I actually sold a print of this one to a Navajo community near Monument Valley last summer. I believe it is up in their information center now so I was quite pleased. I'd like to visit them again in the next few months actually. Love this entire area like many others do.

Thanks :)

That's a beautiful picture Yoan!

Hi guys, my first post here in the forum...

tcole1983 said:
Cool setup Mike. Love that one.

Hi TC,

Thanks, but first of all, Dusty deserves the credit. He is a rich character study. It's hard not to make a great photo with him as the subject, but then the challenge is to really make it worth his time and engage the audience.

My best,

Mike

TaoTeJared said:
Ever!?! How about in the last couple of months. :)

I have been trying to pull some images together actually. If anyone wants to see them:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taotejared/sets/72157628344718067/show/

I like the one of the benches. The color version.

Cool setup Mike. Love that one.

Hi all,

Great photos and a great topic.

My idea is that the question tells more about ourselves than it does our pictures, though. I think my best photo is of my little girl when she was 3 with a BandAid on her nose with her eyeglasses and she was in her Easter Dress with her purse. She was adorable, but she wouldn't agree.

That was taken a long time ago, too. My grandchildren are older than that, and the point is that you would think that one's ability would improve over time (and I think it does).

With the exceptions that come to those who work in the moment of news, you create your own opportunities of scene. You don't take a picture, you make it.

Here is one from the last year, and I have one or two from last week, or yesterday, too. Keep shooting!

My best,

Mike

"Dusty" Nikon D90 1/20sec ISO 400 50mm f1.8 @f2.5

Both photos are amazing Squamish, well done.

TaoTeJared said:
Ever!?! How about in the last couple of months. :)

I have been trying to pull some images together actually. If anyone wants to see them:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taotejared/sets/72157628344718067/show/

Agree with all.. great set!
... and thanks for the new Ideas for new photos :)

rbrylawski said:
Really amazing Tao! I fear I'll never produce images that are stunning, like these. I'm technically proficient, but I don't think my eye sees things a good photographer sees and to me that's the talent behind the machine. Which makes the machine much less important. You see things in a unique way and your pictures reflect that vision so well...

Thank you!

Like NSXType-R said keep taking photos. It's not that I took 3000 of the same thing to get that one. It's that I've gone out 3000 (or who knows how many) times and noted what worked and what didn't.

According to flickr this one is my best, so we'll go with that:

For me, for how nice it turned out and how much fun it was shooting it, it would have been this one, though: http://www.flickr.com/photos/squamishphoto/5052881482/in/set-72157626557092086/lightbox/

NSXType-R said:
Just shoot a lot. Eventually you come across something. :D

Not to mean that you shouldn't savor every shot, it's just that you learn a lot of the intricacies, what you like to shoot, etc.

I will and thanks for the advice......

rbrylawski said:
Really amazing Tao! I fear I'll never produce images that are stunning, like these. I'm technically proficient, but I don't think my eye sees things a good photographer sees and to me that's the talent behind the machine. Which makes the machine much less important. You see things in a unique way and your pictures reflect that vision so well...

Just shoot a lot. Eventually you come across something. :D

Not to mean that you shouldn't savor every shot, it's just that you learn a lot of the intricacies, what you like to shoot, etc.

proudgeek said:
I fear I'll never produce images that are stunning

Nonsense. That's why you're part of a forum like this to see other peoples' work. I look at hundreds of images a day. Sometimes the stuff I see is so good it makes me want to toss my camera in the trash. But mostly I'm inspired; not to copy but to reinterpret. I can't speak for anyone else here, but I'm not making a living doing this; I do it because I genuinely enjoy it. Whereas most of the creative freedom has been sucked out of my job photography is the one area where I can still feel like something of an artist. Even if it's only in my own mind. Keep looking, keep shooting, keep tweaking (your images and your technique).
Above all, have fun and try and learn something new every day. The people who are posting here on a regular basis like Tao, Adam, etc. are great teachers.

Thank you! For me lately, photography, has become a much needed and enjoyable escape from a very stressful job. I have lot's of photo magazines loaded on my iPad and at least on the weekends, I find some time to have a cup of coffee at Starbucks and immerse myself in the technical aspects of photography. I'm hoping that by being persistent and learning as much as I can, I can translate that into some success in my photos.

Thanks again.....

I fear I'll never produce images that are stunning

Nonsense. That's why you're part of a forum like this to see other peoples' work. I look at hundreds of images a day. Sometimes the stuff I see is so good it makes me want to toss my camera in the trash. But mostly I'm inspired; not to copy but to reinterpret. I can't speak for anyone else here, but I'm not making a living doing this; I do it because I genuinely enjoy it. Whereas most of the creative freedom has been sucked out of my job photography is the one area where I can still feel like something of an artist. Even if it's only in my own mind. Keep looking, keep shooting, keep tweaking (your images and your technique).
Above all, have fun and try and learn something new every day. The people who are posting here on a regular basis like Tao, Adam, etc. are great teachers.

Really amazing Tao! I fear I'll never produce images that are stunning, like these. I'm technically proficient, but I don't think my eye sees things a good photographer sees and to me that's the talent behind the machine. Which makes the machine much less important. You see things in a unique way and your pictures reflect that vision so well...

TaoTeJared said:
Ever!?! How about in the last couple of months. :)

I have been trying to pull some images together actually. If anyone wants to see them:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taotejared/sets/72157628344718067/show/

Beautiful pictures ! You ARE good !

nice set Tao

Ever!?! How about in the last couple of months. :)

I have been trying to pull some images together actually. If anyone wants to see them:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/taotejared/sets/72157628344718067/show/

jonnyapple said:
Lovely pictures, everyone. We should make a thread like this a December tradition to post your favorite shot from the year.

Good idea.

WOW! You guys shame me.

Here is one from my early photography days but I still like it to this day... although I should warn everybody, it wasn't shot on a Nikon.

Lovely pictures, everyone. We should make a thread like this a December tradition to post your favorite shot from the year.

proudgeek said:
Thanks. Sorry for the double post. This is one of those right place/right time shots. Didn't even notice the second rainbow until I'd been shooting for 10+ minutes. When the clouds cleared and the rainbows faded I was almost shaking and had to sit down. Definitely one of the coolest things I've ever seen.>

Beside the rainbow, that shot has a really strong sense of depth. Almost feels 3D.

Great pictures all and thanks Kanuck.

I knew it would be hard to pick one. That was part of the fun :)

I guess I should have said favorite picture maybe. I thought it was a little different then just posting all your good pictures. I am sure we all have tons of ones we like.