ProPeak Photography

06/13/2025

06/13/2025

Should any of you attend the International Exhibition of Photography at the San Diego County Fair, please let me know if you see any of my following prints that were selected for display this year.

06/10/2024

Final recognition catch-up before our move to Colorado this week. Recognized thus far in 2024:

𝘿𝙞𝙙 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙎𝙖𝙮....𝘾𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙧?
𝙍𝙚𝙙-𝙍𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧'𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡
𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙖 𝘿𝙧𝙖𝙜, 𝙈𝙖𝙣
𝘾𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙆𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚
𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙩
𝙋𝙖𝙧𝙠 𝘼𝙫𝙚𝙣𝙪𝙚 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙩
𝘾𝙪𝙩𝙨 𝙇𝙞𝙠𝙚 𝙖 𝙆𝙣𝙞𝙛𝙚
𝙎𝙤𝙛𝙩 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙩
𝙎𝙥𝙧𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙖𝙠
𝙏𝙚𝙖𝙘𝙝𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙈𝙤𝙢𝙚𝙣𝙩
𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙠
𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙋𝙤𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙞𝙖𝙡
𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚
𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙠 𝘾𝙧𝙚𝙚𝙠
𝙄 𝘼𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢

*Note where items are duplicated it is to show matted vs unmatted images.

06/10/2024

Another recognition catch-up from Aug through December 2023:

𝘾𝙝𝙪𝙩𝙚 & 𝙇𝙖𝙙𝙙𝙚𝙧
𝙃𝙤𝙩 𝙉𝙚𝙫𝙖𝙙𝙖 𝙎𝙡𝙤𝙩
𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢'𝙨-𝘼-𝘽𝙧𝙚𝙬𝙞𝙣'
𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙨
𝙒𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
𝙁𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚 𝙈𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙖𝙡𝙨
𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝘾𝙝𝙖𝙨𝙚𝙧𝙨
𝙎𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙙𝙚𝙙
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙪𝙞𝙙𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩
𝙄 𝘼𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢
𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚

*Note where items are duplicated it is to show matted vs unmatted images.

06/10/2024

As I prepare to shut down my online presence for a couple of weeks while we move from California to Colorado, I thought it might be a good idea to post a few more updates about my photographic successes in the past year.

From May thru July of 2023, I had a number of images recognized in competition and displayed in galleries. Here is a capture of those successes:

𝘼𝙧𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮 𝙤𝙧 𝙂𝙚𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙮?
𝘼𝙘𝙩 𝘾𝙖𝙨𝙪𝙖𝙡
𝘿𝙤𝙣'𝙩 𝙇𝙚𝙩 '𝙀𝙢 𝙎𝙚𝙚 𝙔𝙤𝙪 𝙎𝙝𝙞𝙫𝙚𝙧
𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙚𝙛 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙣𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚
𝙈𝙤𝙤𝙙𝙮 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙨𝙝𝙖𝙡𝙡 𝙋𝙤𝙞𝙣𝙩
𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙤𝙧𝙛𝙪𝙡 𝙕𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝙒𝙞𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙧
𝙄 𝘼𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢
𝙁𝙞𝙚𝙧𝙮 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙩 𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙖 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢
𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙮
𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙚𝙠
𝙍𝙚𝙙 𝙍𝙞𝙢𝙢𝙚𝙙 𝙉𝙚𝙬 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧'𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙧𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜
𝙕𝙤𝙢𝙗𝙞𝙚 𝙁𝙡𝙤𝙬𝙚𝙧 𝘼𝙩𝙩𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙚𝙙 𝙗𝙮 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙨
𝘼𝙣 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙩𝙮 𝙛𝙤𝙧 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙂𝙖𝙢𝙚
𝙎𝙢𝙤𝙤𝙩𝙝 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙨𝙚𝙩
𝙉𝙤 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧

*Note where items are duplicated it is to show matted vs unmatted images.

04/21/2024

Next tranche of award winning images from February through April 2023:

𝘼𝙡𝙨𝙤 𝙈𝙤𝙖𝙗
𝙌𝙪𝙞𝙚𝙩 𝙉𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘽𝙖𝙣𝙠 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙖𝙠𝙚 𝘾𝙪𝙮𝙖𝙢𝙖𝙘𝙖
𝙊𝙣𝙚 𝙌𝙪𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙚𝙧 𝙤𝙛 𝙈𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙚
𝘾𝙖𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙤𝙡 𝙍𝙚𝙚𝙛 𝙎𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙬𝙗𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙮
𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙚𝙠
𝙋𝙚𝙖𝙠𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙞𝙣 𝘼𝙨𝙥𝙚𝙣𝙙𝙚𝙡𝙡
𝘼𝙙𝙖𝙢𝙨 𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙤𝙡 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘿𝙧𝙮
𝙄𝙣𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩
𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜
𝘼𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙃𝙖𝙫𝙚 𝙖𝙣 𝙐𝙢𝙗𝙧𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙖?
1950𝙨 𝙏𝙧𝙖𝙫𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙜𝙪𝙚
𝙁𝙞𝙧𝙨𝙩 𝙇𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩 𝙎𝙚𝙧𝙚𝙣𝙞𝙩𝙮
𝙑𝙚𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙤𝙣 𝘿𝙖𝙣𝙜𝙚𝙧

04/20/2024

I place a lot of images in competitions, and frequently those images are entered into various levels of competition, hence I am slow to share them because I don't want jurors to have seen them before. But, that also means I don't really market myself well. In that vein, I will post some of 2023's recognized images, in order to get my followers here caught up.

In January 2023 I entered the following images in local San Diego Competitions at Professional Photographers of San Diego County (PPSDC) and Darkroomers Photographic Club

04/17/2024

Had the good fortune to receive recognition from the Light Chasers San Diego Photography FB group for their Explore 2023 Competitions. There were 24 image categories throughout the year and these were my recognized images.

11/16/2023

Hey Friends of ProPeak Photography, I know the holidays are starting to fill everyone's calendars, but if you like wine and are interested in seeing some incredible photographic wall art (and maybe getting a head start on your Christmas shopping), I encourage you to check out the Metalography Art Gallery in Temecula. I will be there along with several other artists who are featured in the gallery.

I understand the wine and hors d'oeuvres are complimentary, so come on out and join the fun!

08/12/2023

From October through December 2022, the following images were recognized in Darkroomers Competition and displayed at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego, California:

𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙃𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙡𝙞𝙜𝙝𝙩𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝘿𝙖𝙮
𝙋𝙖𝙩𝙝 𝙤𝙛 𝙇𝙚𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙍𝙚𝙨𝙞𝙨𝙩𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚
𝙁𝙖𝙡𝙡'𝙨 𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙙 𝙊𝙪𝙩
𝙇𝙞𝙛𝙚 𝙤𝙣 𝙈𝙖𝙧𝙨?
𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝙇𝙤𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙚𝙚𝙠
142 𝙔𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙨 𝙤𝙛 𝘾𝙧𝙤𝙨𝙨𝙛𝙞𝙩
𝘿𝙖𝙬𝙣 𝙤𝙛 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙇𝙖𝙨𝙩 𝙀𝙥𝙤𝙘𝙝
𝙏𝙝𝙚 𝙊𝙩𝙝𝙚𝙧 𝙂𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣

08/11/2023

From July through September 2022, my local competitions slowed a bit as PPSDC took some time to reset their calendar, but ProPeak Photography images continued to do well:

𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙄𝙩'𝙨 𝙏𝙞𝙢𝙚 𝙩𝙤 𝙍𝙚𝙡𝙖𝙭
𝘽𝙡𝙚𝙨𝙨 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙧 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙩
𝙃𝙚𝙡𝙡𝙤, 𝘼𝘼𝘼 - 𝘾𝙖𝙣 𝙄 𝙂𝙚𝙩 𝙖 𝙏𝙤𝙬 𝙩𝙤 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙡 𝙎𝙘𝙝𝙚𝙞𝙗?
𝙈𝙤𝙣𝙤𝙘𝙝𝙧𝙤𝙢𝙚 𝘾𝙪𝙗𝙚𝙙
𝙄 𝘼𝙢 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙎𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙢
𝙉𝙤 𝙃𝙤𝙡𝙮 𝙒𝙖𝙩𝙚𝙧
𝙒𝙖𝙫𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙤𝙣 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙄𝙣𝙨𝙞𝙙𝙚

were selected for display during the summer at the Photographic Arts Building in San Diego, California.

Additionally, 𝘼𝙣𝙩𝙚𝙡𝙤𝙥𝙚 𝘾𝙖𝙣𝙮𝙤𝙣 𝙓 earned a Bronze Award in the 2022 EPSON International PANO Awards competition.

08/11/2023

Hello Friends, it’s been a while, so bear with me as I continue to bring my social media posts up to date: ProPeak Photography images did well in local competition April thru June of 2022:

𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜, 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚'𝙨 𝘼𝙗𝙨𝙩𝙧𝙖𝙘𝙩 𝘼𝙧𝙩, 𝙄𝙣𝙩𝙤 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙐𝙣𝙠𝙣𝙤𝙬𝙣, 𝙎𝙪𝙣𝙧𝙞𝙨𝙚 𝙊𝙫𝙚𝙧 𝙏𝙬𝙚𝙣𝙩𝙮𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙚 𝙋𝙖𝙡𝙢𝙨 𝙈𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙩𝙖𝙞𝙣𝙨, and 𝙒𝙝𝙚𝙣 𝙒𝙤𝙧𝙡𝙙𝙨 𝘾𝙤𝙡𝙡𝙞𝙙𝙚 were selected for display by Darkroomers Photographic Club at the Photographic Arts Building in Balboa Park, San Diego, CA.

𝙄𝙣𝙝𝙤𝙨𝙥𝙞𝙩𝙖𝙗𝙡𝙚 𝙋𝙡𝙖𝙣𝙚𝙩 and 𝙉𝙖𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙖𝙡 𝙁𝙧𝙖𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 were awarded merits in the Nature category of Professional Photographers of San Diego County's (PPSDC) May Image Competition.