2011 was an interesting year, with a lot of changes. The collection of images in the gallery below is the best way for me to share that.
SULLIVAN’S ISLAND, SC – APRIL 9: Civil War Reenactors from around the Unided States gather at Fort Moultrie on Saturday, April 9, 2011, in Sullivan’s Island, SC, to commerate the 150th anniversary of the beginning of the Civil War. (Brett Flashnick/For The Washington Post)
Tom Ledbetter, Associate Vice President of the Enterprise Campus at Midlands Technical College, photographed in the Accelerator Building.
, NASCAR Sprint Cup series Showtime Southern 500 at Darligton Raceway Saturday, May 7, 2011, in Darlington, S.C. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)
Republican presidential candidate, Rep. Michele Bachmann, R-Minn., speaks to the South Carolina Christian Chamber of Commerce at Christ Central Ministries in Columbia, S.C., Monday, July 19, 2011.(AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)
Ray Price Harley Davidson in Raleigh, N.C., Tuesday, August 2, 2011. (Brett Flashnick/flashnick visuals, llc.)
South Carolina Book Festival planner Paula Watkins enjoys a glass of wine and a good book at Hampton Street Vineyard, and a spa afternoon at Occo. in Columbia, S.C., Monday, August 8, 2011. (Brett Flashnick/flashnick visuals, llc.)
A surfer hits the break of an eight foot wave at Folly Beach in Charleston, S.C., Friday, Aug. 26, 2011, as Hurricane Irene causes larger than normal swells along the South Carolina coast. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)
in Nashville Tenn., S.C., September 10, 2011. (Brett Flashnick/flashnick visuals, llc.)
A rainbow appears over Greenville Circle in Columbia, S.C., on Sunday, Sept. 25, 2011, following a severe thunderstorm. (Brett Flashnick/flashnick visuals, llc.)
9/30/11 8:53:53 AM — Greenville, SC — Exercise and breast cancer. Studies show that exercise/staying lean can reduce breast cancer risk, both for healthy women and for those who’ve had cancer and want to remain relapse-free. — Photo by Brett Flashnick, Freelance
, during the second half of their NCAA college football game, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2011, at Williams-Brice Stadium, in Columbia, S.C. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)
Yamma Noyola Brown Lumar, left, Deanna Brown Thomas, center and Venisha Brown, right, daughters of James Brown, leave the South Carolina Supreme Court after justices listened to arguments by lawyers for family and trustees of the estate of James Brown, in Columbia, S.C., Tuesday, Nov. 1, 2011. The trustees are suing over a settlement pushed through by then Attorney General, Henry McMaster, which gave about half of Brown’s assets to a trust, a quarter to Brown’s widow and young son, and the rest to his adult children. (AP Photo/Brett Flashnick)
I’ve been putting together galleries of my favorite images for the past seven years, and this gallery looks completely different than any other gallery I have sh犀利士
ared before, and that excites me beyond belief for the potential to grow even more in 2012. I hope you enjoy looking through this gallery as much as I enjoyed putting it together. I can’t wait to see what 2012 has in store for us.
-Flash
