Since 2013, I have reflected on each year by reviewing all my photos and selecting my top 100 favorites. In 2024, I traveled extensively, particularly from July through September, and again in November, when I departed for Texas on Election Day. I visited 13 states this year, with the biggest stretch being five states in eleven days. The travels involved marching arts opportunities, work and general photography. I continued with my weekly photography challenges with the Ricky Tims critique group, finishing out my tenth straight year – 520 weekly challenges without missing a single one. This blog post will give an overview of my year of photography with a focus on my top 100 photos. I reviewed about 231,400 photos from the year to identify the best ones to tell the story of my year. Equipment I continued with the Sony mirrorless system. I picked up a few new lenses including the Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM and Sony 85mm f/1.4 GMii. At the very end of the year I bought the new "mark ii" version of the Sony A1. I also bought a 15-30 lens for my full spectrum Canon R. I wanted a lens slightly wider than the kit lens that originally came with the camera. Top 100 by the numbers By Camera - Most of the photos were taken with the Sony A1. A dozen photos (some infrared) were taken with my Sony AIV which was converted to full spectrum and seven photos were taken with the Sony A7RV. One infrared photo was taken with the Nikon Z5 and used in a composite with another photo. Two photos were taken with my cell phone and used in composites with other photos. By Lens - 20 lenses were used for the top 100. The Sony 24-70mm f/2.8 GMii lens accounted for the most photos (18), followed closely by the Sony 70-200mm f/2.8 GMii and the Sony 300mm f/2.8 GM, each with 15 photos. No other lenses were in double digits. A few of the photos used teleconverters with the 70-200, both the 1.4 and 2x converters bringing the total count for the 70-200 to 36
















