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Best of 2012 | Places

I don’t normally do blog posts with 30+ pictures, but I also haven’t done a “Best Of” post in a long time. Actually, I didn’t even do one for 2011, so it’s been quite a while. Anyway, since my Adobe Lightroom tells me that I took approximately 10,000 photos in 2012, I’ll be splitting up my Best of 2012 blog post into 3 entries: “Places,” “Artistic,” and “People.”  It was too hard to put them all in one post, especially since my wife and I got the opportunity to travel to Europe last March (we left a year ago today).  The below images were hand selected for the “Places” category – as you’ll see, a lot of them are from England or France, which was expected!  I never even really did any blog posts about our trip to Europe – there were just too many pictures and too many stories.  Overwhelming.  Maybe I’ll still do that in the future, but not right now.  A few pictures from Austin also made the cut at the bottom, but unfortunately none from Chicago – still my favorite place to photograph, but I didn’t get back there with my camera very much last year.  Alright, enough words – enjoy the pictures.  I’m still trying to wrap my head around the fact that I took the equivalent of 416 rolls of film last year.  Crazy.

Tower of London

 

Tower Bridge – London, England

 

Tower Bridge – London, England

 

View of downtown London from Tower Bridge

 

The London Eye

 

Big Ben (and bus)

 

Big Ben and Parliament

 

The Radcliffe Camera – Oxford, England

 

The Radcliffe Camera – Oxford, England

 

Notre Dame – Paris, France

 

Ceiling of Notre Dame – Paris, France

 

Inside Notre Dame – Paris, France

 

Ceiling of the basement chapel in Saint-Chapelle – Paris, France

 

Main cathedral in Sainte-Chapelle – Paris, France

 

Sainte-Chapelle – Paris, France

 

The Eiffel Tower

 

 

 

The Palace of Versailles

 

The grounds behind the Palace of Versailles

 

The Arc de Triomphe

 

Sacre Coeur – Paris, France

 

Bohemian Market – Paris, France

 

St. James Park – London, England

 

The National Gallery – London, England

 

Millennium Bridge & St. Paul’s Cathedral – London, England

 

The London Eye (foreground) & Big Ben and Parliament (background) – London, England

 

The London Eye

 

The London Eye

 

The Texas State Capitol – Austin, Texas

 

The Texas State Capitol – Austin, Texas

 

Fourth of July fireworks over Austin, Texas

 

Downtown Austin, Texas

 

Europe Trip: Preview

Well, I posted these images on Facebook already, so I’m guessing that most people have seen them.  But I haven’t posted them on the blog yet.  I’m planning on doing a 3-part series here on the blog (after this) about our trip to Europe, and instead of simply posting pictures, I’ll be elaborating on the images themselves and other details about our trip.  The 3-part series will consist of pictures from London, Oxford, and Paris/Versailles.  You won’t want to miss it.  Anyways, here are three pictures to whet your appetite.  Keep your eyes open for more and come back soon.

Ben & Bus
Big Ben (London, UK)
The Radcliffe Camera

The Radcliffe Camera (Oxford, UK)

 

Twin Towers

Eiffel Tower (Paris, France)