Near the end of 2015, I posted the collage of Instagram photos the Best Nine app considered my best nine. (I think they’re just the most liked.)
Looking at the collage, it didn’t feel very representative of my year, though.
So, with encouragement from Traci and others, I decided to choose one of my Instagram photos every month that felt significant or like it just fit, and then compare it to my Best Nine at the end of the year.
The photos at the top are my “best nine”, and here are the ones I chose for each month…
They don’t really overlap, except for that weather-beaten tree. I remember almost choosing some of the same ones the app did – some months had a couple photos that seemed like a good fit for that month.
I’m still on the fence about whether I want to do this again, but it is really cool to look back and see snapshots of the past year this way.
Locations of Best Nine photos (l-r, from top):
- Boyce Thompson Arboretum, Superior, AZ
- Seven Magic Mountains, near Las Vegas, NV
- Our Airbnb rental [referral discount] in Tucson, AZ
- Red Rock Canyon, Las Vegas, NV
- Kehinde Wiley exhibition at Phoenix Art Museum, AZ
- Nothing, AZ
- Downtown Las Vegas, NV
- Barrick Museum at UNLV, NV
- Phoenix Chile Pepper Festival, Phoenix, AZ
My monthly photos from 2016: January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December.
Yay! You did it! I love that the second photos for both are different, but similar. I, of course, vote that you do this again. Oh, and thanks so much for the shout out! :D
Of course! Thanks for the encouragement!
Sometimes I get the most likes in some random pictures and there are others that I love and barely anything, that’s life I guess. I love the watercolor paint set.
Same here! I think sometimes it has to do as much with when you happened to post or if people can quickly relate to what you’re posting than the actual content of the post.
I love looking at other people’s photos, no matter who chose them! Our choices though are always more personal. I love the paint-box.
That’s true!
Wow! I love these. I do like your choices better and I wish I would have thought of doing that.
You still can! Traci thinks I should do it again for this year – maybe you could join in!
Oooh, love that there are some distinct similarities between the two, beyond the weathered tree (which I love). The paintbox and the colorful rock stack. The tub and the mug. The goat on the ladder and the bridge. I do love that Monticello Fog photo at the bottom, but your picks seemed much more personal (which makes sense, as you’re not an algorithm, ha). And it had food, which I always appreciate. :) Interesting experiment!
That is so interesting! I hadn’t even noticed those parallels. And I think I posted fewer food photos this past year, but a few always make their way in. ;)