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WPC – WEEK 256 – TRANSPORTATION

August 10, 2020 Christopher D. Bennett

Made it! 45 straight weeks of double digit submissions! Once again, I didn’t even have to send out a single reminder text this morning!

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

Kim Barker

Micky Augustin

Tamara Peterson

Carla Stensland

Bill Wentworth

Christopher D. Bennett

Andy Sharp

Cathie Raley

Shannon Bardole-Foley

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:

MACRO

MACRO! What a great theme! But what is a MACRO photo? A MACRO photo is basically a closeup image of some object. For example, the reveal photo is a picture of a wash cloth. Now there is a technical definition of macro that involves 1:1 on a negative, but you don’t need to worry about that. You just want to be get close to an object as you can with the camera equipment you possess.

I look forward to seeing your submissions!

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HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

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.

Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge due date.

I now allow people to text me their submissions. In the past, I had made exceptions for a couple people that aren’t real computer savvy, even though it was an inconvenience for me and required at least 3 extra steps for me. I am now lifting that embargo because I have a streamline way of uploading photos. I’m not giving out my phone number, but if you have it, you can text me.

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

Nobody showed class, taste, and sophistication this week by signing up for a Photography 139 email subscription. I’ll try and do better next week.

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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 close Monday!

Flowers, Macro

4 Pack

August 9, 2020 Christopher D. Bennett

Was torn on whether or not I would continue Sunday posts. I didn’t have one last week, but it wasn’t because of having a lack of photos to share. It was mostly laziness. I almost didn’t post anything today, but I figured I better since I literally accomplished nothing this weekend. In fact, I barely got off the couch. Here is a small collection of flower pictures I took on July 1.

I got off the couch to do laundry. I went over to my Mom’s for breakfast and supper. I went over to Logan’s to pose for a series of pictures so he could test a new toy. I went to church. I attended a Methodist Men meeting. I went to my Mom’s for lunch. I took Naima to Dickcissel. I watched lots of television. Like the movies THE KIDNAPPING OF THE PRESIDENT, THE WESTERNER, THE PEANUT BUTTER FALCON, MONEYBALL, THE LADY EVE, parts of THE MISSOURI BREAKS and I even started in on season 2 of HANNA. What a complete waste of a weekend, but maybe n indication of just how bad I need a vacation right now. Not to go anywhere necessarily. Stupid mismanaged pandemic. But just not to be at work. If things break the way I hope they break tomorrow, I’ll be putting in for vacation about 1 PM tomorrow. I’ve been eyeing the week of Labor Day for awhile now. Keep your fingers crossed.

Black & White, Derrick, Formal Portrait, Jen, Jesse, Self-Portrait

2010-03-05 & 2010-03-07

August 8, 2020 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

The pictures in the folders 2010-03-05 and 2010-03-07 are very distinct. There is a collection of images of dirty mustaches. Mustaches that Jesse and I sported as part of our team concept for a trivia night we attended. We were going to make the trivia night a tradition, but we never went back. I think they stopped holding the trivia night.

The other is a collection of pictures I took of Jen and Derrick when Jen was pregnant with Evie. That is the classier set of pictures.

By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entries to their original glory:

PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT OF THE WEEK NO. 11

PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT OF THE WEEK NO. 12

Punch Myself in the Face

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve the Methodist Men.

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So Many Stories of Where I’ve Been

August 7, 2020 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

I took plenty of NATURE photos that just weren’t ready for the world on Monday. They needed a little bit more time in the oven. These pictures were taken at Summerset State Park, Harrier Marsh, Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge, and Honey Hollow.

I haven’t even thought about this week’s theme yet…

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This is your reminder that this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is TRANSPORTATION:

TRANSPORTATION

A TRANSPORTATION photo is any photo that involves the TRANSPORTATION of people or goods. A car. A train. A boat. Your feet. A road. A bridge. You get the idea.

Happy photo harvesting!

Flowers, Macro

Always, and Always

August 6, 2020 Christopher D. Bennett

Today’s post consists of pictures I took wandering around my yard on the 5th of July. Probably looking for fireworks shells that may have fallen into my yard from what seemed like, every person in 10 block radius shooting off fireworks the night before. So, more flower pictures:

I only found a couple of spent shells in my front yard, which I consider to be an Independence Day miracle!

Black & White, Flowers, Macro

Girl in the Blue Skirt – 2020

August 5, 2020 Christopher D. Bennett

I would say that 2020 wasn’t a great year for you standard daisy. I didn’t have any at all this year. However, my Mom had a fair amount of them, so I was able to get a few pictures of them in early June.

I have been re-organizing my flower photo albums and retconning the naming conventions like I was a HALLOWEEN sequel. I’ll go into more detail on this, when/if I ever finish this mammoth task.

Animals, Flowers, Macro, Naima

Believe in Tomorrow

August 4, 2020 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

This is a collection of flower images I took mostly in my Mom’s yard at the end of May.

I believe the roses were a Mother’s Day present from Carla.

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WPC – WEEK 255 – NATURE

August 3, 2020 Christopher D. Bennett

44 straight weeks of double digit submissions!! Absolutely incredible. Plus another week where I didn’t have to send out an reminder text messages. Nice!

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

Angie DeWaard

Cathie Raley

Carla Stensland

Christopher D. Bennett

Michelle Haupt

Tamara Peterson

Shannon Bardole-Foley

Aaron Barnett

Angie DeWaard

Dawn Krause

Micky Augustin

Robyn Augustin

Micky Augustin

TRANSPORTATION

TRANSPORTATION! What a great theme! But what is a TRANSPORTATION photo? A TRANSPORTATION image is a picture of anything related to the TRANSPORTATION of anything. It could be a car. A truck. A train. An airplane. A bicycle. A wagon. It could be a picture of anything that is related to any of those things. A road. A trail. A sidewalk. Railroad tracks. A dock. You get the idea.

I look forward to seeing your interpretations!

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HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

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

Nobody showed class, taste, and sophistication this week by signing up for a Photography 139 email subscription. I’ll try and do better next week.

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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 trasported Monday!

Alexis, Carla, Commercial, Jill, Johnathan, Self-Portrait, Teresa, Work

2010-03-01 & 2010-03-04

August 1, 2020 Christopher D. Bennett

The pictures in the folders 2010-03-01 and 2010-03-04 are mostly from some pictures I took for the Computer Mine newsletter and for Personal Photo Project #10.

That PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT was to take a picture of Jill’s foot and place it behind a window. Sadly, the resulting piece of work fell into disrepair. I threw it in the basement to store. During the recent basement workings I found it again. Not sure what to do with it. Probably time for the trash pile, but maybe great pieces of art should be burned like a flag. Or it will probably will just continue to take up space in my basement.

WEEK 8 - SELF-PORTRAIT - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT

By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entries to their original glory:

RWPE #8 – SELF-PORTRAIT

COMPUTERMINETOGRAPHY

PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT OF THE WEEK NO. 10

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve a dirty stache.