2023 Year in Review

I’m not one for marking the new year by many of the traditional means, but I do enjoy the excuse to look back at the photos I take each year to reflect on some of my favorite experiences, see the trends in what caught my eye this year, and to motivate myself to do it all again next year.

This year was definitely one of travel. Four continents, 40,000 air miles, and over 11,000 photos taken. Below are 30 favorites with a little about why I consider them among my favorites of 2023.

Fall in Colorado

Any longtime reader of this newsletter, or follower of my photography in general, will know autumn anywhere, and especially in Colorado, is a favorite subject of mine. Ok, and the bison. Always bison. 

The weather is pleasant, but the cool nights signal the pending winter. The mountains are still accessible, but snow is often falling up high on the tallest peaks. The crowds are (mostly) gone. And the season’s colors stretch out over weeks here. The color can start in mid-September at higher elevations and last into November at the lower ones. No other season spreads itself out so nicely.

It’s been unseasonably warm this December in Denver, reminiscent more of early fall than almost winter. So, with fall officially ending this week, I am sharing a collection of fall photos taken around Colorado this season.

Plus, I figured your inbox could use an email that doesn’t highlight shipping deadlines and last-minute gift card options. Conveniently for you, I come to your inbox selling nothing.

Happy holidays.

All photos from fall 2023.

We’re Back

We as in the royal “we,” that is. I meant to take a short break after my last newsletter and then, like, 6 months just disappeared. Apparently, some habits are easier to break than others.

It’s not that I haven’t been photographing, or even traveling, but I’ve wanted to continue evolving what I share and it’s just been a busy spring. And summer. This newsletter started out as a photo a week, then a series of photos approximately once per month, and then, more and more, a series of photos plus more background and context of the subject, place, etc. I received good feedback on the latter and wanted to continue with that, but those posts also take longer to put together. 

So, to get back in the swing of things this week, I’m keeping it simple. Four photos from late spring and early summer here in Colorado.

For you who are local, you’ll know that we had a very wet, cool spring, and all around the state it was greener than usual, for longer than usual. While a green, colorful spring isn’t uncommon – depending on rain and runoff from snowmelt – this year’s didn’t seem to want to end. Even driving around the state this weekend I was a little shocked by how green it still was for mid-August. 

Thanks to everyone who has asked where I’ve been. I promise not to go another six months :).

2022 Year in Review

Each year I select some arbitrary number of photos that were my favorites from the year. It’s fun to see not only remember trips that felt so long ago, but also to see how my photography evolved that year. This year my photos spanned more subjects in more places, and included more people than they have in the past. Part of that was undoubtedly due to travel becoming easier again, but I think also reflects wanting to incorporate people more often in my photography.

Below are 30 favorites with a little about why they made the cut this year. They’re often not my best photos from a technical standpoint, but they’re the ones with some of the best memories.