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Boone County Fair, Formal Portrait, Jesse, Kim, Linda, Maven, Sara, Shannon, Steph, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 96 – SAD

July 17, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

It is SAD. Participation rates took a bit of a dip with SAD. Maybe it is because it was 112 degrees in the shade in central Iowa last week. Maybe it was because people struggled to get in the mindset of SAD this week. Maybe people were just busy. I don’t know. But I do know one thing…

You didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions for SAD:

Linda Bennett

Shannon Bardole

Kim Barker 1

Kim Barker 2

Christopher D. Bennett

Stephanie Kim 1

Stephanie Kim 2

Sara Lockner

Mike Vest

Michelle Haupt 1

Michelle Haupt 2

A solid week of submissions!

But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:

THE STREETS!

THE STREETS! What a great theme! Some of you know about THE STREETS. People like me that grew up indigent know all about THE STREETS. Some of us even know the Rules of THE STREET(S). You open you mouth, you pay the price. But what does this theme mean? It is my call to you to attempt street photography. What is street photography, you may ask… which is good, because I have the answer:

Street photography is a type of photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places. Street photographs are mirror images of society, displaying “unmanipulated” scenes, with usually unaware subjects.”

Well that sounds simple enough. Get in touch with your inner voyeur and hit THE STREETS!

I have a feeling this is going to go well!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

1. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge. Don’t send me a picture of you next to the Eiffel Tower, when I know you were in Iowa all week. I will point out that I have let that slide some in the past. I will not in the future. Since it is literally about the only rule.

2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge. It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION

Sometimes people send me descriptions of their photos. I’ve never done anything with that information in the past. However, if you send me a description in the future, I will add it to your image in the Weekly Photo Challenge Gallery that houses all the submissions.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very streeteque Monday!

Animals, Black & White, Flowers, Macro, Naima, Nature, Photoshop, WPC - Alternate

But I Really Think It’s Better this Way

July 14, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

These pictured didn’t have what it takes to be included for the theme WATER in the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

If only these pictures believed in themselves, there is no telling what they might accomplish.

Angie, Bill, Carla, Cathie, Flat Earth Joe, Flowers, Gretchen, Kim, Maven, Micky, Pastor Sarah, Photoshop, Sara, Shannon, Steph, Vest, Work, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 95 – FLOWER

July 10, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

There was a virtual outburst of participation this week! FLOWER was a very popular theme!

But you didn’t come here to talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the submissions. Here they be:

Bill Wentworth

Christopher D. Bennett

Angie DeWaard

Cathie Raley 1

Cathie Raley 2

Cathie Raley 3

Carla Stensland 1

Carla Stensland 2

Kim Barker 1

Kim Barker 2

Kim Barker 3

Sarah Karber

Shannon Bardole

Stephanie Kim 1

Stephanie Kim 2

Sara Lockner

Micky Augustin 1

Micky Augustin 2

Mike Vest

A solid week of submissions!

SAD!

SAD! What a great theme! I don’t think I need to define SAD. It is an emotional state that almost everybody knows. Especially with the current state of the world. But SAD isn’t only an emotion, it can also be a description of something. Person X’s taste in music is SAD. The fact that they keep making FAST & FURIOUS movies is SAD.

As always, feel free to define the theme as you see fit.

I’m already not SAD anticipating all the different interpretations!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 MISSION DIVISION

For those of you that are observant of my schedule, I will be in Saint Paul on a mission trip next Monday. That doesn’t change the schedule of events. The deadline for inclusion of your submission will still be 11 AM on Monday. At 12:01, next week’s theme will be revealed. I won’t have much access to my email until I return to the Cyclone State on Friday, therefore I won’t reveal the submission until I return or until I feel that I have adequately recovered physically, emotionally, and psychologically.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very sad Monday!

Animals, Flowers, Jay, Johnathan, Macro, Nature, Railroad, Shorty

09-09-07

July 8, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

A young Johnathan Stensland among the photos in the folder 09-09-07:

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will include what I’m sure might have been the wedding of the year in 2007!

Black & White, History, Linda, Ruins

09-22-07/Gallery

July 1, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

The images in the folder 09-22-07/gallery are from a barn on my Aunt Linda’s rental property.

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve trains.

Black & White, Formal Portrait, Logan

9 Emotions Project – Logan

June 30, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

A couple weeks back Logan became the latest person to sit for the 9 Emotions Project:

In case, you’ve forgot the emotions:

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Amusement

Fear

Jealousy

Surprise

Sympathy

Boredom

I still have my eye on several of you posing for this project… Andy, Scottie D., Nader, Baier, Alisa, Shawn, Russell, Alexis, Elainie, Johnathan, Brandon… the list goes on. Maybe this would be a good activity if I bring back the birthday party in 2018. Hmmmmm…

Animals, Black & White, Dad, Flat Earth Joe, Flowers, Micky, Mom, Nature, Underwater, WPC - Alternate

Then I Wonder How Much I Can Spend

June 27, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

The final NATURE stop I made was to Lake Augstin. Here are those pictures:

Our run in with a snapping turtle reminds me of a story from my childhood.

One day a snapping turtle showed up in the driveway of my first boyhood home. In my mind it was tied down, but I’m not sure how you would do that. I apparently got very close to the turtle because, well turtles, despite being cowards, are awesome. This lead to a generalized freakout by my Mom.

But where did the turtle come from?

My Dad was riding home from work with a co-worker named Buzz Lee when they saw a snapping turtle crossing the road. They stopped. Picked it up and threw it in the trunk of Buzz Lee’s car. Eventually the turtle went to my Great Uncle Harold who cooked him up and we ate him for supper one night. While that turtle ended up as food, he did get his revenge. While in the trunk of Buzz’s car he at a bunch of the wiring to the car’s taillights. Everything had to be replaced.

I salute that turtle for not going down without a fight!

Angie, Animals, Brooke, Carla, Cathie, Flowers, Kim, Linda, Micky, Nature, Shannon, Steph, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 92 – NATURE

June 19, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

NATURE really sparked something in a lot of people. I think this is the largest group of submissions we’ve had in weeks! Brooke even rejoined us! Welcome back Brooke!

But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You want to see the submission for NATURE:

Linda Bennett

Christopher D. Bennett

Bill Wentworth

Mike Vest

Stephanie Kim

Angie DeWaard

Brooke Milligan 1

Brooke Milligan 2

Cathie Raley 1

Cathie Raley 2

Shannon Bardole

Carla Stensland 1

Carla Stensland 2

Kim Barker 1

Kim Barker 2

Micky Augustin

What a great week of submission!

TIME!

As it so happens, I’m actually short of TIME to write a description of TIME right now. So the short, short version is that the idea of TIME is to capture a moment or moments in TIME. This should be done with either an extremely short or a long exposure. However, there are obviously other ways to define TIME. Some people think that TIME doesn’t even exist. Feel free to use any definition of TIME that works for you.

Good luck and I can’t wait to see your interpretations of TIME!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 MISSION DIVISION

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very timely Monday or whenever I release the submissions!

Boone FUMC, Jaxon, Teresa

4th Annual Pie Auction

June 16, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

A few Sundays back was the Methodist Men’s 4th Annual Pie Auction. All the money raised wen to support youth activities in the church. Teresa took the majority of these pictures as I was working the event:

The Pie Auction was a rousing success and a plethora of moola was raised! A good start on fundraising for next year’s mission trip or painting projects or whatever.

Animals, Jesse, Nader, Naima, Photo Journal

A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 24

June 15, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

On Sunday, I redid Page 24 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. While I already did this page with Shannon, I decided to redo it because of the lighting conditions for that photo shoot weren’t ideal and it made those pictures very noisy.

This time I used Naima as the model and Jesse was a photo assistant.