A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 103

September 7, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

Man. I’m late on a blog entry. For the first time in a long time. I guess I’ve been really busy lately. Hopefully it won’t happen again.

Before we get into the main content of this here blog entry, I will point out that the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest photos should be on display tonight. I urge you to go down and check out the photos. They will be on display at 8th & Story. In the window of Ensley Photography’s store front.

I have the 6 entries that were picked out by my 6 volunteers up.

My sister Carla also entered 4 pictures. Yet another reason you should go up there and check it out.

They should be on display until Sunday night. For those of you that don’t love me enough, I will release the pictures that were entered during the blog next week.

Thanks again to the volunteers that picked out my entries!

Now that bit of unpleasantness is behind us, let’s look at something else.

Recently I went to a friend’s abode to make an image for THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. The photo below will be taped to Page 103 in the physical Photo Journal:

Page 103 – Make a portrait of someone without them being in the picture.

I won’t tell you whom this is a portrait of, but if you know me and know my friends, it doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to figure this one out.

I think this is actually a pretty great idea for a photo project. I can think of several friends that I could have done this for as well. Next time we check in on THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT, we will look at Page 105. I’m pretty certain.

9 Emotions Project, Black & White, Brandon, Formal Portrait

9 Emotions Project – Brandon Kahler

September 6, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

Brandon was the latest to tap into his inner silent film star and pose for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT. Here is his collection:

9 Emotions Project – Brandon Kahler

In case you forgot the emotions, here they are again:

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Amusement

Fear

Jealousy

Surprise

Sympathy

Boredom

So who will be the next to pose for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT? I don’t know. But I have a few ideas.

Animals, Boone FUMC, Naima, Teresa, Youth Group

Critter Sunday – 2017

September 5, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

Once a year at my church we have Critter Sunday. On Critter Sunday people bring in their pets to get blessed. I took some photos and then after Naima got blessed Jaxon Schoff took over and finished up the event. Here are some photos from the event:

Special thanks to Summer for volunteering for Naima wrangling duties and to Jaxon for being the backup Naima wrangler and taking over the photos while Naima was being blessed and after.

You might have recognized MacKenzie from the church’s youth group with her dog in the collection. I’m sure you definitely noticed Teresa and her dog in the collection.

There are more pictures from Critter Sunday for you to peruse located at the link below:

CRITTER SUNDAY – 2017

If your church isn’t blessing pets, they aren’t doing it right!

Angie, Cathie, Dawn, Nader, Pastor Sarah, Ruins, Shannon, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 103 – RUINS

September 4, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 3 Comments

This week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE took the typical holiday in participation. That is to be expected. What wasn’t to be expected was that there was a first time participant. Joe Duff submitted his first ever (and hopefully not last) submission. He managed to do it while being in the heart of Hurricane Harvey. So I guess whatever excuse you were going to give me about not being able to take a picture this week seems a little bit lame right about now. Doesn’t it.

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

Cathie Raley

Joe Duff

Christopher D. Bennett

Sarah Karber

Angie DeWaard

Dawn Krause 1

Dawn Krause 2

Shannon Bardole

While there weren’t many submissions this week, they were solid 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:

LOW PERSPECTIVE

LOW PERSPECTIVE! What a great theme! What is LOW PERSPECTIVE? It is simple. You just have to get low to the ground. Think of what the world must look like to one of nature’s noblest of creatures, the rat, then photograph that view.

As always, I look forward to seeing your interpretations!

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.

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

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 LOW Monday!

Dae Hee, Sara, WPC - Reminder

The Next 52

September 3, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

As we near the end of the most recent 52 themes, it is time that I reveal the next 52. If there is a name in parentheses next to the theme, that is the person that suggest the theme:

Party (Sara Lockner)
Black and White
Portrait
Faceless Portrait
Old or Elderly
Signs
Road Trip
Landscape
Still Life
Night
Small Town
Family
Macro
Self-Portrait
Art
Religion
Abstract
Music
Animal
Shadow
Joy
Fear
Jealousy
Tree
High Perspective
Weather
Nature
Water
Flower
Ruins
Low Perspective
Food
Store
Transportation
Architecture
Reflection
Candid Portrait
Black
White
City
Agriculture
Competition
Framed
Work
Toy
Government
Feet
Hands
Colorful
Scary
Hobbies (Dae Hee Yoon)
Humor

Remember that this list isn’t in order. Only the random generator gods know what order these challenges will present themselves.

Black & White, Formal Portrait, Photoshop, Saydie

Summer Saydie

September 3, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 4 Comments

I recently took some summer senior pictures for Saydie. At this time, I’m willing to share some of the special effects pictures.

These are some of the pictures I take that I know that the parents aren’t necessarily looking for (which is maybe why I’m not collecting fat stacks of cash as a portrait photographer), but I feel it is in line with the motto that is on the Photography 139 business card:

“Art is a lie that reveals the truth.”

Oh. You don’t know about the new Photography 139 business card? I guess that’ll probably be coming to a blog post near you at some point. If you ask nicely, you might even get one.

History, Jay, Railroad, Travel

10-21-07

September 2, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

The folder called 10-21-07 is full of pictures from a trip on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad with Jay.

If you really love railroad photography, there are many more images from this trip in this gallery:

2007 Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad Trip

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane features more trains, more leaves, and another appearance from Jay!

Ruins, WPC - Reminder

WEEKLY PHOTO REMINDER – RUINS

September 1, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

Here is your weekly reminder that the theme for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is RUINS:

RUINS

The definition for RUINS:

the physical destruction or disintegration of something or the state of disintegrating or being destroyed

Happy photo harvesting!

Baby Got Rack, Contests, Michelle, Scottie D., WPC - Alternate

But That’s Kind of Hard When She’s Ready to Go

September 1, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

“This performance is dedicated to all the playa hating teachers that won’t let a little gangsta shine!”

I normally don’t get too into explaining any of my photography. The thing about art is that once the artist creates it and puts it out into the world, they are powerless to control how people interpret the piece.

However, I thought I would explain a little bit of what my original vision was for the HATE theme. So interpretations don’t got too far askew.

I intended to join in with an anti-social media movement championed by this website:

Pro Personal Communication

I printed off one of their props and even had Michelle cut them out for me (since I’m not that great with the scissors) and I was going to spend my weekend using the prop to be a hater and HATE on the phone zombie phenomenon.

However, I just could get my playa hating game going this week. I’m not sure what was wrong. I hope my invite to the Playa Haters’ Ball doesn’t get pulled. That weekend catching up with Silky Johnson and Mr. Roboto is one of my favorite weekends of the year.

Here are the HATE photos that didn’t make the cut for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

The picture that is just of me, isn’t because I HATE myself. No need to send me link’s to Logic videos. I HATE getting ice cream in my beard.

Here is another thing for you to HATE.

Recently, Baby Got Rack had to pull out of the Pufferbilly Days Barbecue Contest. There will be no threepeat as the People’s Champ. Baby Got Rack had to pull out because Scottie D. has a myriad of catering gigs lined up. Including his brother’s wedding. I tried to get him to skip his brother’s wedding. It is a long standing policy of mine that only bad people get married during the fall on Saturdays and furthermore I don’t know why my weekend should be ruined because somebody else “fell in love”. But Scottie D. is a hopeless romantic and tells me I should stop hating.

Maybe I will keep my invite to the Playa Haters’ Ball after all!