Pete Souza:

One of the best and most challenging aspects of my job is whittling down a year’s worth of photographs to the final selections for my annual Year in Photographs. Every year, I attempt to keep it less than 100 photos — and every year I fail in that goal. But I am excited once again to present this gallery for the seventh consecutive year.

We saw Chief Official White House Photographer Souza’s favorite iPhone shots late last year. Here is his gallery of shots by him and his staff. There are some great images here but I particularly like the one of President Obama and basketball player Shaquille O’Neal. Souza “cheated” by using a wide angle lens to great result.