Wishing everyone Happy Holidays and a fantastic New Year!

I will be back in the New Year with brand new plans for 2012!  It's going to be a big one!

Top 10

I started my Project 365 on May 1st, 2011. The project is taking one new picture each day for an entire year. Today is day 236. I must admit, I didn't get a chance to take a picture each day, but I have been posting one each day by using other pictures I've taken. I'd say 90% of the time I've been following the proper structure of taking a new picture each day.

I decided to choose my personal Top 10 of the 236 pictures so far and put it on display. I narrowed it down to 20 at first and it was really hard to pick 10 of my best ones out of those 20. Now, I'm not saying these are the 10 best pictures in the world, obviously...I'm just saying these are my 10 favourite pictures that I took. Some may disagree because often times, my favourite pictures are usually not others favourites.

So without further adieu, here are my favourite 10 pics of 2011 (in no particular order):

If you like, you can check out my Facebook page and make an official vote! :D

Darkness

Daylight Savings Time ended about a month ago, and since then, the sun sets at a rapid pace and by the time I finish work at 5:30pm, it's already dark outside. This doesn't give me much of a chance to take any pictures in the day time. There's always the weekend, and I can go out during lunch, but I usually see more interesting things when I'm on my way home.

I've learned to accept the darkness and use whatever light is given to me, and along with the settings on the camera, create a picture.  

I was walking home yesterday and down a street that I'm familiar with. It was cold out and all I could think of was getting home. I looked up and saw this particular house that caught my eye -- I've walked by many times during the day, but a light shining down was bright and illuminated the door. The rest of the house was dark, so only the door was brightly lit, giving it an eerie feeling. I snapped a couple of pictures, and continued my walk back home...after a few steps, I looked behind me to see if anyone was peering through the window :)