You’ve probably seen the Instagram trend of posting selfies from 2016. Here are some of mine.

Visiting the Sol LeWitt Retrospective at MASSMoCA. I spent hours in this building taking notes on the wall drawings. LeWitt is my favorite artist and this retrospective is well worth your time if you like his work, too.

Taking photos at Point Reyes.

Taking photos at Yosemite.

Amanda on the Mist trail at Yosemite.

Untermeyer Gardens in Yonkers.

Taking photos of coffee beans, with the help of a lovely assistant.

Amanda and I picnicking and watching a play at Boscobel, then a couple months later apple picking at Wilkins. Little did we know that four years later we’d move a few miles down the road from Wilkins. Ten years later we’d be driving past Boscobel every day taking our son to school.

In the summer of 2016, I drove coast to coast with my parents. I took pano-selfies along the way.

I can’t believe I thought that beard length looked good.

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Looking back at my blog posts from 2016, it was a year of creativity and learning. I hope 2026 holds more of the same.

Three of my favorite photos I took that year, which are helping inspire me to dust off my SLR and start taking photos again:

Nevada Falls at Yosemite.

The national seashore at Point Reyes.

Golden hour at Point Reyes.