40 Best Photos According to Tony Gallagher
While there are thousands of photography competitions each year, all of which aim to determine which photos from around the world reign supreme, I like to reap the benefits of seeing all the photographs rather than narrowing one out as the winner. In the mind of a photographer, there is never really a wrong shot per se, but it all depends on who the audience is.
I gathered a collection of some of my favorite photos of 2014, from candid nature shots to portraits and landscapes. Photography is a passion, and I’d like to share that passion with you. When you take photos of a landscape or even portraits, you want to let your surroundings become the background. For example, I do a majority of my shots in the Denver area, and with the mountains at my disposal; it’s hard to find a bad shot.
With that being said, here’s a collection of some of my favorite photos from around the world during 2014…
40 Best Photos of 2014
Photo via National Geographic
Photo by Gabriel Ciora Markus
Photo via Reddit
Photo by Tracey Taylor & Dee Green
Photo by Tito Rikardo
Wedding Photography
Wedding photos to me are all about utilizing the landscape around you to create some of the most unique shots that the couple could imagine. Whether it’s a destination wedding in the tropics, another country, or a simple fall wedding in Denver, there’s always an opportunity to create amazing shots that the couple can always look back on.
Photo by Kerry Morgan
The Key To Great Candid Photos
Taking candid photos is something that really pleases the subject as well as the photographer. When you take a portrait, it’s a posed shot where you’re instructed to react in a certain way, but candid photography shows raw emotion and movement. The key to taking great candid photos relies on your patience as well as your shutter speed. Once you’re shutter speed is adjusted, it becomes a matter of taking as many shots as you can when a shot opportunity arises.
Photo by Frode Sandbech
Photo via National Geographic
Photo by Alexander Remnev
Photo via National Geographic
Photo by Marc Henauer
Photo by Audrey “all-soccer” (via Tumblr)
Photo by Marcos Brindicci
Landscape Photography
Nothing is more beautiful than nature itself, and when you can capture that in a photo, it’s something you look back on and remember where you were and even the time of year, because that’s how much it embeds itself in our brain. When you take shots of landscapes, it can be difficult to not become repetitive, but that only happens if you become lazy. When you map out the location you want to shoot, don’t simply pull up to the car lot, get your camera out and start shooting. Take advantage of the trails, and even go off the trails to get the shots you may not have otherwise seen.
Photo by Guillaume Buret
Photo via Reddit
Photo by Jeff Smallwood
Photo via Reddit
Photo via Reddit
Photo by Mark Blinch
Photo via Reddit
Photo by Alex Thomson
Photo by Danny Xeero
Photo by Kurt Arrigo
Photo by Matt Hutton
Photo by Kristhian Castro
Photo by Markiyan Matsekh
Photo by Komang Diktat
Photo by Joy Marie
Using Photoshop On Your Photos
Every photographer has an idea of how to use Photoshop, but you don’t want to overdue it. The key to editing your photos is to keep the original shot as unedited as possible, with a few adjustments to the lighting, and possibly smoothing out the edges if any key focal point is blurred. My favorite types of Photoshopped photos are the one’s that show either a before and after, or what some others may call a time lapse, but they always seem to catch my eye with the visual representation of how times have changed.
Photo via Reddit
Photo by Mark Hersch
Photo by Cheung Lai
Photo by Toru Hanai
Photo by Chen Li
Photo by Chema Moya
Photo by Scott Rogers
Photo by Emilio Morenatt
Photo via Reuters
Photo by Simon Morris
Photo by Adrian “The Soccer Stuff” (via Tumblr)
Photo by Michael Nordqvist