2020 A Year of Images

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It took most of my winter break to get it done, but after falling 4 months behind, I finally worked through the back log of my unprocessed images for the year.  I had planned to pare my 2020 collection gallery from 150 images to 36 for the 2020 best of gallery.  Didn’t quite succeed.  I guess that means it was a productive year.

The year started inside conservatories within a few hours drive for me.  Garfield Park (Indy), Krohn (Cinci), Garfield Park (Chi), Franklin Park (Columbus) and Foellinger-Friemann (Ft Wayne).  Had wanted to get to Phipps (Pittsburgh) but, well, covid happened. 

As spring came of season, I traded the conservatories for empty city streets.  Did city walks in Toledo, Dayton, Cinci, Hamilton (OH), Ft Wayne, Madison (IN), Weirton, Steubenville, Louisville and of course Indianapolis.  Along the way discovered the mesmerizing possibilities of layering subjects and elements using street window reflections.  This may have been the biggest digital aha and new running project of the year. 

I shot several fun and productive model shoots with Sabrina, Samantha, Autumn and Briley.  Sabrina finished her associates (YAY!) and Briley is left with a little more than a semester to go for the same achievement.  I hope to take an improved skill set from doing these shoots back to my Stone Faces Project in the year to come.

No trips of significance.  Here’s to hoping 2021 will be more giving on that front. 

I took some steps to reach out to a wider audience to present my craft and receive feedback on it, this site being one of those steps.  I have been heartily encouraged by the feedback I have received. 

Of course this was the year the Back to Film Project began.  I plan to present a year of images from that endeavor in a different gallery and post in the near future. 

One of the insights I was sensitized to from feedback I received after participating in a Lenculture call for entries is the importance of curation and sequencing within a series of images.  As I put together the final gallery for 2020 I tried to incorporate creative sequencing as part of the exercise.  So if you take the time to visit the gallery, I encourage you to watch as a slide show.  So without further rambling – Here’s my best from 2020 – just click on the article image above for the slide show. (Links to a gallery view of this collection and previous years can be found above under the “Portfolio/Collections” tab.

Thanks for the time you spend here and the encouragement you have given me!