I didn't have anything much to put up tonight so, given that this week's Photo Friday challenge is Best of 2005, I thought I'd take the opportunity to repost a few of my favourites. I did try to pick one, but it wasn't possible: it was hard enough to whittle it down to four! Anyway, in the end I decided on don't look up #2, space, SG-Blackpool and those eyes again. There were many others I could have chosen, but these are the ones that I'm most attached to, in one way or another. They're also mostly the ones that you suggested yesterday, so thanks for helping me decide.
On another matter: I'd like to thank you all for visiting chromasia over the last twelve months. As always, you've provided great feedback and support, have been understanding when there have been technical problems with the site or I haven't been able to post for other reasons, and have continued to make this project worthwhile. Without you, I'd still take photographs, but I'm sure that the experience wouldn't be anywhere near as rewarding. So thank you, and I hope that you all have a great 2006.
On a personal note: 2005 has been a really hectic year. Finley was born back in August, work has been hectic, we've had numerous projects on the go in terms of sorting out our house, I visited China and so on. And while 2005 was enjoyable, it was bordering on being a little too hectic for my taste, so I'm hoping that 2006 will be a little more relaxed :-)
And finally, after months of trying to sort out the problems with chromasia's server, I've managed to migrate everything to the new server. As I write this the DNS changes haven't propagated so chromasia.com still points to the old server, but this should all sort itself out in a few days. Anyway, chromasia is now hosted/sponsored by Richard Jones who runs pixyBlog. Over the next twelve months or so Richard is going to be developing various online services for photographers and photo libraries, including a hosted photoblog solution and, all being well, I'll be piloting some of these for him in the months ahead. Anyway, many thanks to Richard for providing a home for chromasia.
I'd also like to thank a few other people while I'm here: my wife and kids, for putting up with me constantly disappearing to either take photographs or post-process them, and thanks too to John (Washington) for keeping me company while wandering around Blackpool and the surrounding coast.
So I guess that's about it for this year. Once again, thanks for all your support over the last twelve months, and I hope that you have a great new year :-)
comment byps at 09:01 PM (GMT) on 31 December, 2005
Happy New Year :)
comment by bai guang at 09:05 PM (GMT) on 31 December, 2005
I favor these four photos, because I believe that you've done a more-than-decent job on them. Truth to be told, I actually agree with you on these four photos being some of the best this year.
Those eyes of your children still fascinates me. They're like glass mirrors that takes in everything with silence. You'd be surprised how quickly they'll grow in year 2006. It would be quite interesting if you did a similar shot of your some child exactly one year after the previous photo was taken, wouldn't you think? You could campare the contrast of your child, and see what's different and what's still similar about them.
Your landscapes gave off beauty and a sense of "everlasting depth." Have a brilliant new year, and good luck with photography in 2006...
comment bydan culberson at 09:12 PM (GMT) on 31 December, 2005
SG-Blackpool is the photo that made me a regular visitor to Chromasia.com, and in time, a photoblogger myself.(though I had been a photo enthusiast prior to that)
Thanks for a fantastic year of photos, looking forward to 2006.
comment byMystery Me at 09:27 PM (GMT) on 31 December, 2005
Looking forward to another 365 of your photos. Best wishes for 2006.
comment byprasoon at 09:29 PM (GMT) on 31 December, 2005
happy new years
n yes, everyone out here is looking for another year of great pics from you..
comment byAriel at 10:15 PM (GMT) on 31 December, 2005
Great photos Dave, all of them. These 4 epitomize what Chromasia is all about. Fantastic work this year and I look forward to seeing what you produce next year as well. Happy New Years!
Ariel
comment by Daniel at 10:41 PM (GMT) on 31 December, 2005
Happy New Year :)
comment byKayleigh at 11:02 PM (GMT) on 31 December, 2005
great choices!
happy new year!
comment byflying cow at 12:15 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
i certainly love the two pictures on the left the most.
here's to a happy new year. cheers!
comment by Enike at 12:17 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
Happy New Year! I'm proud to be the first (I think I will be) to post to you in the New Year.
Here's to a wonderfully photographic 2006.
comment by Enike at 12:17 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
Well pooh. I wasn't. Happy New Year anyhow. :)
comment byDave at 01:24 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
David:
Thanks for the inspiration! You have set the bar for photo-blogging, but what I find most impressive about the 'chromasia experience' is your willingness to share your experiences, your work and most important, your technique. So often people will guard their work-flow like so much precious loot. You supply yours with pleasant candor and that coupled with your work makes the chromasia experience!
Have a happy new year!
Dave
comment bynogger at 01:40 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
And I always thought it was women who couldn't make their mind up. :-)
Excellent choices. I'm surprised you managed to whittle it down to just four.
Happy New Year. Hope you have great one.
comment by Sharla at 02:04 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
I wish there was a way to casually say thanks when I mean it much more deeply. I wish there was a way to say that your photography is pleasant when I mean its incredible. I wish there was a way to let you know how good your work is without affecting your vision, your exploration, or your ego.
You do incredible, moving, very talented work. Now forget I said anything.
You can remember this: I wish you even greater achievement in 2006.
comment byobfuse at 02:10 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
HAPPY NEW 2006 :-)
comment byjezblog.com at 02:22 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
The new site all looks very whizzy. Congratulations and thankyou for a great year of pictures. These four are a fantastic choice. Happy New Year and good luck for 2006!
comment byPhilB at 08:31 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
Great choices and a Very Happy New Year to you and all the family. Thanks for another fantastic year of inspiring photos! ;-)
comment byJesseStu at 09:28 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
Happy 2006, David. Thanks for the photographs!
comment bypierre at 10:38 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
Nice selection Dave
Happy 2006 to you
comment by kim at 11:34 AM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
We've had so many amazing shots from you this year, I don't know how you managed to get down to four, but there is definitely something special about these.
Thank you so much for sharing with us, not just your photos but I also think your mix of humour, little snippets of personal life and willingness to help with technique etc are what people really enjoy and take interest in. For a blog with such a large following it still feels very personal.
Wishing you and your family a very happy (and un-hectic!) new year!
Would have chosen a totally different four myself but then I suppose everyone would. I hope you do well out of this site because it must take up so much of you're time. It's much appreciated. All the best for the year ahead.
Love you're work son!
Andy.
comment byMuk at 02:40 PM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
All the best for 2006!!
Ps. I prefer the kite and the lonely man on the beach, although the two kids are quite cute..
comment byFellow Eskimo at 02:52 PM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
I love the photos...and just a note. Chromasia.com has resolved...but there is an error message.
comment by ani at 02:56 PM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
i've never commented but these were a few of my faves from the past year too. thanks for all the fantastic photos and the warm, friendly vibe with your comments and tech advice. here's to a terrific (and less hectic) 2006!
comment bytobias at 04:48 PM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
Another productive year. I like the man and his suitcase. Allows for endless jackanory...
comment byJem at 06:57 PM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
I adore that first pic of your daughter - my all time favourite image of yours :)
Happy New Year Dave! Hope you have a fantastic 2006 :)
comment by GP at 07:46 PM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
Happy New Year, Dave! And thank you for the daily appointment with your fabulous pics! :-)
comment byAndre at 08:27 PM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
Congratulations on the new version on pixyBlog, happy new year and looking forward to many great moments on your site in 2006. BTW: I like the one with your daugther, I think you called it "It's all too much", I know it's all tears, but having spent 2 weeks with my god-daugther I am in deep admiration that you managed to get that shot.. they move so fast.. anyway thanks for this excellent selection of 2005 best hitters
comment bydjn1 at 08:35 PM (GMT) on 1 January, 2006
Thanks everyone :-)
comment by Don Riley at 12:13 AM (GMT) on 2 January, 2006
I found your site as a result of you being selected by TIME Magazine as the best Photoblog of the year for 2005. I was curious to see what that type of honor took. you shuld be proud of your Kids, your photography and being honored by Time. I can see it is a well deserved selection.
comment bygaryx at 01:07 PM (GMT) on 2 January, 2006
Good choices. Happy New Year to you too, and thanks for keeping us entertained throughout 2005.
comment byIoannis at 02:02 PM (GMT) on 3 January, 2006
It's been a great year for Chromasia. Thanks for posting so many great pictures.
comment by maria at 04:47 PM (GMT) on 3 January, 2006
hey Dave, happy new year!
the photograph as contemporary, when west meets east and on top of the world were also one of your best works.
dave you truly are a gifted photographer. thanks for giving us chromasia.
comment by m at 09:55 PM (GMT) on 3 January, 2006
top choices, 3 would also be 3 of my 4 fav chromasia shots. But the 4th I would have to take more time. Which one is only nearly there?
comment byIrene at 12:42 PM (GMT) on 4 January, 2006
Hope the new year will be in every aspect a very rich year!
And thanks for al the wonderful photo's you showed us in 2005.
comment by Floridagal at 03:32 PM (GMT) on 4 January, 2006
Like a previous commentator said even i became a daily visitor to ur blog after looking at SG-Blackpool.
Thanks for sharing the beautiful photographs and have a Happy New Year.
I didn't have anything much to put up tonight so, given that this week's Photo Friday challenge is Best of 2005, I thought I'd take the opportunity to repost a few of my favourites. I did try to pick one, but it wasn't possible: it was hard enough to whittle it down to four! Anyway, in the end I decided on don't look up #2, space, SG-Blackpool and those eyes again. There were many others I could have chosen, but these are the ones that I'm most attached to, in one way or another. They're also mostly the ones that you suggested yesterday, so thanks for helping me decide.
On another matter: I'd like to thank you all for visiting chromasia over the last twelve months. As always, you've provided great feedback and support, have been understanding when there have been technical problems with the site or I haven't been able to post for other reasons, and have continued to make this project worthwhile. Without you, I'd still take photographs, but I'm sure that the experience wouldn't be anywhere near as rewarding. So thank you, and I hope that you all have a great 2006.
On a personal note: 2005 has been a really hectic year. Finley was born back in August, work has been hectic, we've had numerous projects on the go in terms of sorting out our house, I visited China and so on. And while 2005 was enjoyable, it was bordering on being a little too hectic for my taste, so I'm hoping that 2006 will be a little more relaxed :-)
And finally, after months of trying to sort out the problems with chromasia's server, I've managed to migrate everything to the new server. As I write this the DNS changes haven't propagated so chromasia.com still points to the old server, but this should all sort itself out in a few days. Anyway, chromasia is now hosted/sponsored by Richard Jones who runs pixyBlog. Over the next twelve months or so Richard is going to be developing various online services for photographers and photo libraries, including a hosted photoblog solution and, all being well, I'll be piloting some of these for him in the months ahead. Anyway, many thanks to Richard for providing a home for chromasia.
I'd also like to thank a few other people while I'm here: my wife and kids, for putting up with me constantly disappearing to either take photographs or post-process them, and thanks too to John (Washington) for keeping me company while wandering around Blackpool and the surrounding coast.
So I guess that's about it for this year. Once again, thanks for all your support over the last twelve months, and I hope that you have a great new year :-)
Happy New Year :)
I favor these four photos, because I believe that you've done a more-than-decent job on them. Truth to be told, I actually agree with you on these four photos being some of the best this year.
Those eyes of your children still fascinates me. They're like glass mirrors that takes in everything with silence. You'd be surprised how quickly they'll grow in year 2006. It would be quite interesting if you did a similar shot of your some child exactly one year after the previous photo was taken, wouldn't you think? You could campare the contrast of your child, and see what's different and what's still similar about them.
Your landscapes gave off beauty and a sense of "everlasting depth." Have a brilliant new year, and good luck with photography in 2006...
SG-Blackpool is the photo that made me a regular visitor to Chromasia.com, and in time, a photoblogger myself.(though I had been a photo enthusiast prior to that)
Thanks for a fantastic year of photos, looking forward to 2006.
Looking forward to another 365 of your photos. Best wishes for 2006.
happy new years
n yes, everyone out here is looking for another year of great pics from you..
Great photos Dave, all of them. These 4 epitomize what Chromasia is all about. Fantastic work this year and I look forward to seeing what you produce next year as well. Happy New Years!
Ariel
Happy New Year :)
great choices!
happy new year!
i certainly love the two pictures on the left the most.
here's to a happy new year. cheers!
Happy New Year! I'm proud to be the first (I think I will be) to post to you in the New Year.
Here's to a wonderfully photographic 2006.
Well pooh. I wasn't. Happy New Year anyhow. :)
David:
Thanks for the inspiration! You have set the bar for photo-blogging, but what I find most impressive about the 'chromasia experience' is your willingness to share your experiences, your work and most important, your technique. So often people will guard their work-flow like so much precious loot. You supply yours with pleasant candor and that coupled with your work makes the chromasia experience!
Have a happy new year!
Dave
And I always thought it was women who couldn't make their mind up. :-)
Excellent choices. I'm surprised you managed to whittle it down to just four.
Happy New Year. Hope you have great one.
I wish there was a way to casually say thanks when I mean it much more deeply. I wish there was a way to say that your photography is pleasant when I mean its incredible. I wish there was a way to let you know how good your work is without affecting your vision, your exploration, or your ego.
You do incredible, moving, very talented work. Now forget I said anything.
You can remember this: I wish you even greater achievement in 2006.
HAPPY NEW 2006 :-)
The new site all looks very whizzy. Congratulations and thankyou for a great year of pictures. These four are a fantastic choice. Happy New Year and good luck for 2006!
Great choices and a Very Happy New Year to you and all the family. Thanks for another fantastic year of inspiring photos! ;-)
Happy 2006, David. Thanks for the photographs!
Nice selection Dave
Happy 2006 to you
We've had so many amazing shots from you this year, I don't know how you managed to get down to four, but there is definitely something special about these.
Thank you so much for sharing with us, not just your photos but I also think your mix of humour, little snippets of personal life and willingness to help with technique etc are what people really enjoy and take interest in. For a blog with such a large following it still feels very personal.
Wishing you and your family a very happy (and un-hectic!) new year!
Would have chosen a totally different four myself but then I suppose everyone would. I hope you do well out of this site because it must take up so much of you're time. It's much appreciated. All the best for the year ahead.
Love you're work son!
Andy.
All the best for 2006!!
Ps. I prefer the kite and the lonely man on the beach, although the two kids are quite cute..
I love the photos...and just a note. Chromasia.com has resolved...but there is an error message.
i've never commented but these were a few of my faves from the past year too. thanks for all the fantastic photos and the warm, friendly vibe with your comments and tech advice. here's to a terrific (and less hectic) 2006!
Another productive year. I like the man and his suitcase. Allows for endless jackanory...
I adore that first pic of your daughter - my all time favourite image of yours :)
Happy New Year Dave! Hope you have a fantastic 2006 :)
Happy New Year, Dave! And thank you for the daily appointment with your fabulous pics! :-)
Congratulations on the new version on pixyBlog, happy new year and looking forward to many great moments on your site in 2006. BTW: I like the one with your daugther, I think you called it "It's all too much", I know it's all tears, but having spent 2 weeks with my god-daugther I am in deep admiration that you managed to get that shot.. they move so fast.. anyway thanks for this excellent selection of 2005 best hitters
Thanks everyone :-)
I found your site as a result of you being selected by TIME Magazine as the best Photoblog of the year for 2005. I was curious to see what that type of honor took. you shuld be proud of your Kids, your photography and being honored by Time. I can see it is a well deserved selection.
Good choices. Happy New Year to you too, and thanks for keeping us entertained throughout 2005.
It's been a great year for Chromasia. Thanks for posting so many great pictures.
hey Dave, happy new year!
the photograph as contemporary, when west meets east and on top of the world were also one of your best works.
dave you truly are a gifted photographer. thanks for giving us chromasia.
top choices, 3 would also be 3 of my 4 fav chromasia shots. But the 4th I would have to take more time. Which one is only nearly there?
Hope the new year will be in every aspect a very rich year!
And thanks for al the wonderful photo's you showed us in 2005.
Like a previous commentator said even i became a daily visitor to ur blog after looking at SG-Blackpool.
Thanks for sharing the beautiful photographs and have a Happy New Year.
welcome to china again!~ beautiful little girl ~ your daughter? your imagination is amazing!
this collage is breathtaking!