Dewitz Photography’s 2012 in Review

2012 was a very busy and productive year for Dewitz Photography and myself. None of my productivity and growth would be possible without you, my fans, clients, and casual viewers. I will share a few of my 2012 photography highlights below. I would also like to reach out and say Thank You, your support goes a long ways.

2012 Contest Winning and Placing Photos

•  My First Ever Grand Prize Winning Photograph – TRAINS Magazine’s 2012 Photo Contest – Photos in Contest From 2011

Trains Magazine 2012 Grand Prize Winning Photograph

• 2012 Creative Asia Awards

2012 2nd Place Finalist Creative Asia Awards Worldwide Competition

• 2012 WPPI 2nd Place Finish

2012 WPPI 2nd Place Finish – Category – Children

My most popular Facebook photo of 2012 – Skye Hall

• 471 Facebook Likes
• 1,206 Facebook Shares
• 71 Facebook Comments

Most Popular Facebook Photo of 2012

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Below are some of my top 5s of 2012. I hope you enjoy my look back on the year. Many photographers are doing a top 12 photos of 2012 list but there is no way I would be able to pick only 12 favorites. Maybe I will surprise you with a few photos at the end 😉

My most popular posts of 2012

• 1 The Black Gold Rush – Bakken Formation Oil Boom 27 COMMENTS September 2012
• 2 Top 10 Best Portrait Photographers Today 14 COMMENTS December 2011
• 3 Coal in the Wyoming Powder River Basin 9 COMMENTS October 2012
• 4 West Virginia Coal Country – McDowell County – Part 1 12 COMMENTS July 2012
• 5 Art Deco Amtrak Station in Prince, West Virginia 16 COMMENTS June 2012

My Favorite Photography Blogs of 2012

• 1 Destructive Fire on Spring Street in  Downtown Chippewa Falls, Wis
• 2 Eau Claire Historic Home Burns Down on a Snowy Valentines Day Night
• 3 West Virginia Coal Country – McDowell County – Series
• 4 The Black Gold Rush – Bakken Formation Oil Boom
• 5 Portrait of the Wisconsin Farm Fall Harvest

My favorite photography projects of 2012

• 1 The Art of Ink
• 2 Stoic Pride
• 3 Contrast of Life
• 4 Coal
• 5 Femme Forte

My favorite photography equipment of 2012

• 1 Canon 5D Mark III
• 2 Canon 50 F1.4
• 3 Adobe Lightroom 4
• 4 Think Tank Retrospective 10 Shoulder Bag
• 5 Canon 580EX II

New Exciting Items of 2012

• 1 Blaze Orange Book Project
• 2 Pinterest Business Account  feel free to follow
• 3 New Business Cards
• 4 New Logo Design
• 5 One on One Photography Training

Personal Favorite Movies and Series I watched in 2012

• 1 Batman – The Dark Night Rises
• 2 Snow White and the Huntsman
• 3 Carnivale 2 Seasons
• 4 The Wire 5 Seasons
• 5 Thor

Favorite Photography Portfolio Books I Read in 2012

• 1 Tavern League by Carl Corey
• 2 American Music by Annie Leibovitz
• 3 Steam – An Enduring Legacy by Joel Jensen
• 4 One Track Mind by Ted Benson
• 5 Portraits of America by William Albert Allard

Future Photography Projects for 2013 that are Already in the Works

• 1 Secret Portrait Project(a carry over from 2012)
• 2 Secret Commercial Project
• 3 Secret Disappearing Project
• 4 Secret Social Project
• 5 unknown

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www.dewitzphotographycom saw 5X the number of visitors in 2012 than in 2011, 5X. That is a huge increase that I hope I can keep going into 2013. My busiest month saw over 10,500 visits. That is an incredible stat for this type of website. My busiest day saw almost 450 visits.  I will continue to keep fresh high quality images coming to my site along with blog posts about all my latest events, projects, news, photos, reviews, and information. I hope there is a little bit of something to keep you coming back.