I am pleased to announce that Ken Bornstein and my video, Sensorio Illuminating Paso Robles, won the Gold Award in the Travel Shorts Category in the 34th Annual North American Travel Journalist Association, NATJA Awards Competition.
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Travel Shorts: Sensorio
Sensorio is a standout light exhibit set in the landscape of Paso Robles. One strolls along the paths of Sensorio and is dazzled by the beauty of Paso Robles’s landscape, enhanced with a colorful array of exhibits that bring together art, music, science, and nature. From the Field of Lights to its newest creation, FOSO, Fiber Optic Symphonic Orchestra, a collaboration between Bruce Munro and Nainita Desai. It is a night one will never forget.
Our video takes you through Sensorio through my eyes.
Other NATJA Awards Competition Awards
Last Year, my photo Akadi Lumina Forest Of Time, taken in New Brunswick, Won the Gold Award in the Landscape and Nature Photography Category at the 33rd Annual North American Travel Journalist Association, NATJA Awards Competition. That same photo won an honorable mention in the 2024 IFWTWA Photo Contest.
My article, titled Escape to the South Willamette Valley won the Bronze Award in the Illustrated Story Category at the North American Travel Journalists Association’s 29th Annual NATJA Awards Competition.
Other Contest Awards
This is my first award for a video collaboration with Ken Bornstein. It is not my first award for the work I have done with Sensorio. I won a first-place award in the Landscape Category for my photo entitled Sensario Pre-dusk, featured in an article I wrote for Wander With Wonder, along with a photo called Turret Stairwell, which won first place in the Urban Landscape Category. These awards occurred in the 2022 IFWTWA Photo Contest.
In the 2021 IFWTWA Photo Contest, I received first place in the Winery Category for my photo titled Primus Room Bodegas Salentein. The images depict the beauty of a winery barrel room. I also received an Honorable Mention in the Bottles and Glasses Category for my photo, Bottle of Pinot Noir with Vineyards, in the same contest.