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“Why don’t you post your favorite photos at the end of the year?” Good question. A lot of photographers do that. I have not been one of them, at least until today. This morning I decided to pick my favorite photos for 2025 and post them. The individual photos are below.
Here are the numbers by category:
24 photos total
16 people photos
12 event photos
7 family photos
6 landscape photos
3 sports photos
2 wildlife photos (birds)
Locations:
20 photos in Lamoni Iowa
1 photo in Murray Iowa (football)
3 photos in Michigan (1 portrait, 2 landscapes)
Where did I find these photos?
My most important photos for 2025. Click to see a much larger version.
My 24 favorite photos came from my “most important photos” folder. They are arranged by date and all of them are in one folder. This is a screen capture of part of that folder. It shows of all my most important photos from 2025, plus a few from 2024 (top left) and 2026 (bottom right). You can see the year markers where 2025 and 2026 begin. Not counting maps and other non-photographic images, there are 275 photos for 2025.
Favorite family photos, favorite portraits, and favorite nature photos go in this folder. I photograph events for the local newspaper. My favorite event photos go into this folder too.
“Favorite” photos and “best” photos aren’t always the same. Favorite photos include images I am emotionally attached to, even if they aren’t “great” images. My best images are automatically favorite photos.
Ansel Adams said, “Twelve significant photographs in one year is a good crop.” The things is, Ansel’s 12 best photos in any given year are way better than most photographers 12 best photos for the year.
The Individual Photos
In chronological order, here are my favorite images. Some have links to more photos of the same event.
Birthday. March 15, 2025.
Dance, Living Art Studios. April 25, 2025.
More spring dance recital photos here.
Dance, Living Art Studios. April 5, 2025.
More spring dance recital photos here.
Terran, Lamoni Middle School track meet. April 15, 2025.
Graceland University Symphonic Band Concert. April 18, 2025.
More spring Graceland concert photos here.
Sunset, Home Lake. June 26, 2025.
4th of July Parade, Lamoni Iowa.
More 4th of July parade photos here.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird. September 3, 2025.
Sunset, Home Lake. September 5, 2025.
Lamoni vs Murray. Terran tackles a Murray player behind the scrimmage line for a big loss. September 15, 2025.
More football game photos here.
Ruby-throated Hummingbird. October 7, 2025
Ava, Slip Bluff Lake. October 12, 2025.
Another photo of Ava is here.
Finn, Tae Kwon Do blue belt. October 23, 2025.
Anoush, Sarett Nature Center. October 25, 2025.
More Anoush photos here.
Fall color in Michigan. October 26, 2025.
More Michigan trip photos here and here.
Norwalk Lutheran Church. October 26, 2025.
Trunk or Treat, Graceland Enactus program. October 31, 2025.
More Trunk or Treat photos here.
Autumn trees, Lamoni Iowa. November 6, 2025.
Northern Lights, Home Lake. November 11, 2025.
More Northern Lights photos here.
Jared Doty, Graceland University: Ag FFA and Business Awards. November 12, 2025.
More Graceland Ag FFA photos here.
Eva, “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairies”, Dance Recital, Living Art Studios. December 6, 2025.
More dance recital photos here.
Ava, “Walz of the Flowers”, Dance Recital, Living Art Studios. December 6, 2025.
More dance recital photos here.
Catharine, Director, Living Art Studios. December 6, 2025.
More dance recital photos here.
Family portrait, Lamoni Iowa, December 12, 2022.