Towards the end of 2011, David was fortunate enough to be awarded the South Australian Travel & Documentary Photographer of the Year by the Australian Institute of Professional Photography.
His folio of winning images were taken in Hong Kong, Norway, Sweden and Italy (L to R) for Lonely Planet Images.
The awards dinner was held in November at The Festival Centre in Adelaide, where he was also named as runner-up South Australian Landscape Photographer of the Year to eventual overall SA Photographer of the Year, Hilary Hann.