I know its a couple weeks into the new year already, but I wanted to do a quick post to recap my work in photography this past year.

2010 was a year of growth for me when it came to photography. I started with it a few years ago as just a careless hobby. Soon after I bought my first SLR, though, I found it always stuck to me and pointed at god knows what in the hopes that  I would get a cool shot. I had no idea what lenses did what and what the seemingly millions of settings and accessories meant. Somehow, I ended up where I am now… constantly thinking about how I can get better at taking and processing photos.

But over the past year, I really feel like I learned more about how to capture the moment, as I felt it, than in any other year. Who knows how much more I will learn or how much better my shots will get? Lord knows there’s a ton more out there I need to understand. Thankfully, I have the will to go and understand it. I hope that will continues far into the future.

So all that said… I wanted to post my top 10 photos from 2010. There were several that could have made the cut over others, but these were my gut feeling choices the first time I went through them.  Here they are, in chronological order:

#10 – DC in a Fog

DC in a Fog

Iwo Jima Memorial during a blizzard

Sunrise over the Potomac after snowfall

Sunset at the Jefferson Memorial during the Cherry Blossom Festival

Tidal Basin & Washington Monument during the Cherry Blossom Festival

Horses on the Beach in Cabo, San Lucas

Iguana in St Thomas, USVI

Harvest Moon over the Iwo Jima Memorial

Sunset in the Shenandoah Mountains

Starlight over Great Falls