As 2013 comes to a close, I have been seeing many posts on my Facebook newsfeed by other photographers who have posted their "best" of 2013.
I am in awe
of the 'best' photos represented by my fellow photographers and I decided to
re-visit my 2013 photos to share my 'best' of the year.
As I began
to look through the multitude of images of varied subject matter from this past
year, I had to take pause and ask myself: "What does 'best' really
mean?"
The first
thought that came to mind was: 'the best' means a technically sound image with
perfect composition and impact- after all, these are the criteria used for
judging photo competitions. While I have
many images that are technically sound, tack sharp, and worthy of competition
entry, they are not what I consider 'the best' of my collection.
There are so
many wonderful memories of things I have seen and of the places I have been
which come flooding back to me when viewing images I have made. To me, so much of an image is about the
experience of being in that place and witnessing what I try to capture with my
lens- sometimes technically successfully, and sometimes not. It's difficult for me to separate all of the emotions I feel
when making an image from the resulting photograph.
So many of
my 'best' are fleeting moments in time. A
great number of these 'bests' have never been shared with anyone else, but are
the ones which I often revisit and just
smile... Those magical moments and the
awe and wonder of subjects discovered for the first time, special times with
friends and family, and those moments which excited me as I saw them come together
through the viewfinder.
This is what
"the best" means to me, and I invite you to view a gallery of MY 'BEST' PHOTOGRAPHIC MOMENTS AND DISCOVERIES OF 2013 -while keeping in mind the experience and discovery behind each image.
Wishing you
only 'BESTS' in 2014 and beyond...
Wendy
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