Gold at One Eyeland: A Milestone for Dylan Knight Photography
September 2025 – Sunshine Coast, Australia
I’m honoured to share that I’ve been awarded Gold at the One Eyeland Photography Awards (2024 edition, announced September 2025) — recognised as the world’s largest photography awards, with more than 3,000 images entered from 51 countries this year. Alongside the Gold, two of my images received Bronze in the Nightscape and Abstract categories.
As an international award-winning photographer, Dylan Knight, this marks my first Gold on the global stage — and it’s a milestone I’ll treasure.
The Winning Images
Tree of Erosion (Gold, Aerial)
An abstract aerial image that reveals erosion lines like brushstrokes across the earth’s surface.Celestial Crown (Bronze, Nightscape)
The Milky Way rising above the ridges of Utah, stitched and tracked to capture the arc in fine detail.Ancient Light Over Goblin Valley (Bronze, Nightscape)
A panoramic nightscape created under clear-sky conditions, blending foreground depth with a sky alive in airglow.
Why It Matters
Awards are milestones, not destinations. They reflect years of persistence, planning, and countless hours in the field. For me, this Gold at One Eyeland isn’t about the trophy — it’s about proof that dedication to craft, storytelling, and technical precision resonates internationally.
This recognition sits alongside other recent highlights for Dylan Knight Photography, including:
Finalist, The Mono Awards (Top 60 Places, 2025); Highly Commended (2019 & 2024)
Honourable Mention, International Photography Awards (2025)
Silver & Commended, Australian Photographic Prize (2024)
Lessons Behind the Lens
Each award image carries lessons that go beyond competitions:
Wait for conditions — the best light, airglow, or atmosphere can’t be rushed.
See differently — abstracts and aerials often hide in plain sight.
Simplify your frame — remove distractions and let the subject breathe.
These are the same principles I teach in workshops, because they’re what transform a good frame into a lasting image.
Looking Ahead
After nearly a decade behind the camera, my mission is simple: to guide others into wild places, share the skills and stories I’ve learned, and help you create images you can be proud of. Photography is more than awards — it’s about the moments you capture and treasure long after the shutter clicks.
If you’d like to learn the techniques behind award-winning astrophotography and landscape images, join me on a 2026 workshop across the Sunshine Coast, Noosa, Gold Coast, Sapphire Coast, Uluru, or New Zealand’s South Island.