Building on her training and experience in Documentary Photography, Linguistics, Health, and Psychology, Dawne will be holding "Writing Photography" workshops commencing January 2009, for children aged 8 to 11 years, and 12 to 15 years. For more information please go to the News Section.

Dawne has been awarded 3 Accolades of Excellence at WPPI in the Seconda Half, 8 x 10 inch print awards, October, 2008. Dawne has been selected as a finalist in the Mosman Photographic Prize for her image "Balmoral Beach". Dawne has been awarded an accolade of excellence in the 2008 WPPI First Half, 8 x 10 inch print awards. She also scored Silver in Wedding Photojournalism, in the 2008 Canon APPA awards held in Brisbane recently for her photograph of the frightened bridesmaid Amelia. Dawne is also a finalist in the 2008 One Planet Extreme Environment Competition; part of the Antarctic-Tasmania Midwinter Festival in Hobart. Dawne also received 4 accolades of excellence, special honors, for 4 entries of images she submitted into the Wedding & Portrait Photographers International 2008 16 x 20 inch Print Competition held in Las Vegas. She was also awarded an Accolade of excellence in the 8 x 10 inch print competition WPPI awards.