FINALLY! You thought it would never come – the final chapter of the “Best of 2012” series is finally here. These are a selection of photos that didn’t fall into the previous categories of “People” or “Places,” so I thought that “Artistic” was a good title. I’ve already taken a bunch of great pictures in 2013 (at least I think so), and I’m really excited to see what the rest of this year holds for my photography. But for now, enjoy the conclusion of 2012 below!
Abstract landscape between Paris and London on The Chunnel
Buckingham Palace reflections in Katie’s sunglasses
More reflections, but of London this time – Big Ben.
The Zilker Park Christmas Tree from underneath while spinning!
Lots of firsts in 2012 when it came to portraits! We did our first maternity session, newborn session, and baby sessions, which was awesome. It’s always great to expand your experience/repertoire and get to know lots of fun people. There’s nothing like seeing your own reflection in the eyes of a newborn baby. In additions to those new experiences, we did a few weddings, an engagement session, and some family portraits for friends’ Christmas cards, which are included at the bottom. Enjoy! And keep your eyes open for a few more posts this week.
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 Bridge – London, England
Tower Bridge – London, England
View of downtown London from Tower Bridge
The Radcliffe Camera – Oxford, England
The Radcliffe Camera – Oxford, England
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 grounds behind the Palace of Versailles
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 Texas State Capitol – Austin, Texas
The Texas State Capitol – Austin, Texas
Fourth of July fireworks over Austin, Texas