What do I mean by my “Favourite Photo”? Well, in this post I’ll be concentrating on my own photos — I have seen some pretty inspiring stuff from other photographers this year so I may well make another post focusing on those.
2011 has been the year that I’ve really got back into photography. In 2010 in an effort to stimulate myself back into a hobby I really enjoy, but which I’d let slip somewhat since the arrival of my young son, I challenged myself to take and post a monochrome photo a week. This was fun and stretched me a little bit as I hadn’t really done B&W seriously before then. I ended the year with some shots I really liked and had a new “sideline” to my hobby.
Fun and rewarding as that was, my real interest in photography is landscapes and, living in Devon, I have no real excuse for not getting as many of those in the bag as possible. So, in 2011, I chose to get up for sunrise whenever I could and get out and about wherever I was to make the best use of the pre-dawn light and the golden hour. This also coincided with my setting up a new Flickr account, having finally migrated away from the friendly but stagnating pbase which I’d used for the previous 4 years as my photo hosting site of choice. Most of my photo opportunities were limited to dawn rather than dusk as I still want to keep some semblance of a family life and I figure that getting up before the others is better than abandoning them at bedtime.
So, in purely chronological, and not preferential, order here are my favourite photos from 2011:
Here’s to more and better in 2012 — I certainly hope so anyway.
2 Comments
Beautiful photographs. I especially like the exposure of “Teignmouth Pier in the mist at dawn.” What an incredible capture! Thank’s for sharing your photography. I’m definitely going to follow you here.
Nate
Bruce, some really great pics here, I particularly like your uber long exposures. Iv just invested in a big stopper filter and am doing a project with it. Great fun but a pig to use on a windy seafront!