My trip to San Francisco in January for the 25th annual Macworld Expo is going to be tough to beat as the highlight event of this year. Well, okay, my holiday trip to Alberta is up there, too, but that was about visiting and really not a photo trip. I'm also looking forward to using the new Nikon D90 from my office. Amazing pictures out of that camera.

A June trip to southern Missouri for my younger cousin's wedding in Branson was a lovely trip, although the hands-down photographic highlight of the year, so far, was driving to the Rocky Mountain National Forest for a couple hours of sightseeing before flying home after an annual convention. Late this year also saw the acquisition of a Nikon D90 for work—a vastly superior camera to the D100 used previously. It is certain there'll be plenty of albums in the future featuring photos taken with the D90.

This is the year I divided up my photo albums into years to make certain albums easier to find, and to make certain pages load more quickly. Also, after three different Sony Ericsson phones, I finally gave them up in favor of the Apple iPhone.

I got even more prolific with fun/silly photos this year for two reasons: I had traded up my mobile phone for one with a 1.3 megapixel camera, and also bought an Olympus Stylus 720SW (sold the C-5050 on eBay). The 720SW is a pocket-sized camera and it is with me almost all the time now, ready to whip out at a moment's notice, even if the conditions are not dry!