Happy New Year!

Happy New Year everyone!  Thanks so much to everyone who has visited my blog over the past year.  I hope that the things I share prove useful.  My schedule has prevented me from writing as much as I would like, but I expect that to improve in the new year.  Look for more regular postings as I delve deeper into the art of photography.

I can't help but reflect back what I have accomplished the past year in photography.  It has been just a little over a year since I picked up a camera and learned how to use it.  I have over 400 images on Flickr, with over 50,000 views.  I'm so happy to have published a collection of images that people seem to find interesting.  In the past year I also launched a portfolio site to better showcase my favorite images.  I've been getting out and shooting as much as I can and over time I am discovering and honing my art and style.  It's a continual learning process!

In the new year, I plan to further hone my HDR photography.  It's a style that still intrigues me and I will continue to work with and evolve this technique.  I also enjoy night photography and abstract images, especially with the two combined.  I plan to continue pursuing the artistic side of photography in these areas.  Finally, I hope to learn lighting techniques and I'll be playing with some strobist setups.  After all, one of the biggest reasons I chose to pursue photography was to preserve memories and capture better images of the people in my life.

Since images are better than words, here is video retrospective of my past year of images as published on Flickr.  It only takes about a minute to view my entire photostream in this fast paced slideshow.



Thanks again for reading and looking!