BorrowLenses.com called for your personal best photo or video from 2012 to share here on our blog. Participants span a spectrum of skill levels from hobbyists to professionals and cover a wide variety of genres, including landscape, macro, nature, photojournalism, portraiture, event, wildlife, fine art photography and more! We highly recommend visiting each entry below – discover what other people are doing and make new connections!

Best Shots from BL Employees

1. Jim M. Goldstein Photography
2. Alex Huff Photography
3. Kenneth So Photography
4. Kris Rowberry
5. Miko Saldana
6. Austin Hill
7. Kyle Mix
8. Jeffrey Cole
9. Bryan Markwardt

Best Shots from BL Friends and Fans

1. nam phan
2. sageg
3. James Cormack Photography and Design
4. Robin Mayoff
5. David Ploenzke
6. Mark Mosinski
7. Daniel Vallelunga
8. Monching Flores
9. Robert Turchick
10. Jesse Summers
11. Sammuel Lopez
12. Lauri Novak
13. HBP Photography
14. Cygnus Studios
15. Philip Van Zandt
16. Crystal N Philbrook
17. Roman Polyachenko
18. Black Stallion Photography
19. Anthony Minell
20. Rick Kulon
21. Christine Roosa
22. Amy J.
23. Phil McGrew
24. Criatura de Rubi
25. Rich Renomeron
26. Spencer Scott
27. Razzle Dazzle Farm
28. Aurda May Photography
29. Siggy Productions
30. Jack Belisle
31. Scott McDaniel
32. Teja Panchagnula
33. Joseph Eddy
34. Jason Pitcher
35. Sue Bell
36. Evan Bergstra
37. Gaelen Norman
38. Amanda Stevens
39. Reay Design Studio
40. Chase Henderson
41. Chad Nordstron
42. Todd Sipes
43. Robert Peinert
44. No. 123
45. Alec R. Hosterman
46. Chip Hunnicutt
47. Paul Ney
48. Dennis R.
49. Brian Drourr
50. Ron Gage
51. J. A. Cuddleback Photography
52. Brian Nguyen
53. Floyd Houston Tillery
54. James Graves
55. Fletch
56. Sergio Hentschel
57. Kevin Lye
58. Ohene Photography
59. Robins Mathews
60. Portrait of a Football
61. Kai Eiselein Photography
62. Hilary Andrews
63. Chris Daley
64. Kent Moore
65. Emrick Delton
66. Santosh Rajbhandari
67. Ant Graham
68. JP Calubaquib
69. Tyler Gardner
70. Luis dos Santos
71. Willie Brown
72. Hugo Castro
73. Kinshuk Arya
74. Aakash Gupta
75. Michael Hickey Photography
76. D. Wardrick
77. Scott Kuo
78. Paul Bradley Photography
79. Joel Stewart Photography
80. Benjamin Dunn
81. Behind the Lens
82. Chris Jennings
83. Simon Fletcher
84. Elena Georgi
85. Jon’s Photos
86. ENDLESSphotography
87. Joseph Howard Photography
88. Wendy Carr Photography
89. Gavin Huang
90. Ben Brewer Photography
91. Geoff Billing
92. Cyndy Otty
93. Malinda DZ
94. Shaun Seak
95. Bill Hinsee Photography
96. Brian Baril
97. Jamie A. MacDonald
98. Andrew Barros
99. Dennis Werntz
100. Jeff Bruce
101. Dejah
102. Ryan Tuttle
103. Quang Le-Huynh
104. Barbara Brown
105. Candice Sedighan Photography
106. Lisa Kidd
107. Elaine Fischer
108. Tom Piprek
109. Luba Katarkova
110. Peter Artmont
111. Chris M. Thompson
112. Doug Clements
113. Erfu Wang
114. Jane Bee Photography
115. Kevin Travers
116. Chris B.
117. Scott Mohrman
118. Joshua Peterson
119. P. Harklau
120. Nicole Cavanaugh
121. Amy B.
122. Luke Gilmore
123. Joe Hancuff
124. Michael Killingbeck
125. Travis Beckerdite
126. Stan Martin
127. Mike Busch
128. Isabel
129. James Colango
130. Ryan Koch
131. Sheri Johnson
132. Adam Sofa
133. Ryan Davis
134. Timothy Hauber
135. Steve Northcutt
136. NodSoldierGirl
137. Ronnie Glover
138. Will Fruehling
139. SannePhotos
140. Nerrin Studios
141. Sue Choi Photography
142. Swagato Basumallick
143. Diahn Conte
144. Kyle Mallet
145. Mike Rickard
146. David Pinsent
147. Connie Harriman
148. Magda Jedgen
149. Mike Boening
150. Linda Donnelly
151. CHANCEphoto
152. Amber Miller
153. Michael Mitchener
154. Jeremy Edmonds
155. May L.
156. Rich Soublet II
157. Lecky Photography
158. Gianluca Frera
159. Harry Aaron
160. Deb Felmey
161. Dennis Bautista
162. Avelino Maestas
163. JKelley
164. Jim Carley
165. David Pinsent
166. Catherine Cole 
167. Joel George
168. Liviu H.
169. Virginia
170. Volodya Photography
171. Leslie Watts
172. Joska
173. Adhikari Anish
174. Josh Trudell
175. Dennis Oswald
176. James Woodard
177. Chris Hunter
178. James A. Martin
179. Manuel Martini
180. Chris Snyder
181. Agostinho Alexandre
182. Genaye
183. Rob MacKinnon
184. Raffel Cos
185. Jack Molan
186. Chantelle Dionne
187. RM Steck Photography
188. Jason Loving
189. The Roaming Llama
190. Ross Kyker
191. John A Beningo
192. Dani Mae
193. Helen Bradley Owers
194. Will Nourse
195. Brenda J. Miller
196. David Kingham Photography
197. Wade Spencer
198. NIXonPORTRAITS
199. Michael Lougran
200. Donna Lou Holloman
201. Aron Campisano
202. Graham Burnett
203. John MacLean Photography
204. Amy Schneider
205. Krister Strandskov
206. Stephen Lawson
207. Redheaded Ninja
208. Gary Gibson
209. Kate Garibaldi
210. Kurt Lamberth
211. Sara Qasim Khan

Best Videos from BL Employees

1. Ron Palarca
2. Michael Sun

Best Videos from BL Friends and Fans

1. Alex Hogue
2. Barnapkins
3. ZoMei Video Productions
4. Justin Worrall
5. Joe Sterne Photography
6. Chris Hunter
7. Living (Arrested Development)
8. Mark Hesseltine
9. Long Haul Films
10. Jason Knight
11. Paul Rutherford
12. Marlo Casabar
13. Creative 1080
14. Idalia Photography
15. Clint Losee
16. Kyle
17. Brandon Kobs
18. Kenneth Brandon
19. Hoptocopter Films
20. Dreamshot Studios
21. Tony Tassarotti
22. James Cheney
23. James O. Nelson
24. Chris King
25. Peter Racz
26. Ryan Dawson
27. Seth Haley
28. AD Wheeler
29. Leandro Perez

Thank you all for participating! For those who missed the deadline on this, you are always welcome to share your work with our audience on our Facebook wall.

Most Popular Gear Used

The gear used to get the shots and videos above are as varied as the work itself and run the gamut from point-and-shoots to pro-level cine lenses. However, the most popular items we saw used include the following (not in any particular order):

Canon 5D Mark III

Canon 5D Mark II

Canon 7D

Nikon D800

Nikon D700

Nikon D7000

Canon 50mm 1.8, aka “Nifty Fifty”

Canon 24-70mm 2.8

Nikon 35mm 1.8G

Nikon 24-70mm 2.8