Choosing favorites is hard. Especially when it’s your own work. That’s why there are photo editors in the world. I’ve worked as a photo editor, and I still have trouble picking favorite photos. Especially when they’re my own. And extra especially when I try to pick my own best wedding photography. It’s because I’m too close to these photos. I have good feelings for the couples pictured in them, for the good times we had while they were being shot, for the funny stories behind each of my photos. I just don’t want to leave any out.

So I left the choosing to someone else, my good friend and associate Conner Jay. He’ll be working with me at a lot of weddings this coming year — he’s an amazing photographer and I trust him as an editor. Which is cool, because I used to be his photo editor at a newspaper where we both worked.

So here they are, my best wedding photos of 2012, as chosen by Conner. Enjoy.