2013 brought some great times and some not so great times for us, this post is somewhat a year in review and some of my favorite photos and memories
I celebrated my first anniversary with my lovely wife in July, The Empress. She put up with me for a whole year and then some!
The Empress made several appearances in 2013, one appearance at our studio raised almost 800 meals for the Akron Canton food bank from sales of her vivacious prints.
I was lucky enough to meet some great photographers and to see some of the greatest places on the planet in Moab with the NxNW crew, Justin Balog, Rick Louie, Mark Garbowski, Dave Wilson, Bob Lussier and Chris Nitz. What a great trip it was! This was one of my favorites, a magical moment getting to witness this. Check out their site’s, great stuff!
One of the saddest parts of the year was losing two of our best friends, Woody and Cricket, I know they are peeing on a Hydrant somewhere. After the loss of Woody and Cricket, we decided that the house was just too empty without some furry friends around so now we have two new family members to chase around the house. I set up some speedlights and tried to get some shots a few days ago, meet Bella and Gomer, a memorable part of 2013 and years to come.
Some of my other favorites of 2013
Thanks for stopping, Have a safe and wonderful 2014!
Happy New Year
Dave Wilson
30 Dec 2013A stellar year Mike! What a super collection of images.
Evan Gearing
30 Dec 2013Excellent work! Looks like you had a great year! Congrats and here’s to a better 2014 to you and yours!
Risto
30 Dec 2013Very beautiful “trace”.
Mark Garbowski
30 Dec 2013It was a great year, Mike, and a pleasure meeting you on nXnw. Best wishes for 2014.
Scott Wood
30 Dec 2013A great collection from the year. That arches shot at night, the third from the bottom, really jumps out at me. Well done.
Wendy
30 Dec 2013You do such amazing work Mike! Love those cute little dogs!
Jimi Jones
30 Dec 2013Outstanding year of great shots, Mike.
Happy New Year, my friend. :-)
Len Saltiel
31 Dec 2013What a killer series of shots Mike. I’d like to pick a favorite but they are all so damn good. Have a terrific New Year.
Jim Denham
31 Dec 2013Excellent year Wiz! Terrific images! Hoping 2014 is even better!
Jim Nix
31 Dec 2013that’s a damn fine collection of shots my friend, a great 2013 and here’s hoping your 2014 is even better!
Edith Levy
1 Jan 2014I remember all these images Mike and loved them as much then as I do now. You had an amazing year photographically. Wishing you and your family all the best in 2014.
Toad Hollow Photo
3 Jan 2014Mike, you’re a great friend and a terrific artist. Best wishes to you, your family and the new additions to your household for 2014.