2011

I've never put together a best-of-the-year edit before but since I'm working on a portfolio and website update anyway, I thought I'd give it a shot. I decided to try to boil it all down to ten images - a fairly standard portfolio size for the industry. The edit has changed many, many times over the last couple of days and I'm still not sure I've picked the right ones. Editing is always tricky because you have to try to remove yourself from the memory and circumstance of when the picture was made and look at it objectively. Any photographer will tell you that they have certain photos they are attached to because they recall what it took to make the image and are frequently frustrated when others don't respond as expected. Likewise, there are always pictures that seemed easy and almost superficial in the making but get great response and support from others. While day-to-day editing can largely rely on the needs of the story to dictate final choices, this kind of portfolio editing ultimately aims to reduce everything to a fine balance between pandering to an audience or just serving your own desires. Right now, I'm reasonably happy with it - tell me what you think.