Your Top 10 Photos for 2011

[WDWFigment]

I know a lot of photographers do year-end recaps featuring their top-10 photos from the previous year. Post a link to yours here, or post your top-10 here directly if you don't have a website/blog.

Here's my top 10 (err...11): http://www.disneytouristblog.com/top-11-disney-photos-of-2011/

 

[nbaresejr]

Absolutely amazing Tom!

I love looking at the photos you take and learn so much from the blog site.

 

[HPS3]

Tom, I have one word for you. AWESOME!!!! Hey Tom, on your sunrise MK shot your exif says 8mm. It doesn't name your lens. Was this your fisheye or your new 8-16 Sigma. I'm just wondering because I already have the Opteka/Rokinon 8mm fisheye and I'm trying to decide if I want to buy the Sigma 10-20.

 

[Pooh2]

Beautiful!!

 

[Hockeyman]

Now how are we supposed to follow an act like that?

 

[wbeem]

Those are all lovely photos, but I think I like the one of your wife the best. It's a great environmental portrait and I could understand why the magazine would want it. Now I need to go get a wife so I can try something like that.

 

[wbeem]

I didn't plan on doing a blog post of top ten photos for 2011. On any given day, my definition of "Top" would probably change. However, I have a few I like and I'll share them here, given more weight to the Disney images with regard to the audience here.


The Station by wbeem, on Flickr


Kelsey by wbeem, on Flickr


France by wbeem, on Flickr


Torii Gate by wbeem, on Flickr


Spaceballs! by wbeem, on Flickr


South Strip by wbeem, on Flickr


Baby, It's Cold Outside by wbeem, on Flickr


The Final Frontier by wbeem, on Flickr


We Sell Magic Carpets by wbeem, on Flickr


This Way to Infinity…and Beyond by wbeem, on Flickr

...and one more, in the spirit of '11.


Lauren by wbeem, on Flickr

 

[Hockeyman]

Awesome photos, both of you Tom and William

 

[MarkBarbieri]

I'll twist the thread a bit to suit my desires. Rather than post my 10 best, I'll post more of a spread throughout the year. I'll also mix in some video along with the pictures because I've been focusing a lot more on video this year.

This is from January at the Houston Zoo.

This is from our trip to Monterey in March. It is one of my all-time favorite pictures. I have a large print of this hanging over my fireplace.

I have a video of shots from that trip here.

This is a video I made in June in our pool in the backyard. It's a variety of shots of the kids jumping into the pool and swimming.
http://vimeo.com/25642610

This is a video I made on our July vacation to Colorado. I used the Adobe PixelBender effect called Oil Painting on part of the video. That filter wasn't designed for video, so I had to do some tricks to get it to work. The result was referenced in John Nack's blog, which was cool for me because his is one of the blogs I love to read.
http://vimeo.com/26517218

This is a shot from the end of that vacation. It is my youngest son jumping at Great Sand Dunes National Park.

This is a shot from September. It's from the St. Francis Wolf Sanctuary. I entered this photo in a contest at work and was one of the winners. A large print of it is hanging in the lobbies at our company's main offices right now.

I have a video of that shoot here.

I did a Disney trip in October, but I'm still working on the shots from that trip, so I don't have one that I'll call my favorite yet.

This is a shot from our Halloween shoot in October.

I have a video of that shoot here.

In November, a dear friend had a baby and I did a photoshoot for her. This is my favorite shot from the day.

The full shoot is here.

Over Christmas vacation, we went back to Colorado and spent some time sledding. This is my favorite shot from the sledding outings. My youngest son is in the front and my wife is in the background.

I have a video slideshow of our sledding here.