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your best shot 2010

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There’s a group on Flickr that invites its members to reflect on 12 months of capturing life and share their best shot for 2010.

What I like most about this exercise is that it allows me to go back to the earlier months with the kindness that I often lacked of during those moments. Looking back I realize how self-conscious I’ve been at times, that one of my enemies in my creative process is common sense, but that I’ve also been brave and learned a lot (even though probably not as much as I wanted to). 

This past year for me has been about developing techniques with digital photography, slowing down, bringing a playful and joyous energy behind what I do and learning how to create the images that I want. The photo above is the one that I shared with the group, my best shot 2010.

Today, show us yours.

Comments

  27. It's always difficult to pick a best shot but this year was even more difficult. I found that I just didn't take as many pictures. Not sure what's behind my creativity block at the moment but am trying to work my way through it.

    Here's what I consider my best for the year. It's a picture of my grandson catching air while sledding. He just looks so nonchalant and like this happens every day. Reality is that we live at the beach and sledding is a big deal. He was so excited.

    http://www.pbase.com/skiingrn1/image/122057630

    I put together a gallery of my favorite shots for the year:

    http://www.pbase.com/skiingrn1/2010favorites

    Maybe I need to start just making myself shoot everyday to push through this block.

  28. love that sidearm of flare!
    this is a fun if challenging task when you take photos every day.

    one of my favorites of my children:
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/4762357498/

    of a car – a favorite subject of mine
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/5264682729/

    and a sentimental favorite – my shot of the day on my birthday, it was featured on Shutter Sisters a few days later and won me the grand prize for photography at the county fair – my first-ever competition
    http://www.flickr.com/photos/22487105@N06/4775158208/