On the last day of 2010 I thought it would be neat to look back in a different way, and to check out some stats.
I traveled about 15,000 miles (25,000km) to visit 130 locations in Florida, averaging 2.5 shoots a week and 294 miles to get there.
That translates to 1 1/2 set of tires, 4 Rotors and 4 Brakepads, a new Bordcomputer, Heat Regulator and some other small stuff.
My Website saw 391,987 unique visitors from 93 countries. It got 5,118,771 hits.
Since it’s inception I posted 1,797 posts and received 20,561 comments.
800+ sites and posts link to Virtua Gallery
I posted 600 images on Flickr in 2010 bringing the total to 2,061.
1,684 of these got comments and 1,198 were favorited.
In the View community I posted 86 images. 6 of them ended up in the permanent Galleries. One made it in each Stern.de, The View Spotlight, and into the view Magazine as double sided print and one won the international Summer contest of the Stern Magazine,
with over 50k entries from 13 countries.
The Bottomline? Despite the economic and political turmoil around the world I did have a lot of fun and memorable moments.
Almost never alone, traveling most of the time with my best shooting buddy Scott Helfrich, often meeting with Dan Kaufman, Diana Turk, Steve Leach, Leta Benedict, John Wise, Michael Skelton and Donnie Thompson.
Running into Donna Faylo, Jane Walden, Philip Simmons, Russ, Tom Dunkerton, Dina J, Claudia Marlen, Michael Libbe, Michael Rosenbaum, Kevin Barry, Dan Izzary, Cathy McArthur, Wendy, Raees, Nancy Elwood and Jamie Drake, meeting with Dennis Derby, when he was in town, as well as Ken Conger, Tim Rucci, Bradley Meyers, David Norgate, Don and not to forget finally meeting the Wrenessaince Woman Jane!
And not to forget all out South Florida peeps!
Donnie and Connie Shackleford, Kevan and Linda Sunderland, my Sweetheart Meg Puente, Hank and Linda Halsey, Annette, Gary Luciano, Roberto, Enrique, Debbie, Rob, Jean, Michael Pancier, Alan, Lita, Tom Mitchell, Frank Shufelt, Heather Green, June Damanti, Claudia and Ivan.
And with pictures of those meetings I will close the book on 2010 and hop over into 2011. You all made 2010 a year to be grateful for.
So thank you all, that crossed my path and made it such a memorable year. And should I have forgotten to mention you (Yes – YOU!!)
please let me know!
Just found this one… He was always getting great candid shots like this.
Nice Stroll!
Marvelous image, nicely composed and shot. Very well done.
If it is good enough for Elvis, it is good enough for me. Put me on the next invite list, please. Nice shot, very funny.
Awesome Klaus..
Should be a Great start to 2011 at CBBR.
More owls than Hogwarts!
Wow! Great photo and what an amazing gathering of hugely talented photographers!
I somehow missed seeing Elvis! He must have slipped away quickly.
that’s funny. (:
wow what a fun looking group
This an awesome photo ! Love the Owl in the corner !!
OMG, elvis is in there!
Awesome Group Photo!
OMG Elvis is right behind me!
@Don! love your comment!
Nice shooting Rob… I guess I missed all those owls, Klaus~~!….. who could have thunk it!
hehe….awesome! Other than the fact that I’m jealous as all get out (still haven’t gotten an owl photo, ever) that is very cool!!!
This made me LOL. Very creative
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This is wonderful.. Love Elvis ..You do good work
Very good!! very funny!!
Klaus, you missed a small detail my friend. HOw come Elvis came to the party without his camera?
This is brilliant. Must be a really fun group. Love the PS job, especially Elvis.
he ain’t nothin but a hoot owl… great pic!
Klaus, you’re quite the hoot….. pun intended!
I always look forward to seeing what the next group shot will bring.
Must have been some good drugs……….I see Elvis
Did nobody notice Elvis on the far left behind Alan? Great job with this!
So much fun! You got really creative and the result is wonderful!
Who..who cares about the owl, Ithink I saw ELVIS! LOL
Great job on this, Klaus! Rob’s camera brought out the best in us!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ac4photos] No Alan. You didn’t miss them. There are no Owls in Florida.
LOL, owl photo bomb!
Great picture Klaus…thanks for the "who’s-who" (pun intended)
WHAT !? You mean there were owls out there !?
… and I missed them !?
That’s a heck of a piece of work. Two thumbs up on the corner owl.
Outstanding!!! Very creative and ingenious and very expertly added! You are a master of PS!! Love, love love all those owls!!
I love this.. awesome!
Awesome!!!
@ Steve – hence the image title…
Outstanding group pic and what fun owls to be part of your adventures!
Nice how you got all those people in your Owl Photo.
Wow! The owls are really cooperative there!!
The one in the corner is my favorite.
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dude , you got talent. Hilarious !
I think I’ll wait for this one to come out on DVD….;-)
Nice work!!
Fantastic group of photographers! Really nice work Klaus!
This is terrific Klaus. I missed it before, must have been away. Good PS work!
awesome!
Great work
Awesome.
"Duff Beer" too.
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LOL!! Excellent work, Klaus! Gotta agree with Meg.
LOL!!! Great work, Klaus…this may be the "B" team (for beer), but in my book, it is the A++ team for photography excellence!!
LOL! Fantastic!!!
Cooool, I love it!
That is very funny……Great job Klaus !!!!!
Very good buddy, we never looked better, well except for Dennis maybe..
Awesome graphics work. What a riot.
Klaus that is just wonderful !!!!
I’m at a loss for words Indiana……….who’s that with you, the one in the back I recognize………that’s Hank Jr, but the other two I’m not so sure about
Whoa – this is way cool!! Fantastic work!!
[http://www.flickr.com/photos/ac4photos/] Looking as good as you? Don’t know if I can risk that!!!
This is outragously funny!! Great job, Klaus!
lmao Alan your in a suit fantastic work love it
This is great Klaus…but I think you have way too much time on your hands
Damn…that’s badass!!!!
Mmmm, I want some of that beer! Where’s Mr. T?
Very funny and you did a great job with this!
I’ll share my beer & my roadkill, Kevin…
Who knows.. you might start looking as good as me !!! LOL
Special beer, huh? I might have to try some!
WOOHOOOO…can I get autographs?!!
It wasn’t steroids that did it to me, Kevin …
It was Klaus’ special beer !
LOL … Great job, Klaus !
Has Alan been taking steroids??? Looks like he’s grown quite a bit!
Great creation, Klaus!
This has to get to Explore, Its too dang funny not to.
What a crew!
OMG! This is awesome.
lmao…omygod this is GREAT!!!!
this is good
Too funny, well done Klaus!
Nice looking bunch!
O M G excellent!
Great job Klaus
LMAO! That’s awesome!
this occeseion rarely come in the wildlife lover
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Beautiful!!! happy Birthday Scott
Nice capture on the old man !
Happy B-day, Scott !!
Nice shot! Klaus
Nice! See … Klaus rules!!! Happy birthday amigo!
Happy Birthday, Scott!
I actually saw him on a show 2 weeks ago on Animal Planet. What a rockstar!!!
Happy Birthday Scott and many more
You know, Scott – Tim does not really exist – he’s my imaginary friend – and you’re falling for it?
Hi Klaus – a fitting shot! Happy birthday Scott!
Had a Great Time this morning,Thanks to Klaus for the shot and Thanks to Tim ( the dean of alligator wrestling) for getting us in early to do this, we got some Fantastic eye level shots of Alligators and Crocodiles, Thanks everyone for the Birthday Wishes…
You know you have to send this one to me…:):)
Thanks Klaus, Had a Great Morning
that’s a great shot of Scott. I love that gator splash…what a perfect background
Bravo!
I admire your beautiful image:)
SPLENDID IMAGE… THIS IS THE BEST…by An Admin considered.
INSPIRE… Invite ONLY
You are INVITED to display this wonderful photo
in the INSPIRE Pool.
Be happy, be healthy:)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9fW7MoINvQc
Klaus – you are the master!
LOL, love!
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Fantastic Job, What a Great Time we all had, Whats next???
You do such great work! Really appreciate your putting me in so I could be in the shot!!! I think Rob and I are looking for Donnie’s jet in this one!
This rocks, Klaus!
Thanks for adding me in! That alligator looks real. I’m glad I wasn’t sitting in front.
Hooray I finally showed up in this version. What a crew!
The motley crew got "motley-er"
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This looks like it would have been a fun time.
Nice Group shot!
It was exciting being so close to the Gator! I guess he wasn’t hungry!
Great shot!
Great work! Glad to see you added a few of the missing.
Love it!
Great work, Klaus! I see a few others made this version!
now that’s an amazing meet-up! must have been awesome
You’re in the plane behind the middle cloud!
So sososo sad………..I can’t see me in the group anywhere.
Hello I am a local Brevard county photographer. What club/group is this? I have been looking for a local photo club/group? THanks
Wow………didn’t know there was another group here!!! We’re doing a meetup at CBBR this Saturday!!!! Need to find out when you are meeting again………………
Group info: http://www.flickr.com/groups/1204031@N24/
Incredible! Have a good weekend my friend!
Really nice group shot. One day my face will be in a flickr meet up photo
Wish I could have made it! We are going Wednesday am..so maybe we’ll see someone?
You sure it’s not a sandstorm?
Good group…hope my face will be there next time.
Seems as if it might have been foggy.
Great meeting everyone at Circle B…looking forward to the next one !
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And please be a Friend and Comment !
Looking, looking, waiting, watching — what feathery beast will be seen first once the fog lifts?
Wow !! It was really snowing that day…
Wonderful group shot of your flickr meetup. Looks like the sun cooperated for this photo. Hope to see you all next meetup. (Connie)
I’m sorry I missed out…I’m still home sick today with this stupid cold. I’ll get up there one of these days
What a crew!
Great to see everyone! I had a wonderful time.
I wish I could have been there with ya’ll
Yeah Dennis – and we didn’t even have makeup.. (they showed up at Viera)
Good looking bunch!
Good seeing you again today and looking forward to the next meet-up !!!
Sorry I missed being there for the group shot…wonderful day!
Props to Mary (?) for taking the shot.
Hi Everyone! See you next time!
Nice group shot
What a handsome group we are!!!
Nice shot of both of them!
A classic!
Very nice shot Klausie!
Thanks for taking this shot Klaus!
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Very nice portrait. (Connie)
Oh, look… Is that a NEW camera that Annette has !?
What a gorgeous line-up ! (…of women, not the Canons…)
great shot
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the line up!
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My back went out:( I missed anther one
I had a great time, cute shot!
Thanks for the post ! Had a great time.
Funny comments!! Luckily, I didn’t make it in this shoot!
Love the treatment on this! You treated us all kindly!! Good Luck to Dennis!! He had the personality to succeed and make friends anywhere.
Love the treatment on this, Klaus ! Nice work
Klaus…this turned out great…thanks for adding to the wonderful memories!
I have to chuckle on your choice of wording in the commentary. Any last wishes????
I see my ugly head! Put Gary & I on facebook too
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Nice one, everyone has wind blown hair haha
Of course we’re rotten. But nicely so!
I’m so glad you took this shot Klaus. It is a memory of a very wonderful day out in the wild. We are all a wild and wonderful bunch. (Connie)
Some guys have all the luck!
Great send off for Dennis.
You guys are rotten! I feel very fortunate to have gotten to know and befriend such wonderful people as these. I count my blessings.
He’s such a pimp!
hey by the way where is Alan at he didnt go or what
Great shot you all look like your having a great time !!!!!!!
Hi, I’m an admin for a group called Merritt Island, N.W.R. Florida, (Post One, Comment One), and we’d love to have this added to the group!
this is what NBA players must feel like all the time…he’s a good foot above any of them.