NOTE: – AT THE END OF THE MONTH I WILL BE OPEN TO SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR’S THEMES. THE LAST MONDAY IN OCTOBER AND THE 1ST MONDAY IN NOVEMBER ARE WHEN SUGGESTIONS CAN BE MADE. THOSE SUGGESTIONS HAVE TO BE MADE IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THOSE POSTS. NOT VIA EMAIL, TEXT MESSAGE, TEAMS, PHONE CONVERSATION, SNAPCHAT. ONLY IN THE COMMENTS SECTIONS OF THOSE 2 POSTS. START THINKING OF THEMES YOU WOULD LIKE TO BE CONSIDERED FOR NEXT YEAR.
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Today is Becky’s birthday, so I must wisher her a happy birthday.
Happy birthday Becky!
I hope your birthday is as amazing as you can handle!
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#INSTAGOOD! A simple theme. Only asking people to submit the best picture they took this week. But did a bunch of people pick a best picture to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! It will be exciting to see the best picture that people took last week!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week
2-Myriah Sharp – 2 weeks
3-Elainie Stensland – 2 weeks
4-Scott Degeneffe – 7 weeks
5-Sabas Hernandez – 8 weeks
6-Willy McAlpine – 8 weeks
7-Mike Vest – 14 weeks
8-Sheri Fakhouri – 17 weeks (3)
9-Monica Jennings – 18 weeks
10-Logan Kahler – 18 weeks
11-Nathanial Brown – 19 weeks
12-Jesse Howard – 19 weeks (2)
13-Tamara Peterson – 22 weeks
14-Mindi Terrell – 34 weeks (3)
15-Brandon Kahler – 58 weeks
16-Linda Bennett – 63 weeks (3)
17-Sarah Toot – 64 weeks
18-Angie DeWaard – 68 weeks
19-Dawn Krause – 72 weeks
20-Kim Barker – 78 weeks
21-Joe Duff – 79 weeks
22-Teresa Kahler – 90 weeks (2)
23-Carla Stensland – 90 weeks
24-Micky Augustin – 92 weeks
25-Andy Sharp – 93 weeks
26-Bill Wentworth – 94 weeks
27-Cathie Morton – 98 weeks
28-Elizabeth Nordeen – 99 weeks (2)
29-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 101 weeks
30-Kio Dettman – 103 weeks (3)
The third week of each month I like to share a map of all the state that have had pictures taken in that were submitted for this calendar year. Well, I checked my calendar and this is the third Monday of the month. Here is the map, heading into this week:
That is a lot of states filled in. In fact, going into this week, there are only 12 states that haven’t been visited and photographed by somebody that submits here. I don’t think there is any chance we will fill in the entire map this year, but we sure have gotten a lot closer than I ever would have guessed!
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:
Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 93 weeks
Lori Backous (Iowa) – 1 week
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 102 weeks
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 79 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Ledges State Park – Boone County, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Boone, Iowa) – 64 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Texas) – 2 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Faribault County, Minnesota) – 20 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 8 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 104 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 69 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 80 weeks
Pepper Duncan (Iowa) – 1 week
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Santa Fe, New Mexico) – 1 week
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 18 weeks
Susanna Funk (Iowa) – 1 week
Derrick Gorshe (New Mexico) – 1 week
Evie Gorshe (New Mexico) – 1 week
Layla Gorshe (New Mexico) – 1 week
Mary Green (Lake Christian Home – Holt, Michigan) – 1 week
Elainie Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Eldon, Iowa) – 9 weeks
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 20 weeks
Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 19 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 59 weeks
Logan Kahler (Ada Haydn Park – Ames, Iowa) – 19 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 91 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 73 weeks
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week
Willy McAlpine (Nerja Beach – Spain) – 9 weeks
Cathie Morton (Cumming, Iowa) – 99 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Kansas) – 100 weeks
Amy Peterson (Iowa) – 1 week
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 23 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 94 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Des Moines, Iowa) – 1 week
Carla Stensland (Highway 330 – Iowa) – 91 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 35 weeks
Sarah Toot (Kilmaine Saints band at Finola’s Bar – Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 65 weeks
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 15 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Nebraska) – 95 weeks
41 participants! I think that is a new record!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Kansas
+ Iowa
+ Minnesota
+ New Mexico
+ Pennsylvania
+ Spain
+ Texas
Thanks to the Gorshe trip to New Mexico, we have added another state to our list.
Here is the current calendar year list for states:
+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Hawaii
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New Mexico
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming
39 states and 1 district! That is pretty impressive! Over 75% of the way there! Every continental state west of the Mississippi is now accounted for.
This is the list of states currently missing:
+ Alabama
+ Alaska
+ Connecticut
+ Delaware
+ Indiana
+ Maine
+ Massachusetts
+ Mississippi
+ Rhode Island
+ Virginia
+ West Virginia
The Outside of the United States map is currently:
+ Alto del Perdon – Spain
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico (General)
+ Isla Mujeres, Mexico
+ Riviera Maya, Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Ontario, Canada
+ Vallunareju Norte – Peru
+ Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada
+ Puenta de la Reina, Spain
+ St. John pied de port, France
+ Vienna, Austria
+ Munich, Germany
+ Rome, Italy
+ Cannes, France
+ Koper, Slovenia
The big, huge, monster milestone this week is Elizabeth joining the Triple Digit Club! WooHoo!
The other big milestone was the first ever submission from Pepper Duncan. I know it was a bit of a accidental Snapchat fluke that lead to the submission, but maybe it is the beginning of big things in the future.
But it wasn’t all sunshine and flowers. Myriah’s 2 week streak came to an end.
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:
VINTAGE – Suggested by Sarah Toot
VINGTAGE! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
But what is a VINTAGE image? It is simply a picture where the subject of a major compositional element is something that is VINTAGE. So what is VINTAGE? Is it just a nice way to say old?
Yes and no.
Old but not that old. But not new. Generally speaking to be considered VINTAGE, it should be no older than 100 years old. But not newer than 20 years old. Older than 100 years is an antique. Newer than 20 years old and looks old… well that is just retro.
While considering possible subjects for your VINTAGE image, meditate on the following quote and I have no doubt you will come up with a great picture:
It is easily overlooked that what is now called vintage was once brand new.
-Tony Visconti
I look forward to seeing your interpretation!
RULES
The picture has to be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge. There is a limit of 3 submissions per participant. To be considered the photographer, you have to be the one that takes the picture. Don’t be stealing the work of other artists. You can submit pictures for other photographers that took pictures with your camera or phone, but give credit where credit is due.
You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.
That is it. Thems the rules!
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of VINTAGE in this place that is ran by somebody that is considered VINTAGE these days next Monday.