This year the Best Photos of 2012 blog project hit a new milestone with 300 entries, topping the results for best photos of 2011, best photos of 2010, best photos of 2009, best photos of 2008 and best photos of 2007! Participants spanned a spectrum of skill levels from hobbyists to professionals and covered a wide variety of genres including landscape, macro, nature, photojournalism, portraiture, event, wildlife, fine art photography and more. There are likely many names you’ll recognize below, some famous, and many others you won’t. I highly recommend visiting each entry as I have. Even after 6 years of running this blog project I’m blown away by the talent of those that take part. It is truly inspirational to see so much creativity and beauty. If your curious to see photos I personally enjoyed look out for the entries with *** next to them.
Best Photos of 2012
- Best Photos of 2012 – JMG-Galleries – Jim M. Goldstein
- Portraits of 2012 – Janis Janums
- Dobson Central Photography – Ken Dobson
- The year in review – My favorite photos from 2012 – Ed Rosack
- Looking Back – 2012 in images. – Craig Ferguson ***
- Stories From Home – David Patterson ***
- My Favs from 2012 – Jess Wilson
- Exploring Light Photography – Chris Moore ***
- Top Photos of 2012 – Alex Filatov ***
- Mawpix Fotografie – Matthias Wassermann
- Favorite Photos of 2012 – Jerry Monkman ***
- Top Shots for 2012 – Lisa W. Hale
- Dave Wilson Photography – Best of 2012 – Dave Wilson ***
- Dynamics of Light and Shade – Richard Murphy
- Anasazi Photography’s Ten Favorite Photos of 2012 – Randy Langstraat ***
- Five Denver Colorado Images from 2012 – Neil Corman
- Best of 2012 – A Year in Review – David Richter ***
- Best of Belize 2012 – Tony Rath ***
- In the land of make believe (www.kushagra.in) – Kushagra Shrivastava
- Best of 2012 by Chris Irwin – Chris Irwin
- Five Favorite Photos – 2012 – Ecuadorian Adventures – Patty Lin
- My Top 10 Photos of 2012 – Michael Russell ***
- The Stormtroopers Are Coming! – Michael Toye ***
- My Best underwater photos of 2012 – Suzy Walker ***
- Alpenglow Images Photography – Greg Russell
- A Thousand Words – Craig L. Howe
- Dakotalapse 2012 – Favorite Photos – Randy Halverson ***
- Milan Hutera Photography – Milan Hutera
- Top Ten Photos of 2012 – Steve Cole
- My 10 Best Shots from 2012 – Robin Black Photography ***
- My Ten Favorite Images From 2012 – Rachel Cohen
- 2012 Year in Review – Brian Rueb ***
- Twelve From Twenty Twelve – Jacob F. Lucas
- Best photos of 2012 – Kris Taeleman
- Skolai Images – Carl Donohue ***
- Top 10 of 2012 – Joan Masdeu
- Free Roaming Photography – Mike Cavaroc ***
- My Faves of 2012 – Evan Gearing
- 2012 – My Year in Pictures – Jon McCormack ***
- Scott Shots Photography – 10 Best Photos of 2012 – Scott Thompson
- The Stentorian Image / Best Twelve Of 2012 – John Fujimagari
- My personal Top 10 photos of 2012 – Alexander S. Kunz
- Annika Ruohonen Photography – My Best Shots 2012 – Annika Ruohonen ***
- 10 Best Landscape Photos of 2012 – Cody Duncan ***
- 2012: The Year in Review – Bret Edge ***
- Edith Levy Photography – A Year in Review 12 From 2012 – Edith Levy
- Top 10 of 2012 – My 10 Best Landscape & Scenic Photos – Clint Losee
- Jonesblog – Bryan William Jones ***
- 2012 Top 10 Photos – Andrei Olariu
- Best photos of 2012 – Robert Kusztos
- Top 12 of 2012 – Ian McGillvrey ***
- Dave Reichert’s Best of 2012 – Dave Reichert
- My Favorites of 2012 – Dan Baumbach ***
- European insects and landscapes – Jeroen Mentens ***
- Vilda European nature photography – Vildaphoto
- Russ Bishop Photography | Nature Photo Blog – Russ Bishop ***
- “top 13 images – Denise Goldberg
- Top 12 of ’12 – Lon Overacker ***
- TKM Journal – 2012 Summary – Kent Mearig ***
- 12 for 12 – Robert Lussier
- Changing Perspectives – Jenni Brehm
- Views Infinitum – Scott Thomas
- My favourite shots of 2012 – Catalin Marin ***
- My Photo Blog – Ron Niebrugge ***
- My Best Photos: 2012 – D. Travis North
- 2012 Favorite Images – Rob Tilley ***
- Timages Gallery: The Best of 2012 – Tim Mulcahy
- Reading on a Sunny Santa Barbara Day – G. Kaltenbrun
- Best Photos of 2012 – My Photography Year in Review – Phil Colla ***
- 2012 – A Year In Twelve Images – Werner Priller ***
- Favorite photographs from 2012 – Mark Graf ***
- Reflective Images from 2012 – Rhoda Maurer
- Western Skies Top 15 From 2012 – Björn Göhringer
- Best of 2012 – Rick Holliday
- Best images of 2012 – Regis Vincent
- Top Photos of 2012 by Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images – Gary Crabbe / Enlightened Images ***
- Top 10 Photos from 2012 – Ben Chase Photography
- Travel & Landscape Photography – Brent Huntley
- KennethVerburg.nl – Mijn top 10 foto’s van 2012 – Kenneth Verburg
- M van Renselaar – Matthijs
- Favorites – 2012 – Daniel Leu ***
- Favorite Images of 2012 – Jack V. Johnson ***
- Picture Day – 12 in 2012 – Michael Christoferson
- G Dan Mitchell Photography – G Dan Mitchell ***
- Best of 2012 – Elena Zeitler Photography
- Best of 2012 – Brad Barton Photography
- leavesnbloom | Scotland – Rosie Nixon ***
- My 10 Favorite Wildlife Photos of 2012 – Jim Coda ***
- Adventures Through the Lens: Looking Back – Rebecca R Jackrel ***
- Twelve from 2012 – Ed Cooley
- Best Photos of the Year…A Duel To The Death – Jim Lundgren
- My Top Ten Images From 2012! – Clark Crenshaw ***
- My Favorite Photos of 2012 – Sarah Marino ***
- 2012 – Year in Review (Sort Of) – Ron Coscorrosa ***
- Best Photographs of 2012 – Chuck Goolsbee
- My Ten Best Photos of 2012 – Mike Chowla
- Chuqui 3.0 – Chuq Von Rospach
- 2012 Top 10 by Mario Moreno – Mario Moreno ***
- My Top 10 Favourite Images of 2012 | John Dunne Photography – John Dunne
- Kirk Norbury – Nature Photographer – Kirk Norbury
- Kurt Lawson Photography – Kurt Lawson
- Mark Imhof Photographics – Mark Imhof
- Ralf Prien Photography – Ralf Prien
- 2012 – Favourite Shots – Chris Blizzard ***
- blackandwhite.ie – Neil McShane (aka Mononeil) ***
- Peter Carroll Photography – Peter Carroll
- 12 Best of 2012 – Dru Stefan Stone
- Top 10 Favorites of 2012 – Alan Dahl
- DigitizedChaos(2012) – Rian Castillo
- Lunch is Optional – Ken Trout
- My Top 10 Photos of 2012 – Jaymi Heimbuch ***
- Pat Ulrich Wildlife Photography – 2012 Favorites – Pat Ulrich ***
- A Photographer’s Journey: My Best of 2012 – Michael Burkhardt
- 2012 The Year’s Ten Best Shots – Gene Lowinger ***
- JSturr 2012 Top Images – JSturr
- Sara M. Skinner Photography – Sara M. Skinner
- Living Wilderness: Best of 2012 – Kevin Ebi
- Best of 2012 – Larry Rosenstein
- Best of 2012 – Dave Miller Photography
- latoga photography – Greg A. Lato ***
- Art in Nature – Best of 2012 – Floris van Breugel ***
- best of 2012 photos – jj raia – jj raia ***
- Fantasia Photography – Mara Acoma
- Anne McKinnell’s Top 10 Photos of 2012 – Anne McKinnell ***
- tingsgrove.blogspot.com – Mary Howell Cromer
- Best Photos of 2012 by Ilya Genkin – Ilya Genkin
- McPhedran Phocus – Averil McPhedran Hall
- Kyle Jones Best of 2012 – Kyle Jones
- Best Photos of 2012 – Chaz Curry Photography ***
- 12 Favorites from 2012 – Daniel Schwabe
- The View Through My Glass: My top 10 pictures of 2012 – Duffy Knox ***
- danielqua.de – Daniel Quade
- suriradha – Surendra
- A 2012 Review in 10 Pictures – David Lloyd ***
- Best 2012 – Jim Robertson ***
- abigailgossage.ca – Abigail Gossage
- Korwel Photograpy blog – Iza Korwel ***
- Sugar Mountain Photography: 2012 Favorites – Dale King
- Greg Clure Photography – Greg Clure
- Mike Dooley Photography – Mike Dooley
- Colleen Miniuk-Sperry Photography: Favorite Photos From 2012 – Colleen Miniuk-Sperry/CMS Photography ***
- Fred Mertz Photography – Fred Mertz ***
- Best Photos of 2012 by Kenneth Snyder – Kenneth Snyder ***
- Favorite Photos from 2012 – In the Field Photo Blog by Richard Wong – Richard Wong ***
- My favorite photos of 2012 – Kristal Leonard
- Best Photos 2012 by Stan Rapada – Stan Rapada
- Geoff Shoots the World – Site update and 2012 in Review – Geoff Billing
- Gentle Wit – Cyndy Otty
- Another Bird Blog – Phil Slade
- Best Insect Photos of 2012 – Alex Wild ***
- 2012 Bird Favorites – Lance Warley
- My 10 Favorites of 2012 – John W. Wall ***
- Focus Pocus – Alb
- Deb Snelson Photography – Deb Snelson
- My 12 Greatest Hits Of 2012 – David Leland Hyde/Landscape Photography Blogger ***
- The Carey Adventures – Peter West Carey ***
- Scenery – Aaron
- Andrew Thomas Landscape Photographer – Andrew Thomas ***
- 12 Months in 2012 – Petr Hlavacek | NZICESCAPES IMAGES ***
- All The Pages: Favorite Photos from 2012 – Mike Rodriquez
- Mike Fitton Photography – Mike Fitton
- North Metro Photo – Robert Nopola
- Jill Fineis Photography – Jill Fineis
- My 2012 in Review – Morkel Erasmus ***
- Best Photos Of 2012 – Daniel McNamara
- Artistic Landscape Photographer – Jason Matias
- My Top 12 Images Of 2012 – John Paul Caponigro ***
- 56×56 – My Favorites of 2012 – Jim Nickelson ***
- Neal Studios – Mike Neal
- Eliya’s top 10 of 2012 – Eliya Selhub
- Rob Dweck Photography Top 12 From 2012 – Rob Dweck ***
- Create. Evaluate. Iterate. – Tim Cooper
- RonaldSaunders.com – Ronald J. Saunders
- Top 10 favorites of 2012 – John Christopher
- Dima Barsky – Flickr – Dima Barsky
- Curiouser and Curiouser – Reebbhaa Mehta
- A Look Back on 2012 – My Top 10 Images of the Year – Ed McGuirk
- My Favorite Photograph of 2012 – Jeremy Richter
- Top 12 2012 Google plus – Patrick Ottoy
- Eiffel Tower during storm – Greg Summers
- Jeanne Hoadley Photography – Jeanne Hoadley
- Jaakko Paarvala Photography – Jaakko Paarvala ***
- Lisa Kidd Photography – Lisa Kidd
- In The Village: Best Photos of 2012 Entries – Andrew Hill
- Jaakko Paarvala Photography – Jaakko Paarvala
- Welliver Photography – Terry and Beth Welliver
- Top 12 Photographs of 12 – Matthew Scott Cooper
- Top 10 Images For 2012 – Kyle McDougall ***
- My Favorites 2012 – Alan Grinberg
- Top 12 of 2012 – Kristy Massey
- Carl-Johan Rådström Photography – Carl-Johan Rådström
- Olivier Du Tré Photography – Olivier Du Tré ***
- Around London in 2012 – Jono Hey
- Top 12 Photos of 2012 » blargmedia inc. – Ben Wong
- Duchess O’Blunt’s Favourites for 2012 – Duchess O’Blunt
- Adoring Nature by Vaibhav Tripathi – Vaibhav Tripathi ***
- Jason O’Rourke Photography – Jason O’Rourke
- 2012: Our favorite images of the year – Isabel & Steffen Synnatschke ***
- Landscape Astrophotography: The Best of 2012 – Brad Goldpaint ***
- Year in Review – Andrew S. Gray
- Wednesdays in Marblehead – Eyal Oren
- Top images from 2012 – Andrew McAllister ***
- Michael Frye Photography – Michael Frye ***
- 10 Favorite Photographs from 2012 – Seung Kye Lee ***
- My Top 10 Photos for 2012 – Neil Creek ***
- Tattoography by Alexandria Huff – Alexandria Huff ***
- Lenspiration – James Staddon
- Wayne Parris Photography – Wayne Parris
- Fine Art America – Steven Taylor
- John-Roy Photography – JohnRoyPhoto
- David Photography – David Pinsent
- Gotham City – Erfu Wang
- Best of 2012 Portfolio – Gary A. Piazza
- Grant Kaye Photography – Grant Kaye ***
- David Epps Photography – David Epps
- Cedarmeade Studios – Shaun Galang
- Sheldon’s Personal favorites of 2012 – Sheldon Heatherington
- Best of 2012 – Carina Potts
- Charles Guy Photo – Charles Guy ***
- Flickr Best of 2012 – Eric Hines
- My Best of 2012 – Adam Carter
- Best of 2012 – Ryan Andrew Dudik
- Top Ten Images of 2012 – Keith Nicodemus Photography
- My Creative Outlet – Tiffany Cornwell
- Adin Softic Photography – Adin Softi
- Journey of 2012 – Russell Hebert
- My best for 2012 – Joseph John Thalakkottor
- Top 12 for 2012 – Phyllis Whitman Hunter
- Michae’s best of 2012 – Michae E. Allen
- Daniel Stein Photography – Daniel Stein
- Bihter Guillory Photography – Bihter Guillory
- 10 Favorites of 2012 – Michael Rabon
- Flying Aardvark Ranch Gallery – Lori Ann Cole
- Jacob Fricks Photography – Jacob Fricks
- Best Photographs of 2012 – Amanda Fehring
- Brooks Photo Art – Brook Hoffman
- Today’s Photo – Sandy DeWitt
- Sean Parker Photography – Sean Parker ***
- Simple Memoirs from 2012 – Victoria Cruz
- Phil McGrew Photography – Phil McGrew ***
- 2012 Highlights – Brad Mangas
- Castle Graphics – Jan Kohl
- Andrew Savasuk Photography – Andrew Savasuk
- World Photo Creations: Best of 2012 – Scot D. Weaver ***
- People-2012 – Woodruff Laputka
- PriyankaP. Photography – Priyanka Patel
- PhotoActive Photography – Chuck Jackson
- Best of the Jersey Shore 2012 – Bill McKim
- Drecart Photographic Solutions – Derek Byrne
- Kichul Shin Photography – Kichul Shin
- Landscape and Fine Art Photographer Navin Sarma’s 10 Best Photographs – Navin Sarma ***
- ten of twenty twelve – Jaÿa Gascon
- My Best of the Best Photographs of 2012 – Adam Schwartz
- 2012 Retrospective – Joshua Cripps ***
- pakos.me – Jamie ***
- Best of 2012 by Jack Fusco – Jack Fusco ***
- Best of 2012 – Michael Johnson
- Andrew Scharlott Photography – Andrew Scharlott
- My Favorite Images of 2012 – Dora Miller
- Best of 2012 | Simon Ponder – Simon Ponder
- 2012 Favourites – Vasu Shanmugasundaram
- Best of 2012 album – Lindsey Williams
- Best of 2012 – Matt Infante
- Chris the Photog – Chris Hansen
- 10 Memories of 2012 – Chris Pritchard
- Peter Harris Photography – Peter Harris
- Anton Huo Photography – Anton Huo ***
- Out-n-About.de – Alexander Koval ***
- Daniel Hopkins Photography – Best of 2012 – Daniel Hopkins
- Flickr – massoud hasanzade
- Best of 2012 – Alister Benn ***
- 2012 Through the Seasons – Jim Patterson ***
- Favorite Photographs – 2012 – Sudheendra Kadri
- Romain Guy’s Best of 2012 on Curious Creature – Romain Guy ***
- Iceland news and more – Dori Sig ***
- JoshTrudell.com – Josh Trudell
- Best of 2012 – Clement Biger
- BillHornstein.com – Bill Hornstein
- Uncommon Depth: Best of 2012 – Roberta Murray ***
- Organic Light Pan – Youssef Ismail ***
- Stephen Weaver Photography Best of 2012 – Stephen Weaver ***
- Top 12 of 2012 – Chuck Kimmerle ***
- 2012 in Retrospect – Guy Tal ***
- Light, Sky, Land – Images by Matthew Cromer – Matthew Cromer ***
- On Landscape, 12 Significant photos – Tim Parkin ***
- 12 Best Photos of 2012 – Derrald Farnsworth-Livingston
- Year 2012 in Review and Favorite Images – QT Luong ***
- My Best in 2012 – Sohail Mamdani ***
- A Few of My Favorite Photos I Shot in 2012 – Austin Fausto ***
- Best of 2012 by Ivan Makarov – Ivan Makarov ***
- One Time Photos – Jason Taylor ***
- R/ZALDY Photography – Rizaldy Celi Jr. ***
- Doppler Photo: Best of 2012 – Omari Stephens
- My 2012 Best & Unique Landscape Photographs – Steve Sieren ***
- Rafael Rojas PhotoBlog – Rafael Rojas ***
- Reebbhaa Mehta Photography – Reebbhaa Mehta
- 2012 Collection – Matt Anderson
- FengLong Photography – Zachary Long ***
- My Best Shot of 2012 – Ron Palarca
- Yosemite Steve Natural History Filmmaker – Steven M. Bumgardner ***
Thanks to all who took part. Here’s to an even better year of photography in 2013!
Wow, I’m stunned to see 3 red stars next to my name. Thanks. I never made it through all of last years, so this is going to be a challenge… I’ll do my best to have a look at everyone’s shots though.
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Another fantastic collection Jim – thanks for putting this together and for the highlight!
Thank you for putting this list together, Jim, and for the stars! I appreciate it!
Excellent list Jim, it’ll take us ages to get through that! 🙂 Thanks for putting stars next to my name against this year.
Suzy
Thanks again for taking the time to put together this great list Jim! Lots of great photography here year after year!
Wow Jim!! That’s quite a list!! Thanks for taking the time and effort to put all of this together!! An awesome group of photographers and images!! Thanks very much for including me!!!
Wow Jim!! That’s quite a list!! Thanks for taking the time and effort to put all of this together!! An awesome group of photographers and images!! Thanks very much for including me!!!
My god! What a massive undertaking, Jim. Thanks for putting this together; I’m looking forward to going through the list and getting some serious inspiration.
I’m planning to check out ten a day for the next 30 days – FUN!
Thanks for making this a yearly tradition – I love discovering new talent and rediscovering folks anew.
Jim, thanks so much for doing this, and for your *** rating. Looking at the other galleries has really helped me to put my work in perspective.
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What a superb collection of ‘best of’s Jim. Not a small task to sift through these and most appreciated! Thanks for the ‘***’s too.
Michael
(The Stormtroopers Are Coming! #23)
Wow another bumper crop of “best of’s” this year. Thanks for continuing to do this Jim.
Jim, thanks for your ongoing work on assembling all of these “best of” lists each year and thanks for including my set once again. 🙂
Dan
Thanks so much for your hard work Jim. What a fantastic collection!
What an amazing group of images this year from this wonderful project you do each year. Thank you!
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My thanks as well, Jim – so many beautiful photos to look at! I’m also really glad to see you enjoyed mine – that’s a good feeling! 🙂
— Jack
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Amazing list. I’m impressed you have the time to visit/review them all! Good job.
Amazing list. I’m impressed you have the time to visit/review them all! Good job.
Thanks so much for including my post (and adding your 3 stars to it), Jim! And thanks for taking this effort every year. Great list full of inspiring posts!! Congratulations with your photos everyone…
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Thanks for including me! It’s a surprise and makes me a little excited 🙂 Congrats to all!
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Wow! Nice Collection. I Was Searching For This Kind Of Post.
A great gathering of picture takers and pictures. Much appreciated again to take an opportunity to assemble this incredible rundown Jim! Heaps of extraordinary photography here quite a long time!
Amazing, this is a great article!
Flickr – massoud hasanzade
Best of 2012 – Alister Benn ***
2012 Through the Seasons – Jim Patterson ***
Favorite Photographs – 2012 – Sudheendra Kadri
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