This past year has been an interesting and trying year for me, not just in photography but life.

Unlike 2012, where nearly every day was spent taking photos, jumping from assignment to assignment, this year my photographic life went in bursts of excitement. I started my year in Washington, D.C. for my second time there and I'm confident I'll go back some day, hopefully soon. I traveled to Egypt and back to Wisconsin, freelanced for local Wisconsin papers and international publications. I had the honor of being selected to the 26th Eddie Adams Workshop and because of that, working for the first time for Reuters this past month. 

Much of my fall was dominated by school work, the various ways life can get in the way, and a lot of management work at a newspaper. Without the chance to intern at a newspaper this summer, my work may seem like a whirlwind tour of a variety of places and experiences, but that was truly my year. 

So forget whatever sadness I might feel not having an internship that gave me a chance to grind hard day in and day out; this year has been a blessing of feeling like I've grown by leaps and bounds and the knowledge I'm moving forward.

So here it is, my year in pictures. On to 2014.