Fingerhut is a past president and director of the Colonial Camera Club in Massachusetts. He has won numerous awards and has judged photography competitions for 16 different
camera clubs. His photographs have appeared in books, calendars and magazines. He has had winning entries in the Boston Globe photo contest. His photo entitled “Royal Canadian Goose” won first place from over 3,000 entries. Following that award, the photo was printed in a Time Life book, The National Enquirer and Popular Photography, and was placed on exhibit at the Epcot Center.