My Favourite Images of 2017

Time seems to speed up every year and 2017 was no exception. It went so quickly. With busy schedules and so many distractions, I find I am always looking forward and spending less and less time looking back and reflecting.

I sometimes look back at older images but only briefly and rarely have time to contemplate them in context of my photographic journey and how my style, abilities and equipment has progressed and impacted my more recent work. From this point forward, I plan to review my images more regularly and below are some of my favourite images of 2017.

Fujifilm X-T10 | XF18-55mm | 18mm | 28 Secs | f/9 | ISO200

I have to start with a few of my favourite images of London. I like working with long exposures in London as visually, there is so much going on and removing some of this noise from the scene helps simply the landscape and provides a more pleasing composition.

Although classic views of London, I have applied my own style and individuality to these images and with London captured by so many people, this is in itself a challenging task to accomplish.

Fujifilm X-T10 | XF18-55mm | 23mm | 58 Secs | f/11 | ISO200

Read more about when I took the photo above: On Location from Tate Modern to Waterloo.

Fujifilm X-T10 | XF18-55mm | 21mm | 1/3rd Sec | f/10 | ISO400

The next three images are my favourite images from my local area. 2017 was an important year in this regard as I decided to properly explore other photographic subjects and focus my effort on finding and shooting local landscapes. I really like the simple composition and vibrant colours in the image below.

Fujifilm X-T10 | XF10-24mm | 15mm | 30 Secs | f/16 | ISO200

The next two images are especially important as not only are they two of my favourite landscape shots but they are close to where I grew up and where I used to hang out when I was young. Capturing a sunburst isn't particularly easy and I'm so pleased how the shot below turned out.

Fujifilm XT2 | XF18-55mm | 25mm | 1/20th Sec | f/14 | ISO200

Fujifilm XT2 | XF18-55mm | 23mm | 1/25th Sec | f/9 | ISO200

The next two shots were captured on a trip to Venice in July and I like them both a lot. The classic view of the Grand Canal and Basilica di Santa Maria della Salute is one I am particularly proud of as I wanted to capture an extra long exposure and the resulting shot was 8 minutes long and with the best light lasting only a few minutes, I only had enough time for one shot. Thankfully it worked out fine.

Fujifilm X-T10 | XF18-55mm | 37mm | 0.7 Secs | f/9 | ISO200

Fujifilm X-T10 | XF18-55mm | 18mm | 480 Secs | f/8 | ISO200

I plan to review my images more regularly so look out for future photo reviews.