This image shows Project Bandaloop, a San Francisco-based aerial dance troupe, rehearsing a perspective-bending performance at SoundScape Park on the vertical glass wall of Miami Beach's New World Center. The troupe turns dancing on its side, combining climbing technology, and dynamic physicality. It was such a thrill to photograph the dancers dangling above my head that I returned the next evening with my family to watch the live performance. Al Diaz / Miami Herald Staff
Getting the shot at a sporting event involves skill, reflex, game knowledge and a little luck. When all these things come together, the result can be extraordinary, as in this shot of Dolphins running back Reggie Bush soaring for extra yardage in a game against the Houston Texans this past September. C.W. Griffin / Staff Photo
The United States doesn't hold the patent on political theatrics. On the day in May when Michel Martelly first addressed a Haitian crowd as the nation's president, a man showed his support by dressing as Haitian revolutionary leader Toussaint Louverture. Carl Juste / Miami Herald Staff
This is my favorite image from the Miami Heat’s first season with LeBron James. The Chicago Bulls' players seemed to recoil in fear from the King as he contorted his powerful body below the basket. In fact, the Bulls got the better of the Heat during the regular season only to be crushed by LeBron and Co. in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Charles Trainor Jr / Staff Photo
On this job, there is no such thing as a typical assignment. Sometimes they are heartbreaking, sometimes technically challenging, but this one was pure fun. It was the November grand opening of the EcoDiscovery Center at the Museum of Discovery and Science in Fort Lauderdale and these three otters could barely contain their exuberance as they churned through the water. Emily Michot / Miami Herald Staff
This was one of those moments that make my job rewarding -- a strong man tenderly holding his tiny granddaughter during an inmate roll check at Dade Correctional Institution in Florida City. After taking the picture this past June, I learned that Ernesto Cook was holding one-year-old Xeanala for the first time, which made it even more poignant. The event was arranged by the Service Network for Children of Inmates. Marice Cohn Band / Miami Herald Staff
The Adrienne Arsht Center for the Performing Arts of Miami-Dade County appeared to glow as darkness descended on downtown Miami this past Nov. 12. This image was shot from the newsroom floor of The Miami Herald building. Over the years, many photos of traffic jams, cityscapes and waterspouts have been shot from the bayfront Herald building. This one was bittersweet, because the building has been sold and we will be moving to a new location in the next couple of years. Marsha Halper / Miami Herald Staff
Of all the interesting and wonderful people I met this year, one rises to the top: Jasmine Lopez, 19, of Homestead. This lovely, talented and blind young lady performed an impromptu, mini-concert at her keyboard for me and Miami Herald reporter Cammy Clark for a Wish Book story about Jasmine's need for a Braille note taker so she could continue studying to become a music teacher. Her first song choice: The Beatles' 'Let It Be.' It was one of those assignments you luck into and moments you treasure forever. Patrick Farrell / Miami Herald Staff
That's 4-year-old Anthony Marchante playing with his mother Monica Alboniga. Anthony, the subject of a Wish Book assignment, has been fighting for his life since his birth because of a variety of ailments, including seizures, cerebral palsy and hydrocephaly. As I took this photo, all I could think of was that my son is his age. I was touched by the love and care that I saw, and how blessed we all are. Peter Andrew Bosch / Miami Herald Staff
One of my favorite assignments this past year came off the news scanners that we use to monitor what police and firefighters are doing. Miami-Dade firefighters had been summoned a house fire. As I pulled up, the firefighters had just arrived and I saw a couple sobbing by a fence, with their residence burning in the background. They were covered with soot from trying to put out a dryer fire but finally had to flee while their dozen dogs were still inside. The firefighters, working in thick smoke, were able to save all the dogs. To the couple, the firefighters were heroes. But to the firefighters it was just another day of saving lives and property. Tim Chapman / Miami Herald Staff
One of my favorite assignments this past year came off the news scanners that we use to monitor what police and firefighters are doing. Miami-Dade firefighters had been summoned a house fire. As I pulled up, the firefighters had just arrived and I saw a couple sobbing by a fence, with their residence burning in the background. They were covered with soot from trying to put out a dryer fire but finally had to flee while their dozen dogs were still inside. The firefighters, working in thick smoke, were able to save all the dogs. To the couple, the firefighters were heroes. But to the firefighters it was just another day of saving lives and property. Miami Herald Staff / Tim Chapman
The funeral for Pedro Claro Meurice Estiu, archbishop emeritus of Santiago de Cuba, was a solemn affair at Miami's St. Michael the Archangel Church. In the midst of the service, this man, Rafael D. Fondin, came in a side door and knelt in prayer, virtually unnoticed, behind the pews filled with mourners. The moment was genuine, moving--and fleeting. After saying his prayer, he stood up and left. Walter Michot / Miami Herald Staff
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