These pictures come from: backup/My Pictures/A Scene from the Woods

From now on out these pictures will be digital, for the most part. Therefore the quality of the pictures will be better, but maybe not the quality of the photography.

The pictures in this folder come from the old RMB Photography Picture of the Day email. These were from pictures I would do around Halloween. I had higher aspirations for this set of pictures. I thought I might actually make a still picture movie out of them like Project: Universe, but I quickly lost my motivation and it was never to be. Kind of like Jay and Games 2.

Next week’s folder:

Backup/My Pictures/Animals

These pictures came from backup/Old My Pictures/UnHingd

These are a mixture of concert pictures from an Iowa State game, practice and recording their first demo.

The phallic nature of the “I” was a constant source of debate.














This is a Jay Janson Photoshop original.

Next week’s folder will be:

Backup/Old My Pictures/Unhingd/Concert

The following pictures come from:

Backup/Old My Pictures/Sports

Jesse and Jay playing horseshoes at 1 of my birthday parties.




Elainie Playing Third


Lane catching the winning TD versus the Hawks!


I’m not really sure what we thought we were doing here.


Bill took this picture for photography class at Iowa State. You probably think I’m going to point out how common it was for me to dominate Jesse in basketball back before he got old, but I’m not. I’m going to point out that by taking that 1 class, Bill has more formal photography education than I do.

Next week’s folder will be:

Backup/Old My Pictures/UnHingd

I’ve put together this little photo tribute to Jay to celebrate his birthday.

Looks like Derrick, Jill and Logan are up next for birthday photo tributes!

These pictures come from:

Backup/Old My Pictures/Master Wentworth

Next week’s folder:

Backup/Old My Pictures/McFriends

These pictures come from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Labels

I once had an idea where I had my friends do a little exercise in self-realization. I asked them to pick a word. One word that they wanted the world to think of when the world saw them. Then I had them write that word on a piece of poster board and then I photographed them.

I was going to follow this up with a project where I had them pick one word that they thought was how the world perceived them.

I sometimes think about bringing this project back. Perhaps if bring back the BIG birthday party next year.

These are pictures from the Labels Project.

Next Week’s Folder will be:

Backup/Old My Pictures/Master Wentworth

These pictures are from backup/Old My Pictures/Beaver Massacre

I’ve try to come up with a good reason for why these pictures exist, but I can’t really defend them.

I will just try to explain what the general idea was supposed to be. These were supposed to be “Production Stills” for a movie that didn’t exist, The Beaver Machete Massacre.

Why?

I don’t know. I think Beaver looks like the set of a horror movie and I owned a machete.

Here they are:

I believe Jay was the first person to fall under my blade. Sometimes when two great artists get together a creative synergy occurs and amazing things are done. Sometimes they do garbage like this…


Bill was next and by this time my maniacal hillbilly character had bought a new plaid shirt. I think it was quilted so he wouldn’t get cold during the long winter nights in the woods.


By the time Willy had come around, I had lost the machete. But I had found an axe. Locally there was a clothing sale at Big Bear and the maniacal hillbilly had picked up yet another quilted flannel shirt.


We drove all the way out to Ledges, we might as well take more than one shot.


Poor Steph. Why did she ever agree to such a thing.


Jesse was next. I think this was done on his lunch break. Apparently I had found a hammer by this point.


I think we found that bottle littered on the ground at Wakefield Woods.


Jesse used to have a similar look on his face when he saw that he was going to have to defend me on the basketball court.


I’m pretty sure that Jay took these cinematic shots.


Jesse must have really been into this little project.


I must have found the machete again. The look on Andy’s face almost makes this old project worthwhile.


Take that Old Navy!

Next week’s folder is backup/Old My Pictures/County Fair 2004

These pictures are from: backup/Old My Pictures/ Animals

In retrospect, I don’t know why I named this folder Animals. There aren’t that many animal pictures in it. I guess I must have considered it witty at the time.

Kalona

For my 30th Birthday Party, I talked Andy and Jesse into dressing up like Sandmen from Logan’s Run and posing for pictures all over the awe-inspiring beauty of the Iowa State University campus. Jay was the photographer. I really need to watch Logan’s Run again sometime.

The notorious Black Angel in Iowa City.


Bill took this picture of Faust at our wedding.


Tulum


Tulum


Tulum


Kalona, in front of the now defunct Kalona Cupboard.


The poster for Steph’s Senior Recital.


Brandon as Henrik Ibsen.


Lost Lake.

Next week’s look at the archives will be: backup/Old My Pictures/Backgrounds

Still another week before I have to come up with a good excuse for the Beaver Machete Massacre Project.

Happy Birthday Jesse!

Another year older. Another year weirder.

Read this like I published it on Friday.

Happy Birthday to the other remaining founding member of FNSC!

I hope that you went out and completely “rented the moment” on your birthday.