photos rarely come out well in...

Published: Scitech Article

Scitech is a fantastic place where kids (and adults) can learn about science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) in a entertaining and fun environment. Scitech also publish articles on their website, and a recent...

AstroFest 2020 Winner Deep Sky Category

Astrofest 2020 was great, and so was the exhibition! I managed to win the Deep Sky image category, which was a real treat. Partly makes up for the very little astrophotography I’ve been doing...

International Astro of the Year – Published

Finally received the Insight Astronomy Photographer of the Year photobook, which presents all the images that made the shortlist of the international astrophotography competition run by the Royal Museums Greenwich. Whilst no award for...

David Malin 2019 – Honorable Mention

I entered into the prestigious David Malin contest this year (well, I usually enter every year, but the best I’ve previously achieved was a high commendation). This year I managed to make it onto...