My traditional 2018 year in review is arriving a little later than usual. I’m writing this on a snowy day in northern New Mexico reflecting on a year that was unusually light in terms of photography. If you follow my blog, you’ll have noticed that I haven’t made many images since February.

In 2018, my favorite images came from little-known landscapes. At the beginning of the year, I focused heavily on my Wilderness Project, and was able to discover some pockets of wilderness in southern California that I did not know existed. In addition to it being a year light in photography, the majority of my photographic efforts were close to home–this is the first year I haven’t traveled much to make images.

One unexpected result of my Wilderness Project has been the opportunity to confine myself to a particular area on the map, and get to know the personality of places that may be geographically close to one another, but in reality are quite unique. Bringing that out photographically has been challenging and satisfying.

One of the photographic highlights of the year was to be invited onto Matt Payne’s popular podcast F-Stop Collaborate and Listen. It was nice to be able to chat about ethics in landscape photography, the impact (both good and bad) photographers have on public lands, and my goals for the Wilderness Project. The episode should air in early 2019. Thanks, Matt!

The BIG highlight of the year, however was my engagement, and upcoming wedding January 4. As such, the lack of photography was backfilled with several other equally happy endeavors and adventures, and I’m looking forward to new adventures (including photography) in 2019!

In no particular order, here is my 2018 year in review. Enjoy!

Past images of the year:

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