2012 Year In Review

As a photographer, occasionally I have friends compliment me by saying "How is it that every photo you take is good??"  My answer is "Every photo I take isn't good.  Actually a good many of them aren't. :)  Every photo I show is good." 

This year, I was given a unique opportunity to make photos as media with Jacksonville.com and definitely used it to make many images that I'm proud of.  I had the opportunity to photograph tons of amazing concerts and games, including Martina McBride, Jason Aldean, 311, Brad Paisley, Jacksonville Jaguar games, the Gator Bowl, and tons of High School Football, where I had the pleasure of photographing Derrick Henry of Yulee, the new national high school career yardage record holder. 

Last year, I wrapped up the year on this blog by displaying some of my favorite photos of the year.  I thought I'd change it up this year and instead display some of the photos that I decided NOT to show this year. 

If you have any interest in viewing any of the events I photographed this year, click here, and it will bring you to all the stuff I did for jacksonville.com. 

Below are some of my "favorite" outtakes and bloopers for 2012.  Enjoy!

1. June 2,2012: Bartram Trail High School Graduation.  A couple of Bartram Trail graduates just before the ceremony.  Flash didn't fire.

2. May 10,2012: 1st Round of The Players at Sawgrass.  Used my "inside" settings, outside.

 

3. April 27,2012: Rise Against at the St. Augustine Amphitheatre.  Accidently fired my flash; got the stink-eye from security.

 

4.  November 4, 2012: Detroit Lions atJacksonville Jaguars.  This is the bottom 90% of Mikel Leshoure, scoring a touchdown.

5. May 10,2012: 1st round of The Players at Sawgrass.  Finger twitched; accidentally fired a couple frames in Mick's back swing. Oops.

6. August24, 2012: Lee at Yulee.  I have no idea what happened here.  For the record, that's the Yulee High School Band.

7. August 3,2012: WWE Raw World Tour.  This is a photo of a couple of ropes.  In the backgroud Dolph Ziggler is putting the headlock on Zack Ryder.

8. May 10, 2012: Abbie's Birthday.  The decisive moment when Abbie realizes it's an Easy-Bake Oven.  Flash didn't fire. 

9. February25, 2012: Nease vs. Savannah Christian Prep.  This one is self explanatory

10. November18, 2012: Jacksonville Jaguars at Houston Texans.  Here's a "group photo" of a thousand people watching Andre Johnson catch a pass.

11. And finally...January 1, 2013: Set up downwind from the New Years Fireworks

Thanks again to everyone who has supported me throughout the year, especially my family and all of my new friends on the Jacksonville.com team.  It's been a fantastic year, and hopefully 2013 will be even better! 

Here's hoping that your best of 2012 will be your worst of 2013.  God Bless and Happy New Year!

Jimmy