The “Best of 2013” Here on the Blog (Part 1)

Hi Gang: I thought I’d once again kick off the new year with a quick look back at the most popular, and most commented-on posts of 2013 here on my blog, and some of the fun stuff we shared during the past year.

By the way: If you’re wondering how many posts we put up in the course of a year, in 2013 it was 273 posts! (Whew). Also, in case you were wondering: I actually do write all my own posts with the exception of Guest Blog Wednesday and Free Stuff Thursday which are handled for me by my photo assistant Brad Moore, to which I am boundlessly grateful for (high-five, Brad!). :)

 

The Top 10 Most Commented-on Posts of 2013
Here are the posts that garnered the most comments from readers during the year, in order: (NOTE: I didn’t include any of my Free Stuff Thursday giveaways in these tallies or Guest Blog comments which have their own separate category).

1. My Take on Adobe’s Announcements Yesterday at the MAX Conference (647 comments) link

2.  You Said Something I Disagree With. You Must Be Getting Paid. (371 comments) link

3. My Take on Adobe’s Creative Cloud Deal for Photographers (364 comments) link

4. Some Shots from the Falcons / 49ers NFL Championship Game (290 comments) link

5. Adobe’s Letting Everyone In On $9.99 Bundle Deal But Only For a Few Days (184 comments) link

6. Three Quick Friday Things (113 comments) link

7. Some Shots From Last Week’s Wedding Shoot (112 comments) link

8.  So, How Many “Keepers” Do You Get From a Shoot? (103 comments) link

9. Want to Come Work With Us? We’re Hiring Now For Some Awesome Jobs (121 comments) link

10. Another Epic Remote Camera Fail (95 comments) link

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Guest Bloggers
I’m indebted to all the Guest Bloggers who shared their images, ideas and inspiration with my readers each Wednesday. Here are the top commented posts from 2013:

1. Zack Arias (113 Comments) Link

2. A Special 9/11 Guest Blog from Joe McNally (86 Comments) Link

3. Mark S. Johnson (66 Comments) Link

4. RC Concepcion: To Thine Own Self Be True (57 Comments) Link

5. Bill Fortney (50 Comments) Link

6. Brad Moore (50 Comments) Link

7. Rob Sylvan (38) Link

8. Uli Staiger (35 Comments) Link

9. Vincent Versace (34 Comments) Link

10. Pete Collins (33 Comments) Link

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My Photo Shoots
When I do a shoot, I usually post the images here within a day or so (or the spread from the photo book I made if it was a travel shoot), and here are the shoots that garnered the most comments from 2013 (in order of popularity):

1. It was a Football Shootin’, Remote Firein’ Weekend! (82 Comments) Link

2. Shots and a Q&A from My Shoot Aboard a US Navy Aircraft Carrier (74 Comments) Link

3. My Favorite Football Shots of The 2012 Season (60 Comments) Link

4. Shots from the Broncos/Chiefs Game Sunday Night (52 Comments) Link

5. Shooting Exotic Sports Cars at the duPont Registry (50 Comments) Link

6. My First Studio Car Shoot (plus behind-the-scenes) (50 Comments) Link

7. Shots From My First Football Shoot of the Season (47 Comments) Link

8. Behind-The-Scenes Video of my Audi R8 Shoot Using the New Priolite Strobes (42 Comments) Link

9. Shooting Detail Shots of an Aston Martin Vantage (41 Comments) Link

10. Some Shots from Sunday’s Falcons/Seahawks Playoff Game (41 Comments) Link

NOTE: Technically, my post “Some Shots From Last Week’s Wedding Shoot” with 112 comments (link) would have been the #1 most popular shoot post, but I already included that in the most popular of all posts category earlier, so I skipped it here under “Shoots.” 

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That’s it for Part One
I’ll be back on Next Week with Part Two, where we’ll look at some of the milestones from an entire year here on the blog and I hope you’ll join me back here then. In the meantime, here’s wishing you a fantastic a 1st weekend of the New Year and I hope it’s the beginning of a string of wonderful weekends to come!

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  1. I always find this yearly post interesting to see what piqued people’s interest during the year. A lot of varied subjects, and some that I didn’t chime in on. Scott, do you tally up the top commentators during the year, as well? I know Ken Toney is #1!

    Hope it’s nice and sunny in Tampa today. Snowing like heck in Massachusetts, and a balmy 4 degrees outside (plus 30 mph winds) to boot.

    –John

  2. Scott – Thanks for a great year! From your blog, to the Grid, to Kelby Training and to Shoot Like a Pro! You provide such great information and motivation on so many facets of photography. Thank you!

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