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Best of 2011
by Dave Wilson on Dec.19, 2011, under Photography

For a change, I’ve posted my “Best of 2011” post over on the photoblog. Head on over if you would like to take a look at the 10 pictures I consider to be my favourites this year.
“The Giving Lens” Holiday Fundraiser
by Dave Wilson on Dec.09, 2011, under Photography

How do you fancy the chance to win one of 6 20″x30″ prints from photographers Colby Brown, Elia Locardi, Jay Patel, Varina Patel, Ken Kaminesky and Alexander Safonov?
These fine people have teamed up with “The Giving Lens” to try to raise some money for kids in Nicaragua. For every $10 you donate to Empowerment International, you get a chance to win one of the prints. Why not head on over and spread the Christmas cheer while standing a chance to win a gorgeous print worth around $500?
New SmugMug Site
by Dave Wilson on Jan.16, 2011, under Photography
I was fortunately enough recently to win a 1 year subscription to SmugMug, the photo sharing and print-selling site. I had been thinking about joining for a while since the features offered appeared to get round some of the limitations of the printing services I currently use (ImageKind and Fotomoto) and I’m pleased to say that this does indeed appear to be the case. In particular:
- I can set prices for commercial licensing of images. Up until now, I’ve had pictures on ClusterShot and Getty Images but both of these suffer from problems. ClusterShot gets practically no traffic and I’ve sold only a single image in the whole time I’ve had an account there. Getty, on the other hand, sells images regularly but the photographer payout on each sale is only 20%. SmugMug allows me to set my own pricing for various different types of license and takes only a small commission on each sale. I expect, however, that I will still do most of my licensing “manually” based on email from people who find images on my photoblog or on Flickr but enabling licensing direct from the site is a nice additional offering.
- I can choose the printing lab I want to fulfill print orders and have choices that are suitable for fine art prints as well as cheaper, higher volume printing for any events I may cover. ImageKind and Fotomoto both price their prints based on a fine art model (which is fine for the majority of the images I want to sell) but don’t offer a cost-effective way for me to publish 500 images of kids’ sporting events and allow parents to buy a couple of dozen 6″x4″ prints.
- I can upload images into private and public galleries. Images in a private gallery don’t appear on my homepage but I can provide a URL allowing access. Once again, this will be a great feature for any future event photography I do.
- I can offer a far wider range of print sizes and finishes than with the other providers. This includes larger panoramic sizes which provides me a chance to offer some of my panoramic landscape images for sale.
- I can offer other interesting products such as mugs, mouse pads, T-shirts, jigsaw puzzles and fridge magnets at reasonable prices.
On top of all these benefits, the SmugMug site management features are great. I can upload directly from within Lightroom (as I do for Flickr already) and the site customisation is very straightforward indeed. Finally, my initial experience with their technical support department has been excellent – they got back to me within 30 minutes when I emailed a question last weekend.
Overall, I’m delighted with the SmugMug experience so far and I invite you to take a wander over and let me know what you think. Alternatively, click the image at the top of the post since it is hosted on SmugMug and links to the same image on their site.
162 “Best of 2010” Posts
by Dave Wilson on Jan.13, 2011, under Photography
Each year, San Francisco-based photographer and blogger Jim Goldstein compiles a list of photographers’ annual “Best Of” posts. Here’s this year’s list. From the sites I’ve looked at so far, it’s been a good year. You can see Jim’s original post here.
- Best Photos of 2010 by Jim M. Goldstein – JMG-Galleries
- Best Photos of 2010 by Matthias Wassermann – Mawpix.com
- Exploring Light -Top Photos 2010 – Chris Moore
- My Top Ten Photos for 2010 – Tom Varden
- My Top Ten Photos of 2010 | Craig’s Musings – Craig Vitter
- Top 10 Photos for 2010 | Dobson Central – Ken Dobson
- Best Photos of 2010 – Carol Bauer
- My Best photos from 2010 – Janis Janums
- My Best Photos of 2010 – David Daylor | SixtyOneNorth.com
- 2010 – Year In Review – Jon McCormack Photography – Jon McCormack
- S Zacharias: Best of 2010 – Stephen Zacharias
- 2010 Photos – David Hernandez
- Iceman Photography – Top 10 in 2010
- Best of 2010 – Dave Wilson
- Skolai Images – Bears of 2010 – Carl Donohue
- My Best Photos From 2010 – Art Kuntz
- 2010 in Review – Jay Goodrich
- My Favourite Images of 2010 – Sven Seebeck
- Lunchisoptional: Favorites of Year: 2010 Edition — Ken Trout
- My ten favorite photos of 2010 – Stefan Bäurle
- Top 10 of 2010 – Behind The Clicks – Mohammad Noman
- Top Ten Photos Of 2010 – Jed Link
- 2010 in Review – kRiZ cPEc Photo Blog
- Chuqui.com- Best Photos 2010 – Chuq Von Rospach
- My Favorite Photos of 2010 – Ed Rosack
- 2010 Favorites – Pat Ulrich | Pat Ulrich Photography
- Favorites of 2010 – Kevin Moore
- Top 10 of 2010 from BlazingB Photography – Bill Pennington
- My Favorite Photos of 2010 – Mike Criss
- My faves from 2010 – Matt Smith
- My favourite shots of 2010 – Catalin Marin | Momentary Awe
- 2010 a Year in Review, My Top 10 Memorable/Favorite shots – Mike Criswell
- Craig Ferguson Images – A Year In Photos – Craig Ferguson
- Top 50 Images from 2010 and Goal Setting – Mike Cavaroc
- Jim’s Photography – Jim Wheeler
- Sharpimage.net – The best of 2010 – David Sharp
- StephenWeaver Photography/Earth Systems Imaging-Stephen G. Weaver
- Best of 2010 – Changing Perspectives – Jenni Brehm
- katzekotz.de – best of 2010 – Thomas Kneppeck
- 2010 Favorite Images – Alpenglow Images – Greg Russell
- Best Images of 2010 – Peter Cox Photography – Peter Cox
- Best of 2010| Simon Says – Simon Ponder
- My Favorites Shots of 2010 – Fine Art Prints – Jeff Colburn
- Mountain and Climbing Photography – Alexandre Buisse
- Siam In Contrast 2010 – Adrian Young
- 2010 in review (colour)– Olivier Du Tré
- John Dunne Photography | My Top 10 Favourite Images of 2010 – John Dunne
- Best of 2010 Flickr Set – Tony Rath
- Top 10 from 2010 – Behind-the-lens-lukey – Luke Weymark
- Evan Gearing Photography’s Top 10 of 2010 – Evan Gearing
- 2010 Photos in Review: Water – Rebecca R Jackrel
- Justin Korn [dot] com – Best of 2010 – Justin Korn
- My Best Photos of 2010: Learning and Growing> – D. Travis North
- Uncommon Depth – Roberta Murray
- Organic Light Photography Best of 2010 – Youssef Ismail / Organic Light Photography
- The Best of 2010 – blackandwhite.ie – Neil McShane
- My Best of 2010 – Larry Rosenstein
- Will Wohler Photography: 2010 A Year in Review – Will Wohler
- digitizedchaos – best of 2010 – rian castillo
- My Top 10 from 2010 – Chaz Curry Photography
- – Suzy Walker
- Favorite Photographs From 2010 – Fine Art Landscape Photography of Seung Kye Lee
- Best photos from 2010 – Amanda Herbert
- Wrapping Up 2010: My Favorite Photographs – Ivan Makarov Photography
- Graf Nature Photography | Reflections on 2010 photographs – MARK GRAF
- VACANT SHOP IN DOWNTOWN SANTA BARBARA – G. Kaltenbrun
- Pat O’Brien Photography – A Look Back at 2010 – Pat O’Brien
- G Dan Mitchell – 2010 Favorites – G Dan Mitchell
- Favorite Photo of 2010 – Naturalvision-photo.com –Derek Griggs
- Crest, Cliff & Canyon – Jackson Frishman
- 2010 In Review – Photoimagery.net – Peter McCabe
- Favorite Photos from 2010 – In the Field Photo Blog – Richard Wong
- Year in Review Best Photos of 2010 – Matt Graham Photo Blog – Matt Graham
- Elizabeth Brown Photography PhotoBlog: Ten Favorite Photos of 2010 – Elizabeth Brown
- My Top Photos of 2010 – Jonesblog – Bryan William Jones
- latoga photograph: My Favorite Photos of 2010 – Greg A. Lato
- Best of 2010 Images – Rob Tilley
- Living Wilderness: 12 Best from 2010 – Kevin Ebi
- Highlights of 2010 – TO KNOW MORE WEB JOURNAL – KENT MEARIG
- Michael Russell Photography
- Best Photographs of 2010 – Chuck Goolsbee
- Favourite Photos from 2010 – Tim Smalley
- My Best 10 Photos 2010 – A Reconnection to Nature – Mark Fenwick
- Best of 2010 – Quotidian Photography – Jessica Sweeney
- My Top Images of 2010 – ANDREW KEE
- A Photo A Day… Done! – WelliverPhotography – Beth Welliver
- Batsto Village – Louis Dallara Photo Blog – Louis Dallara
- Best 10 of 2010 – John Wall’s Natural California
- 10 from 2010 on the Ann-alog – Ann Torrence
- Favorite Photos from 2010 – My Photo Blog – Ron Niebrugge
- My favorite photos 2010 on Flickr – Markus Heinisch
- My best photos of 2010 – Mike Hellers
- Dave Reichert’s Best Of 2010 – Dave Reichert
- Photographs: 2010 Revisited – Joseph Szymanski
- Best Pics 2010 on Flickr – Michael Rubin
- My 10 Best Shots of 2010 – ROBIN BLACK PHOTOGRAPHY – ROBIN BLACK
- Top 10 from 2010 – Anne McKinnell
- Vanilla Days – Best of 2010 – Pete Carr
- Top Photos of 2010 – Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images
- Top Images from 2010 – Russ Bishop | Nature Photo Blog
- Favourite photos from 2010 – Bryn Tassell
- 10 Best Photos of 2010 by Scott Thompson – Scott Thompson
- My Top 10 photos of 2010 – Alexander S. Kunz
- My 10 Best for 2010 – Dan Baumbach
- Unified Photography – Best Photos of 2010 – Ken Snyder
- 5 From 2010 – Contemporary Wildlife Photography – David Lloyd
- Top 10 Photos of 2010 – Steven Bourelle Digital Arts
- 2010 Top Ten Photos – Andrew S Gibson
- 2010 Reflections – Dru Stefan Stone – Dru-Color My World
- Best of 2010 – Dave Hammaker
- Top 20 of 2010 – Jenna Stirling
- LandLopers.com Top Travel Photos of 2010 – Matt Long
- Best of 2010 – Stephen Davey
- Landscape Photography Blogger My Favorite Photos of 2010 – David Leland Hyde
- Views Infinitum – Best of 2010 – Scott Thomas
- One Per Trip – Favorite Travel Photos From 2010 – The Carey Adventures – PETER WEST CAREY
- I Love It, SF – Kara Murphy
- My top 10 pictures from 2010 – Duffy Knox
- Burrard-Lucas Photography – Will & Matt Burrard-Lucas
- Hank Christensen Photography Top 10 2010 – Hank Christensen
- My Best Photos from 2010 – 365-1/4 Sra
- Top Ten Images of 2010 – Michael Frye
- Jono Hey’s Best of 2010 on Flickr – JONO HEY
- My Favorite Photographs from 2010 – Stories From Home –David Patterson
- My 2010 Best Images of California and Arizona – Steve Sieren
- My Top 10 Landscapes of 2010 – Andre Leopold
- Best of 2010 set on Flickr – Erik Turner
- This was 2010 on Flickr – Jeffrey Van Daele
- Top 10 of 2010 – Brian Mangano
- Best Photos of 2010 – KBTImages – Kevin Thornhill
- Best Photos of 2010 – The Sun Shines & The Igloo Melts
- Top 10 of 2010 – Chad Griggs
- Best Photos of 2010 – WASEEF AKHTAR
- My Favorite Images from 2010 – Outdoor Exposure Photography by Sean Bagshaw – Sean Bagshaw
- My Best Shots of 2010 – Annika Ruohonen Photography – Annika Ruohonen
- Top sights from 2010 – Mariana Travieso Bassi
- Year 2010 in Korwel Photography – Iza Korwel
- WISCONSIN SUMMER – Jarrod Erbe
- Best Photos of 2010 – Jim Stamates
- Top 10 of 2010 – Younes Bounhar
- Light on the Landscape Photoblog/My Favorite Images of 2010 – WILLIAM NEILL
- My Best Photos of 2010 – Itsa a greyt day for a photo – Terri Jacobson
- Listening to Nature Photography Blog by Rhoda Maurer – RHODA MAURER
- My favorites of 2010 – David Richter
- Best of 2010 – View from the Little Red Tent – Edie Howe
- tmophoto best of 2010 – Thomas O’Brien
- Best Photos Of 2010 – Dawnstar Australis – Daniel McNamara
- Top 10 of 2010 – Cranial Aperture – Jeffrey Yen
- 10 Best Favorites of 2010 – Sudheendra Kadri
- Flickr – Best of 2010 – Chris Arts
- Flickr: Best of 2010 – Heidi Donat
- Best Photo of 2010 – Anton Huo
- Best of 2010 – Travel & Landscape – Eugene Cheng
- Preetalina Photography: 2010 Favorites – Preeti Desai
- Hidden Light Photography 2010 Favorites – Alan Williams
- 5Mae 2010 Favourites Flickr Set – Sarah-Mae
- Best Photos of 2010 – John Fujimagari
- Best of 2010 – Paavani Bishnoi
- Best Photos of 2010 – Phil Colla
- 100 Favorites from 2010 – Patrick J. Endres
- Top Ten Of 2010 – Steve Cole Photography
- Some of My Favorite Images From 2010 – Clark Crenshaw Photography