Once the dust of the holidays finally settles on January 2^nd I get to indulge in one of my guiltiest pleasures, “best of” blog posts. December is WAY too busy to try and get all retrospective, so I save that for the first week of the New Year. When all of my friends and family are looking forward and planning their next 12 months, I take a look back and relive some of my favorite things from the year before; without further ado, the best of the “Best of 2011” blog posts.

Photography

Do you know who Fer Juaristi is? If not, prepare to have your mind BLOWN. In the past week, I have seen a TON of photographers posting a retrospective of the last year, and though they were all pretty awesome, few were as jaw dropping as Fer’s. We’re so excited to have him as one of our affiliates, and love seeing our products put to such amazing use.

To see more images from Fer Juaristi’s 2011, check out his full post.

For more 2011 photo goodness, check out the posts below.

• Jay Eads did a spring cleaning post earlier in the year that rocked our world.
• Neil van Niekerk did a fantastic slideshow reviewing his best work from this year.
• I Heart Faces has a best of post for both pets and kids. It is an adorable overdose.
• TIMES Best Portraits of 2011 will change your life.

Just For Fun

Because we’re not a bunch of robots here at Totally Rad! I also have some awesome, random “best of” articles to share.

• You NEED to watch this video mashing together the best viral videos of 2011.
• Be sure to check out this post of the 30 Best Google Doodles of 2011.
• Be sure to learn something from this post about the 15 most shocking social media disasters of 2011.
• Finally, check out this video from Google about their top searches of 2011.