My Top 15 Picks for 2016

It is time to take a breather and reflect on the year gone by. 2016 was a very busy time with 15 international trips to all corners of the globe including Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Romania, Sardinia, & Botswana. I thank everyone who has been a part of these photographic adventures, and I hope that we will have an equally fulfilling time in 2017. Here is a selection of 15 of some of my favorite images, one from each trip. 

Rajasthani Mystics Running through Hot Coals, India

Receding Wave and Calved Ice on Black Beach, Iceland

Woman in a Chador Walking Past a Mural of Ayatollah Khomeini, Iran

Man Walking over Puddle During Easter Procession, Guatemala

Plaza de España at Dusk, Spain

Portrait of Alessia in Traditional Dress of the Village of Tresnuraghes, Sardinia

Elderly Woman Cutting Grass with a Sickle for Animal Food, Romania

Travel Photographer of the Year Competition
I am happy to say that, after 6 years as a Finalist, the image above, from one of our 2016 tours to Romania, was chosen as the Best Single image in a Portfolio "Mankind" in the 2016 Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY) (see above). Another, photographed in a bakery in Viñales, Cuba was Highly Commended in the One Shot Category, "Shaped by Light" (see at the end of this post).

Farm Workers Loading Fresh-cut Hay on to a Horse-drawn Cart, Romania

Gelati Monastery Interior Showing Medieval Frescoes, Georgia

St Blaise’s Church and the Cathedral at Dusk, Croatia

Young Golden Eagle Hunter Holding his Bird, Mongolia

Man Grinding Millet to Make Flour for Chapatis, India

A Bride Leaves and a Bride Exits from the Pahlavon Mahmud Mausoleum, Uzbekistan

Male Cheetah Using a Tree as a Lookout, Botswana

Bathing Huts at St James Reflected in a Tidal Pool, South Africa

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The Cake Decorator, Cuba

Travel Photographer of the Year Competition
​"The Cake Decorator" - 2016 Travel Photographer of the Year (TPOTY), Highly Commended One Shot, "Shaped by Light"