My Best Photos of 2021

It’s officially 2022, so it is now that time of year when I share my top 30 (yes, 30!) photos from the previous year. As always, I took a lot of photos this year, and many of them were with my new iPhone 13 Pro. Many of the photos feature thoroughbred racehorses, as that was a main focus for me this year. I hope you like these photos as much as I enjoyed curating them for you!

May 14: Three poodle butts – Orleans, MA. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and Zenitar 16mm f/2.8 fisheye lens.
May 15: Selfie at Weeset Point – Orleans, MA. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 24-105mm /4L IS lens.
May 15: A fox in the road – Wellfleet, MA. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and Tamron 150-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VC lens. Click here to order a print of this photo.
June 21: Lightning out my living room window – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 24-105mm f/4L IS lens. Click here to order a print of this photo.
June 23 – My colleague’s granddaughter lets out a big smile at her grandmother’s retirement party – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Samsung NX1100 and a 30mm f/2 lens.
July 11: A car zooms by the Salem Witch Museum – Salem, MA. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens.
July 16: Seals rest on Egg Rock in Maine’s Mt. Desert Narrows – Hancock County, ME. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a Tamron 150-600mm f/5.6-6.3 VC lens. Click here to order a print of this photo.
July 16: Yellow Island, a privately owned Island in Maine’s Mt. Desert Narrows – Hancock County, ME. Captured with a Canon EOS 6D and a 24-105mm f/4L IS lens.
July 21: My grandmother (right) and her sister reminisce about their childhood as Saratoga’s first set of triplets at their joint 90th birthday party – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 50mm f/1.4 lens with a 600EX RT speed light.
July 31: Katie Tolbert exercises eventual Travers Stakes winner Essential Quality at the Oklahoma Training Track – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 135mm f/2L lens.
August 25: My friend and fellow volunteer Dan Milliman gives retired thoroughbred Red Down South some affection at Old Friends at Cabin Creek – Greenfield Center, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 6D and a 50mm f/1.4 lens.
September 4 – Racehorse Founder gets a post race bath at Saratoga Race Course – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 135mm f/2L lens.
September 4 – Another horse gets a post race bath at the Spa – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 135mm f/2L lens.
September 4: Jockey Ricardo Santana, Jr. celebrates his win of the Grade 1 Jockey Club Gold Cup at Saratoga onboard Max Player – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 135mm f/2L lens.
September 4: A man drives a classic car to Siro’s at the conclusion of a day of racing at Saratoga Race Course – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 135mm f/2L lens.
September 19: Exercise rider Anna gives Baby Yoda a kiss at the Oklahoma Training Track – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 135mm f/2L lens.
September 19: Trainer Robbie Davis’ granddaughter gives Pepper King a pet at the Oklahoma Training Track, Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 50mm f/1.4 lens.
September 19: Jockey Jacky Davis gets a kiss from her pal Valellujah – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 50mm f/1.4 lens.
October 2: A beautiful sky over St. Clement’s Church – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with an iPhone 13 Pro with the 1x standard lens.
October 11: An empty off-season Saratoga Race Course – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with an iPhone 13 Pro with the 3x telephoto lens.
October 16: A weanling is walked at the Fasig-Tipton fall sale – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 135mm f/2L lens.
October 17: A pony rider and exercise rider ham it up for the camera at the Oklahoma Training Track – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 135mm f/2L lens.
November 6: Shortly after his pal Cosmonaut’s passing, a bright light shines down on Commentator as he occupies his pal’s former paddock at Old Friends at Cabin Creek – Greenfield Center, NY. Captured with an iPhone 13 Pro with the 1x standard lens. Click here to order a print of this photo (I donate my profit of all Old Friends at Cabin Creek photos back to the farm).
November 6: Red Down South looking like a model – Greenfield Center, NY. Captured with an iPhone 13 Pro with the 3x telephoto lens. Click here to order a print of this photo.
November 20: Up close and personal with Strummer at Old Friends at Cabin Creek – Greenfield Center, NY. Captured with an iPhone 13 Pro and the 3x telephoto lens. Click here to order a print of this photo.
December 4: Old Friends at Cabin Creek owner JoAnn Pepper gives Zippy Chippy a kiss – Greenfield Center, NY. Captured with an iPhone 13 Pro and the 3x telephoto lens.
December 19: Santa Claus tours Saratoga on a fire truck – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 135mm f/2L lens.
December 24: A light painted Christmas tree – Saratoga Springs, NY. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and 16-35mm f/2.8L II lens.
December 28: Otis the standard poodle gets a pet – Orleans, MA. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 50mm f/1.4 lens.
December 30: The memorial buoy Christmas tree in Eastham – Eastham, MA. Captured with a Canon EOS 5D Mark IV and a 24-105mm f/4L IS lens.

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