Best of 2008
Jim M. Goldstein has a blog project for sharing the best pictures of 2008. I haven’t done this “best of” thing in the previous years, but now that I’ve finally started grading pictures in Lightroom, it’s easy to create all sorts of collections so I put together a gallery of my 10 favourite pictures of 2008.
As for the very favourite, it’s difficult to pick one. The latest always seems to be the greatest. In retrospect, it changes… but I will go on a limb and say that the Cassiopeia image is my #1. Everything just came together perfectly for it – new concept (for me) of looking up through the tree crowns, the trees covered with snow in windstill conditions, almost full moon lighting them up, and learning the technique for exposing these pictures. Once you have a new idea or learn a technique you can only keep refining it, but using it for the first time with success is always special.
One thing that sticks out from 2008 is that it was the most productive year I’ve had so far, even though I’m much more critical about my pictures now than I was a few years ago. I think I’ve also managed to maintain a better standard than previously, which means that I’m still on a steep learning curve even if it’s not always as obvious as it was in the early years. But then again, being a photographer is a process of constant learning, otherwise it wouldn’t be any fun!
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