It’s Day 365- I made it! Happy New Year!
I celebrated 365 days of photography today by spending the day taking photos at the Cosumnes River Preserve. I saw more different species of birds in one place than I ever have- except for a zoo. We will definitely be going back. Bless my husband for carrying that tripod around! I won’t be posting any of those photos today, because there are too many to go through and not enough time. I took photo # 365 this morning before I left, as a sort of tribute to Photo #1. But this time, I used Christmas tree light bokeh instead of candles. Tonight we celebrate the New Year by drinking the champagne!
Photography highlights of the year (in no particular order):
- Mastering manual settings- they are now my comfort zone
- Discovering that I really can find something to photograph every day
- Getting a macro lens and taking all those flower photos!
- Taking some great photos of my grandsons
- Getting my beloved Nikon D7000 , my zoom lens, and now- my speedlight (Thanks, Lonnie!!!)
- Learning Photoshop
- Learning to add textures to photos
- Getting my tripod and learning to feel comfortable with it out in the world
- Yellowstone photography- elk, bison, big horn sheep, great horned owl
- Playing with HDR
- Making photo friends all over the world- a constant source of inspiration!
- Having people read and comment on my blog and on Flickr
- Learning to see the world with new eyes!
I’ll post my photography goals for the new year tomorrow. I can’t wait to see what 2012 will bring!
melinda anderson photography 
over this past year, we have all learned so much about this world of photography, you have been a huge inspiration and I will continue to visit your little place in the cyberworld ~ it has been a pleasure getting to “know” you ~ Happy New Year!
Yay! Congrats! That is quite an accomplishment!
Congratulations Melinda. It has been a wonderful learning experience for us both. I have to say, though, that I think reconnecting with you has been the best part. I’m so happy that we’ve renewed our friendship and I’m looking forward to lots of photographic adventures in 2012.
Oh, and nice bokeh on this photo. Happy New Year!