06/04/2026
I just opened up the June 2026 issue of United States Parachute Association's Parachutist Magazine which is also happened to be a major mile stone 800th issue. The nicest surprise came when I saw one of my past cover photo reappearing in the magazine's 800th issue celebratory article. The image was selected and positively critiqued by one of the world's most accomplished skydiving photographer Mike McGowan. I started jump in 1995 and ever since Mike was and still is one of my role model when it comes skydiving photography. His images were in every magazine, and his photos were always stunningly good. ...and now I received this amazing recognition for my photography from Mike himself.
Thank you Mike and thank you USPA! ❤
In the cover shot UConn Skydiving is making a jump at Florida Skydiving Center
One of the picture shows Mike taking skydiving photos over Skydive Arizona before his retirement, the other shot is the actual article in Parachutist. Also, the 800th issue of the magazine can be seen online here:
https://parachutist.com/portals/parachutist/parachutist/archives/June-2026/HTML5/index.html
