We’re three months into 2019, and I usually post my Favorite Photos of the Year in late December or early January, but I missed it this year. Still, I’ve done a collection of my favorite photos of the year each year since I founded this site in 2012, and I didn’t want to miss is for 2018. Each year I go back through my images and pick a selection of my favorite photos from the year as a way to look back at my work and evaluate where I can improve, and what went well.
Like any creative pursuit, photography can be an activity that has ebbs and flows creatively, with some stretches yielding outstanding output, while at other times, the creativity and execution may be lacking a bit. While I think I got some very nice shots in 2018, I don’t think it was one of my better years of photography from a quality standpoint, at least in comparison to other recent years. It was fine, but I found I got into a bit of a rut creatively at times: a rut I’m still sort of working my way out of. This isn’t the first time I’ve felt this way, and each time, you just need to keep shooting and work your way out of it. Anyway, below are a selection of 15 of my favorite images from the year. They may not be my absolute best work, but these are the ones I liked the best.
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Courtyard, Iglesia y Convento de las Capuchinas, Antigua Guatemala – Fujifilm XF10 @ f/8, 1/60s, ISO 320Columbus at Night – Sony A7 III with Voigtländer 40mm f/1.2 @ f/8, 13s, ISO 100Honeybee – Sony A7 III with Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro @ f/11, 1/200s, ISO 5000Forest Pond – Sony A7 III with Sony/Zeiss 16-35mm f/4 @ 27mm, f/11, 1/15s, ISO 800Reading – Sony A7 III with Voigtlander 40mm f/1.2 Nokton @ f/2.2, 1/40s, ISO 1000Conkle’s Hollow, Rockbridge, Ohio – Fujifilm X-E2 with Fujinon XF 55-200mm f/3.5-4.8 OIS @ 67mm, f/11, 45 secondsColumbus at Dawn – Canon EOS R with Canon RF 24-105mm f/4L IS @ 40mm, f/16, 0.8s, ISO 100Avenida Norte, Antigua Guatemala – Fujifilm XF10 @ f/8, 1/200s, ISO 200Evening Flowers – Sony A7 III with Sony FE 90mm f/2.8 Macro @ f/5.6, 1/100s, ISO 500Diva – Sony A7 III with Sigma 135mm f/1.8 @ f/1.8Cedar Falls – Sony A7 III with Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 @ 34mm, f/16, 8s, ISO 100Cucumber Falls – Sony A7 III with Tamron 28-75mm f/2.8 @ 28mm, f/10, 2s, ISO 100Leading the Charge – Sony A7 III with Sigma 100-400mm f/4.5-6.3 @ 315mm, f/6.3, 1/500s, ISO 640Columbus Before Dawn (3 image stitch) – Sony A7 II with Voigtländer 35mm f/1.4 Nokton Classic @ f/11, 20s, ISO 100Parque Central from Palacio del Ayuntamiento, Antigua Guatemala – Fujifilm XF10 @ f/8, 1/500s, ISO 200
2 thoughts on “My Favorite Photos of 2018”
Jordan, I have always enjoyed your site, the reviews, the occasional instructional post, and last but not least your photographs. Compared to other similar review/commentary photography sites I follow your photographs are some of the very best in my humble opinion. I visit your site to find inspiration from your photos as much as I do to read about gear, perhaps with a nod to your photos even though the reviews are very good as well. So, to me, your 2018 collection is very good, I specially like the Antigua shots and how well you composed those shots and brought out the colors as well. Thanks for sharing your photographic journey with us.
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Jordan, I have always enjoyed your site, the reviews, the occasional instructional post, and last but not least your photographs. Compared to other similar review/commentary photography sites I follow your photographs are some of the very best in my humble opinion. I visit your site to find inspiration from your photos as much as I do to read about gear, perhaps with a nod to your photos even though the reviews are very good as well. So, to me, your 2018 collection is very good, I specially like the Antigua shots and how well you composed those shots and brought out the colors as well. Thanks for sharing your photographic journey with us.
Thanks so much! I really appreciate it!