My 'best' shot is actually just an intentionally grainy, HEAVY crop, B/W rendition of a color image of a school play performance. The story, though, makes it my favorite.

I am a math and science teacher and coach various sports, but also do what I can to help out with our school's One-Act plays. Usually I do background shots or do specific images to be converted to set decoration 'wraps' to create the feel of brick or siding or chain link fencing.... Last spring, though, I made the following image and offered it as a prop to be used in the final scene of the play.

In that scene, a main character takes the image from his work desk and has his final interaction with the now-deceased ex girlfriend/lover. As the play is set in the 1930's, the portrait had to be B/W, but purely coincidentally, the expression of our actress in the original image was PERFECT to illustrate a 'looking back' moment for both characters. Several judges praised the final scene and the prop as the play progressed towards it's State Runner-Up finish. On the screen, the image is 'blah' but on stage, an 8x10 framed print was emotionally wrenching.

The lost love:

Thanks for hosting, Lesley. I enjoy seeing people's favs. These 3 were my favorite "people" shots. #1 would be my prize photo for 2019. It placed 2nd in "Life Style" Category in Maine's "Down East Magazine" Reader Photo Contest - a contest with 1200+ entries. It has been featured on a local TV news magazine segment and was also chosen for a local bank calendar. A brilliant sunrise morning and my grandson in the canoe doing what he loves - fishing. #2 I like because of the sense of scale. This is a huge quarry with lines and texture making my grandson look so small. #3 is my younger grandson - just fooling with a giant leaf.