Lists for 2010

Ten Photographers that made me a better photographer in 2009

  1. Mike Baird
  2. Ashok Khosla
  3. Howard Ignatius
  4. Hal Schmitt
  5. Steve Berardi
  6. Rick Sammon
  7. James Duncan Davidson
  8. Moose Peterson
  9. Jerry Ting
  10. Bryan Oleson

Photographers that influence my photography

  1. Art Wolfe
  2. John Shaw
  3. George Lepp
  4. Galen Rowell
  5. Jim Goldstein
  6. Michael Frye

Five Photographers that I’m currently studying to become better in 2010

  1. David duChemin
  2. Harold Davis
  3. George Barr
  4. David Hobby
  5. Joe McNally

Ten most popular postings at chuqui.com in 2009

In 2009, 17,000 people visited chuqui.com about 35,000 times to view 49,000 pages. Overall traffic was up about 20% over the year. The ten most popular pages for 2009 are:

  1. And the answer to the question is… — in which I announce I’m taking a job at Palm.
  2. More than you wanted to know about backups (also see Some More Thoughts and Following my Own Advice)
  3. This iPhone App is truly for the birds
  4. Santa  Clara County Salt Ponds and Bay Area Birding
  5. Calaveras Bald Eagles (was out visiting them this weekend!)
  6. Some  more thoughts on weight (which is way overdue for some updates…)

My ten favorite posts of 2009

  1. Three Rules “they” tell photographers, and why “they” are wrong
  2. A teachable moment (or why I love birding even when I make a fool of myself)
  3. 50 Reasons why I haven’t been blogging
  4. On Paying Forward
  5. Understanding the Starting Point
  6. More than you wanted to know about backups (also see Some More Thoughts and Following my Own Advice)
  7. In Search of Winter Birds
  8. The Summer of Hockey’s Discontent
  9. Some More Thoughts on Weight
  10. 25 Things about me

My ten best photos of 2009

My favorite fiction of 2009

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