Rick Dawson CPP
85 Kimberly Rd.
Bassett, Virginia 24055
Phone (276) 647-3412
e-mail:
rickydawson1@comcast.net



Rick Dawson has been
operating a photography
busine
ss since 1978.
Starting by hand processing Black  & White film
and using color film to produce photographies for
clients and  made the jump  to be fully digital in 2002.  
In January 2007 he receive the Certified Professional
Photographer from the Professional Photographers of
American. Only 3% of  professional photographers has
achieve this certification after having 20 images judged
by a panel of Master Certified Photographers and
passing a time general photography knowledge test.   

During this time, he has won many awards in nature
photography. In June 2008 a photograph "
Who Me"
was accepted for a merit and to be shown at  the  
Professional  Photography of America International
Print Competition at the Phoenix, Arizona convention in
January 2009. In April 2004, a photograph  
“Tsunami”  
was accepted for exhibition at the Southeastern
Professional Photographers Association.  
The  
same image was also accepted to be  shown at  the  
Professional  Photography of America International
Print Competition at the Las Vegas, Nevada convention
in July 2004.

In February 2009 three prints were accepted to be
displayed at the
Southeastern Professional
Photographers Association
convention in
Lawrenceville, GA.

He gained more experience in photography with six
years  of  photojournalism at  Martinsville  Bulletin  in
Martinsville,  VA.  The  training  lead  to  photographing
sports action pictures for  local high school  yearbooks
and local youth sports team. For the last none years he
was a  commercial  photographer at Collinsville Printing
Company. This position covers photographing at
variety of subjects from furniture to automobiles and
portraits for wall-sized posters.

For  the  last seven years, he has taught workshops on
Digital  Photography and Adobe Photoshop at
Patrick Henry Community College in Martinsville VA,
Nature photography workshops at Reynolds
Homestead  and  has  been a
Professional
Photographers of America
Super Monday instructor
since 2002.  

He is a member of the
Professional Photographers
of America
,Virginia Professional Photographers
Association
, Southeastern Professional
Photographers Association and National
Association of Photoshop Professionals,
Professional Photographers of North Carolina
Links
2005
Awards
Dawson Photography
First Light was accepted for
exhibition and also a Blue
Ribbon at the
Virginia
Professional Photographers
Association
Annual
Convention in Richmond VA.
Out to Lunch was accepted
for exhibition and also a Blue
Ribbon at the
Virginia
Professional Photographers
Association
Annual
Convention an accepted for the
exhibition at the
Southeastern
Photographers  Association
Annual Convention
Rough Night was
accepted to be exhibition
at the
Southeastern
Professional
Photographers Association
Tsunami was accepted to be
display at both the
Southeastern Professional
Photographers Association,

.
Professional
Photographers of America
 
Rick Dawson CPP
2004
Who Me was accepted to be
display at the
Professional
Photographers of America
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