Rick Dawson CPP
85 Kimberly Rd.
Bassett, Virginia 24055
Phone (276) 647-3412
e-mail:
rickydawson1@comcast.net
Rick Dawson has been
in photography for over 30
years, starting in black &
white and moving to digital
images. In January 2007 he receive the Certified
Professional Photographer Certification from the
Professional Photographers of American
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 2005 two prints were awarded blue ribbons
at the Virginia Professional Photographers
Association in Richmond. In April 2005 two pictures
were accepted to be displayed at the Southeastern
Professional Photographers Association convention
in Atlanta, GA.
He gained more hand on experience in photography
during six years of photojournalism experience at
Martinsville Bulletin in Martinsville, VA. The training
lead to photographing sports action pictures for the
local high school yearbooks and local youth team
sports. For the last eight years he has been 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, 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.
He is a member of the Professional Photographers
of America ,Virginia Professional Photographers
Association, Southeastern Professional
Photographers Association and National
Association of Photoshop Professionals.
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| 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 |
| 2008 |
Who Me was accepted to be
display at the Professional
Photographers of America
display at the Professional
Photographers of America
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