As I do every year, I’ll be following the advice of Jeff Harmon (the man behind the excellent PhotoTaco podcast) and posting my Top 10 photos for the year.
Among the benefits of reviewing your Top 10 photos of the year is that you can reflect on what you’ve done and compare your photography to the previous years’ work. In selecting my top 10 for the year, I’ve come to the realization that 2019 wasn’t a very good year for me, photography-wise. Oh, I got some very nice shots during the year (which you’ll see in their full glory below), but as I was paring my shots down, a few things stood out to me.
In 2018, my first round of culling left me with over 50 shots to choose from. This year, I only found 31 that I would have even considered for the top 10.
A large number of my Top 10 came from only a few places (including one trip to the Rockies making up a full half of the Top 10). Normally, I like to diversify more. Granted this happened because I didn’t travel as much in 2019 as I did the previous year, but, truth to tell, I could have gotten out and shot more during the previous year.
In previous years, my Top 10 has had some variety in terms of different types of photography — macros, florals, landscapes, etc. This time, it seems that I only have two: landscapes and astrophotography.
Lastly, I’m just not sure that the quality of my shots from this year match or exceed that from last year. Yes, I’ve tried some new things, but I don’t know that this year’s shot stand up to last year’s.
OK, so I have to do better in 2020. I can do that. I’ve already set up some goals in a goal tracker and intend to follow through with those goals.
And with all that being said, it’s not like 2019 was a complete disaster. As I said, I did get some nice shots in this year. And so, here they are, in chronological order: