ORANGE! The favorite color of some. Some even say it is the new black. Some say that whomever said it was the new pink was seriously deranged. But was all these opinions on ORANGE enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out:
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 12, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
2-Jennie Green – 1 week
3-Amy Peterson – 1 week (2)
4-Deanna McClain – 1 week
5-Johnathan Stensland – 1 week
6-Willy McAlpine – 2 weeks
7-Sara Lockner – 4 weeks
8-Monica Jennings – 5 weeks
9-Suzie Brannen – 6 weeks
10-Lowell Davis – 6 weeks
11-Michelle Haupt – 6 weeks
12-Alexis Stensland – 6 weeks
13-Brandon Kahler – 7 weeks
14-Scott Degeneffe – 25 weeks
15-Sabas Hernandez – 26 weeks
16-Mike Vest – 31 weeks
17-Sheri Fakhouri – 35 weeks
18-Logan Kahler – 36 weeks (2)
19-Nathanial Brown – 37 weeks
20-Jesse Howard – 37 weeks
21-Tamara Peterson – 40 weeks
22-Mindi Terrell – 52 weeks (2)
23-Linda Bennett – 81 weeks
24-Sarah Toot – 82 weeks
25-Angie DeWaard – 86 weeks
26-Dawn Krause – 90 weeks (2)
27-Kim Barker – 96 weeks
28-Joe Duff – 97 weeks (2)
29-Teresa Kahler – 108 weeks
30-Carla Stensland – 108 weeks
31-Micky Augustin – 110 weeks
32-Andy Sharp – 111 weeks
33-Bill Wentworth – 112 weeks (2)
34-Cathie Morton – 116 weeks
35-Elizabeth Nordeen – 117 weeks
36-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 119 weeks
37-Kio Dettman – 121 weeks
Heading in to this week’s theme, here is what the 2024 Submission Map looks like:
THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is starting to spread!
Reminder. Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:
1. The picture must 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 and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.
3. Sometimes, for special people, for special circumstances, we can negotiate something.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks or the rules of the challenge or how to submit. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:
Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 111 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Iowa) – 120 weeks
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 97 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Photography 139 Studio – Boone, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 82 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Suzie Brannen (Clive, Iowa) – 7 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Clive, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Boone, Iowa) – 38 weeks
Lowell Davis (Boone, Iowa) – 7 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 26 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa)
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 122 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 87 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 98 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas)
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Missouri Airspace) – 2 weeks
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Galveston, Texas)
Mary Green (Iowa) – 1 week
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 36 weeks
Susanna Funk (Pikes Peak, Colorado) – 1 week
Michelle Haupt (Iowa) – 7 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 27 weeks
Jesse Howard (Sacred Heart – Boone, Iowa) – 38 weeks
Jesse Howard (Y Camp – Boone County, Iowa)
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 6 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa)
Brandon Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 8 weeks
Logan Kahler (Wal-Mart – Boone, Iowa) – 37 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 109 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa)
Stephanie Kim (Bed-Stuy – Brooklyn, New York) – 1 week
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 91 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa)
Sara Lockner (Granger, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa)
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 117 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 118 weeks
Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 1 week
Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas)
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 41 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 112 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 7 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa) – 109 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 53 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Sarah Toot (New York City, New York) – 83 weeks
Sarah Toot (New York City, New York)
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 32 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 113 weeks
39 participants! That is a great week! Breaks the previous record for participants this year, which was 38! Plus the first submissions this year from Stephanie and Becky!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Arkansas
+ Colorado
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Missouri
+ Nebraska
+ New York
+ Texas
Thanks to the travels of Jen, we added Missouri to the list. And Becky’s first submissions of 2024 add Arkansas to the list!
Here is the Year 11 list of states where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each state):
+ Arkansas (2)
+ California (1)
+ Colorado (2)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Iowa (272)
+ Kansas (11)
+ Michigan (2)
+ Minnesota (1)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraska (8)
+ New York (4)
+ Pennsylvania (6)
+ South Dakota (2)
+ Texas (13)
12 states so far! No bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple states:
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX)
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO)
+ Mary Green (MI, IA)
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY)
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN)
Jen has now taken a 2 state lead to be crowned the Queen of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Travel! I’ll keep workshopping that name.
The big milestone this week was Scott joining the Half Year Club! WooHoo!
But it wasn’t all good times! Jennie, Amy, and Johnathan couldn’t build on last week’s submission. Their streaks ended before they began!
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:
LEADING LINES – IOWA STATE FAIR PHOTOGRAPHY SALON THEME
LEADING LINES! What a great them for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
I’m not explaining themes this year, unless it is something technical, but since this is the special theme category for the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon, I thought I would share their explanation for LEADING LINES.
I look forward to your interpretation!
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 LEADING LINES in this place in this place that hopefully is leading somewhere positive next Monday.