Here’s a round up of the highlights of my photographic year.

January

A trip to San Francisco gave me the chance to hang out with the San Francisco Flickr group – one of my favorite things to do in San Francisco – that is when the stars align.

February

I was the official photographer for Bainbridge Island’s second annual Chinese New Year Festival. I got the gig because my pictures of the previous year’s event showed up in the top 5 results for the search “Bainbridge Island chinese new year”.

March

A trip to the Seattle Aquarium:

April

I attended Zack Arias’ amazing One Light Workshop. Shortly thereafter I bought some PocketWizards and started my journey to the lit side.

May

June

July

The Kitsap Sun bought this picture and ran it in the Bainbridge Islander (the local local paper).

August

I attended my first Seattle Flickr Strobist event, and finally connected with some local camera nuts.

Also in August I got to meet David Hobby in person at the Seattle Strobist Seminar.

I confirmed my status a a photography nut by staying up to photograph the lunar eclipse:

September

I finally got around to making some Strobist style grid spots

Which I promptly put to use during my first studio shoot with the Seattle Flickr Strobists.

I also did a Strobist architectural shoot:

October

I practiced my lighting and people shooting skills

November

I framed my first picture in order to display it in the November Seattle Flickrites photo show

I also covered ApacheCon, as I have in previous years.

This year I also put my new skills to use by shooting a bunch of headshots for ASF folks. Average time per person: 5 minutes

December

Another Seattle Flickr Strobist shoot (including video) gets featured on Strobist.com.

It’s been a great year of learning and improving. Thanks to all the people (and there are a lot) who have helped me out along the way!