The Editors

Another year has come and (almost) gone. And, once again, it's time for us to take a look back at the year that was on Shutterbug.com and pull together our most popular photography stories of 2019.

Yes, we’re posting our annual favorite cameras and lenses awards of 2018 with only a day left in January 2019, but that just means determining the best photo gear for last year was harder than usual. And it was, especially with the raft of exciting new full frame mirrorless cameras that hit the market in the second half of last year.

You must really like us! For the fourth consecutive year, Shutterbug.com saw record traffic growth in 2018, beating the previous year’s numbers by 8%.

Beauty is often in the eye of the beholder. For this assignment, we asked Shutterbug readers to seek out what others might turn their heads away from: abandoned or discarded things.