02-10-08/LWL

January 13, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

The images in today’s post came from the folder 02-10-08/lwl. They are from a photo shoot for Shannon’s Little White Lye Soap company. These are how I would edit them today, if I still had the contract:

A reminder that you can buy your own Little White Lye Soap at Shannon’s Online Store:

LITTLE WHITE LYE SOAP

Little White Lye Soap is a product I still endorse. I used to give it out as Christmas presents back when I we used to give Christmas presents out.

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane involves a camera that I tested for Nader for his trip to London.

Photoshop, WPC - Reminder

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – HIGH PERSPECTIVE

January 12, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

A reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is HIGH PERSPECTIVE:

HIGH PERSPECTIVE

A HIGH PERSPECTIVE photo is one where you are looking down on the subject or a picture where you are higher up than normal. No examples this week. Happy photo harvesting!

Derrick, Event, Jesse

Freedom Flight Sendoff

January 12, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett 4 Comments

A few months back I went to the Freedom Flight Sendoff and snapped a few pictures. Here are a few of them:

I went to the Freedom Flight Sendoff to see Jesse’s Dad, but I was surprised when Derrick’s Dad got up and gave an impromptu speech about the sacrifice of the significant others of veterans.

If you don’t know, the Freedom Flight is a flight that takes veterans to Washington D.C. to visit the memorials that stand in their honor.

Art, Black & White, Flowers, Grandma, Macro, Photoshop

Daisy, Daisy

January 11, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

Dipping into the backlog again. These pictures were taken on June 4.

The majority of these pictures were taken at McHose Park. The other two were taken in my Grandma’s backyard.

Art, Black & White, History, Jen, Postcard

The Postcard Recreation Project – Teddy Roosevelt

January 10, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

A few months back Jen sent me a text message out of the blue suggesting that I should try to recreate (update) old postcards. It seems like a perfect fit for me, since I might be the last person on the world who really loves postcards and even occasionally sends them and loves to get them (hint! hint!).

I made sort of a test run recently of the Teddy Roosevelt statue in McHose Park. Have a look:

Teddy Roosevelt Statue - McHose Park - Original

The Original

The Recreation

I’m not going to toot my horn that this was a resounding success. I do have a 100% commitment to the truth, but I did learn a lot from this first run. I’m excited to put this new knowledge to the test in the nearish future.

Black & White, Dad, Photoshop, Railroad, Ruins, WPC - Alternate

Just Let Me Do What I Do Best; You’re Better Off Playing Russian Roulette

January 9, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

The world wasn’t ready for these alternates for last week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme RUINS. Not sure the world is ready yet, but I can’t hold them back any longer:

Most of these pictures were taken down at the Kate Shelley Museum in Moingona. For those of you from Minnesota, that is pronounced MON like the MON in MONtana. No MOYN like the MOINes in Des Moines. The Kate Shelley Museum is closed to the public while they try to raise money to fix it. However, considering the Historical Society’s current situation with the Eisenhower Birthplace, I can’t imagine it opening back up to the public at any point in the near future.

Sadly, even the outhouses (#outhousesofinstagram) are even closed. However, the trail to the Mill Creek Bridge seems to still be open.

The steps can be found near the intersection of US-30 and R18. Near there is where my Dad took his famous (if you ever went to the bathroom at 415 Greene Street) Mahaska Avenue Outhouse (#outhousesofinstagram) photo.

Carla, Kim, Ruins, Steph, Tamara, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 121 – RUINS

January 8, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

There was another slight uptick in participation this rates for RUINS in this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot abut participation rates. You came to see the submissions:

KIM BARKER

TAMARA PETERSON

CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT

CARLA STENSLAND

STEPHANIE KIM

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:

HIGH PERSPECTIVE!

HIGH PERSPECTIVE! What a great theme! But what does it mean? A HIGH PERSPECTIVE photo would be the opposite of last week’s LOW PERSPECTIVE. Rather than getting low like one of God’s noblest creatures, the rat, think of getting high like one of God’s lowest creatures, the hawk. But how high is high? It doesn’t have to be way up in the sky. Anything spot where you can look down on your subject is good enough. That might just be standing on a chair. Get creative.

As always, I look forward to 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 due date. 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

I’m pleased to announce that Andy Sharp is the newest person to show taste, class, and sophistication by signing up for a Photography 139 email subscription. He did this despite the fact that his wife checks his email for him and he is very proud of his lack of tech savvy and social media-ness. You may remember Andy from such past adventures like Mission Trip to Martin or Mission Trip to Milwaukee. I’m sure he will be starring in my future adventure called Mission Trip to Houston. If you see Andy out walking the mean streets of Boone, feel free to give him a knowing look and show him the super secret Photography 13 handshake!

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

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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 high Monday!

Anders, Photo Journal

A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 29

January 7, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

In early December I made a trip down to Des Moines with Anders to see THE DISASTER ARTIST. Before the movie we supped at the Jordan Creek Zombie Burger. I took the following picture for Page 29 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT:

Imagine you’re Elvis. What was your final photograph?

The burger is the Undead Elvis. It has peanut butter, fried bananas, bacon, American cheese, egg, and mayo on it. It is a delicious mess.

I took the original photo with a DSLR and then put it into a template to make it look like it was an Instagram post.

I downloaded the template from here:

Instagram Photoshop Template

I haven’t been tackling much of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT lately, so I’m not sure which page we will visit next time we visit it.

Art, Becca, History, Holidays, Monica, Photoshop, Sara, Work

2-10-08

January 6, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

The following pictures were in the folder 2-10-08:

The tin was made by Sara. It was product from her Etsy store. You may have noticed some of her tins around my house as decorations.

The painted fish bowl was a Christmas present from Becca. It was one of my favorite Christmas Presents I’ve ever received. Her design was based off of my 4 FLOWERS image.

The tragic part of this story is that I used the bowl as my loose change jar. When it was full I took it to the bank and it got broke. I don’t know that I’ve ever fully recovered. Hopefully some day I will get a replacement for it. Perhaps it will come the same day I get my replacement for my Monica Henning painting that was also tragically destroyed in a freak dog toy accident.

The last image is something I won at a Christmas Work Party. I sold it to a co-worker for $20.

I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that I did put my car in the ditch on Wednesday. It was the first time in my life I’ve put my car in the ditch… well during winter. (I’m sure many of you remember the skunk family story that lead to my relenting and agreeing to get cell phones.)

I need to point out (because of people like Amber of Youth Group fame) that I was not taking pictures (like I was in 2 of the pictures above) while I was driving. It just happened. Not by best moment.

One of my best moments was being able to restore 3 old timey blogs by adding these old timey photos to the Photograpy 139 Gallery: