QotD: Best Photo of 2007

Well, there's a small chance I've taken a really good photo and not bothered to upload it to Flickr, but let's assume not. Given that, it's fairly easy to search for the most interesting photos I've taken this year and have a look through them. Two of them are among my most popular photos ever, and both are from within a mile of each other on London's South Bank; St Paul's and Southwark Bridge from Nando's, and  Maman at sunset, outside the Tate Modern. However, both are also, frankly, London clichés, so I'd resist chosing them even if they are good eye candy.

Two other photos got a bit of attention. My shot of Brick Lane, at the Truman Brewery, was used by my employers for an internal brochure, which is nice, but again it's just a question of good light and good support. I'm more happy about the timing of Smile, which was very lucky indeed. It's also the only of the photos I mention to be taken with a compact, which just goes to show. Anyway, it's not as crisp as the others, but I'm still fond of it, and I hope to be able to take more photos like it as time goes on.

However, although not towards the top of the popularity chart, I think the photograph I'm happiest with this year is this portrait of Matt Biddulph, taken during a dinner at Etech at San Diego. I never did get around to processing many of the shots from the conference, but this one turned out really nicely and I'm glad I did at least get it onto Flickr before the conference was done.