The Online Photographer: Merry Christmas!

Friday, 25 December 2015

Merry Christmas!

To all my readers, regular and occasional, near and far, young and old, known to me or not—thank you for reading, and for your company, your loyalty, your comments and your kindnesses in 2015. And Merry Christmas, Happy Hanukkah, Satisfactory Solstice, Frank Festivus, or [insert greetings for holiday of your choice] to you in this season. Bless you, and may God, fate, and the dice of chance let you and your loved ones thrive throughout the coming year.

All the best,

Mike

P.S. The illustration is from the Classic TOP essay "In Memory of a Shutter-Bug (A Christmas Story)."

Posted on Friday, 25 December 2015 at 11:05 AM in News and Occasions | Permalink

Comments

Happy Festivus!...the festival for the rest of us. ;-)

Posted by: Stephen Scharf | Friday, 25 December 2015 at 11:22 AM

Thanks, Mike! May the Fickle Finger of Fate bless you, and your family as well! Merry Christmas, sir!

Posted by: Dillan K | Friday, 25 December 2015 at 01:21 PM

Merry Christmas to you too Mike :-)

Posted by: Peter Williams | Friday, 25 December 2015 at 03:00 PM

Merry Christmas Mike.

Posted by: Terence Morrissey | Friday, 25 December 2015 at 03:43 PM

Dear Mike,

And, here, the Swag Tree ('cause, really, that's what they should be called) at Chez Ctein, for your delectation:

pax / Ctein

Posted by: Ctein | Friday, 25 December 2015 at 04:30 PM

Happy Holidays and hope you're enjoying your first Christmas in your new home, Mike!

Posted by: Ned Bunnell | Friday, 25 December 2015 at 07:54 PM

And to you.

Posted by: Robert Roaldi | Friday, 25 December 2015 at 08:40 PM

Merry Christmas Mike!
Thanks to your good blogging, and direct reviews and indirect recommendations, today I've been given a new lens,* a newish camera, and a photo book (Early Color, by Saul Leitner, now in it's 5th printing!) And, I'm pretty sure you got affiliate credit for three of the four :) Best wishes all around.

*the new Panasonic 42.5/1.7, a swift and pretty little thing.

Posted by: Trecento | Friday, 25 December 2015 at 08:47 PM

...and to yourself. Keep up the good work in 2016. With all I have to do, I usually make a practice of checking TOP first thing, and you rarely disappoint.

Posted by: Chuck Albertson | Friday, 25 December 2015 at 10:29 PM

Thanks Mike, happy Holydays to you, your family and friends.

Posted by: M. Guarini | Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 03:58 AM

All the best to everyone in this festive season and beyond.
And big thanks to you Mike, for all you've given us. And that's a lot.

Posted by: Thomas Paris | Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 08:37 AM

Merry Christmas to you and Butters.

Posted by: Pat Trent | Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 10:21 AM

Merry Christmas to all;
Taken Christmas Eve, freakishly warm at 70+ degrees wearing shirtsleeves in Virginia at 9 pm:

Posted by: Geoff Wittig | Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 01:40 PM

Merry Christmas to you Mike and yours!

Best wishes,

Richard

Posted by: Richard Ripley | Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 02:45 PM

Best of the Season to you, also, Mike, and to all my fellow TOP readers.

Holiday Mime, Chicago 2010
Kodachrome 64

Posted by: Kenneth Tanaka | Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 04:58 PM

Your present sent by paypal, Mike.

Posted by: Michael Bearman | Saturday, 26 December 2015 at 08:13 PM

Maligayang Pasko! Mike and to my fellow TOP readers.

Traditional Christmas lantern (parol) made of capiz (scallop) shells. Manila, 2014

Posted by: Sarge | Sunday, 27 December 2015 at 12:19 AM

Merry Christmas to you and yours Mike. Your first December in NY is a rather warm one. Here's an image from the last warm December in western NY. Note rain drops on the window. Taken with a 50mm f/1.4 Super Takumar BTW (8 element version).

Tom