My Favorite Photos of 2017

As we begin to wind down 2017, I thought it would be a good opportunity to look back on some of my favorite images I captured throughout the year.

It was a year that saw me take on big challenges and explore new photography styles. It was also a year that helped me further define the connection between my career helping companies tell better stories and my passion capturing those stories with my camera. That intersection is something I’ll be focusing on in 2018.

What were my favorite images of 2017? Let’s look.

For the past couple of years, my friend Brian Boger and his merry band of awesome misfits at Doylestown Bike Works, organize a head-to-head stationary bike race at one of the local bars. For the record, I accidentally won the open category the first year (probably because there weren’t any hills). I wasn’t able to successfully defend my crown this year and played around with slow shutter speeds after my eventual (and quick) elimination.

My backyard continued to put on a fairly consistent sunset show throughout the year.

My favorite tree in my favorite secret location continued to provide great photographic fodder.

I’ve wanted to get a decent shot of a full moon for some time now. I was lucky enough to be on a boat in Casco Bay looking out toward the Atlantic during a full moon this year. Special thanks to my friend Stephen O’Grady for making it possible.

We listen to music with our ears. We see it performed at live concerts. And this year I had the opportunity to hear and see how it was made. My daughters’ high school marching band recorded their halftime show at the famed Big Boy room inside Sound Kitchen Studio in Nashville. This is the same studio where artists like Bruce Springsteen, Willie Nelson, Garth Brooks, Dolly Parton, Taylor Swift, Chicago, Donna Summer and Quiet Riot recorded albums. And it’s where I watched my youngest daughter record a vocal track at 11:30 at night under the direction of the producer/engineer who recorded Twenty-Pilots in the very sound booth she sang in.

One of the goals I set for myself going into 2017 was to do more portrait work. I tend to gravitate toward people in my shots, especially in my street photography. I wanted to see what I could accomplish in more controlled and deliberate settings. Huge thanks to models like Taylor, Abby, Dev, Rachel and Victoria for indulging my efforts.

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