2010

There’s no other words to describe the year I’ve just had, other than: game changing.

There’s probably a better word choice, a singular latinate phrase that could sum it all up more articulately, more academically. But I lack that word, and I’m not getting a thesaurus out to find it. In 2010 the game, and the way I played it, changed in a profound way.

I launched a business. I designed and built a web site, using every ounce of skill I learned a decade ago when I attended deign school. I read and read. Camera manuals. Books on exposure and portrait lighting. Pricing. Taxation. Sales. Marketing. Photoshop. Lightroom. Outside of college, I have never read so many non-fiction books in a year.

My daughter left every last vestige of babyhood behind. Goodbye high chair and training pants. Goodbye Mommy & Me preschool classes. Goodbye help getting dressed and fastening shoes…

I have some thoughts on what awaits me in 2011, but I will get to those later in the month, as I usually do, around my birthday (my 35th!). For now. I’m sharing this look back at 2010 in pictures that I posted last week on the intrinsic images blog.

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P.S.—In case you’re curious, my December Daily is delayed but not dead. Some last minute client business made it too hard to create the daily layouts while doing what I most wanted to do, which is remain connected and enjoy the season with my family. So, I continued to take pictures and make notes throughout the season. The finished layouts will come in time.