You may recall last week that I gave Micky an extension because he was in a place where he could only communicate via satellite phone. Here is his SQUARE photo:
Micky Augustin (Chicago, Illinois) – 139 weeks
On the other news from last week’s streaks, Adam’s trending in the right direction. I don’t know if he is back taking photos, but if you keep scrolling, you will find out.
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SELF-PORTRAIT! A great theme! But were enough people in touch with themselves to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 9, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):
*1-Deb Powers – 1 week (MT, IA)
2-Alexis Stensland – 1 week (IA)
3-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
4-Suzie Brannen – 2 weeks (IA, MD)
*5-Amy Peterson – 2 weeks (IA)
6-Monica Jennings – 4 weeks (IA)
7-Sara Lockner – 5 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
8-Willy McAlpine – 8 weeks (IA)
9-Deanna McClain – 12 weeks (IA, MN)
10-Mike Vest – 16 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
11-Sabas Hernandez – 21 weeks (IA, OH)
12-Lowell Davis – 35 weeks (IA, MO)
13-Michelle Haupt – 35 weeks (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI)
14-Brandon Kahler – 36 weeks (IA, MN)
15-Scott Degeneffe – 54 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
16-Sheri Fakhouri – 64 weeks (IA, NE)
*17-Logan Kahler – 65 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
18-Nathanial Brown – 66 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS)
19-Tamara Peterson – 77 weeks (IA, MN)
20-Mindi Terrell – 81 weeks (IA)
21-Linda Bennett – 110 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
22-Sarah Toot – 111 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
23-Angie DeWaard – 115 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG)
24-Dawn Krause – 119 weeks (IA, IL)
25-Kim Barker – 125 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*26-Joe Duff – 126 weeks (TX, NY)
*27-Teresa Kahler – 137 weeks (IA, NE)
28-Carla Stensland – 137 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
29-Micky Augustin – 139 weeks (IA, IL, FL)
30-Andy Sharp – 140 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
31-Bill Wentworth – 141 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
32-Cathie Morton – 145 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
33-Elizabeth Nordeen – 146 weeks (IA, OH)
34-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 148 weeks (IA, CA, NV)
*35-Kio Dettman – 150 weeks (IA)
strong>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.
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:
Adam Gordon (Iowa) – 26 weeks
Amy Peterson (Ames, Iowa) – 3 weeks
Amy Peterson (Ledges State Park – Boone County, Iowa)
Andy Sharp (Iowa City, Iowa) – 141 weeks
Andy Sharp (Iowa City, Iowa)
Angie DeWaard (Neurology Dept, McFarland Clinic – Ames, Iowa) – 116 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 142 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 37 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Salida, Colorado) – 138 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 146 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 120 weeks
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 13 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 2 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)
Elainie Hernandez (Boone, Iowa)- 1 week
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 147 weeks
Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 3 weeks
Joe Duff (Texas) – 127 weeks
Kim Barker (Cambridge, Iowa) – 126 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) -151 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 111 weeks
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 66 weeks
Lowell Davis (Muscatine, Iowa) – 36 weeks
Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa) – 1 week
Michelle Haupt (Iowa) – 36 weeks
Micky Augustin (Above the Arctic Circle, Alaska) – 140 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 82 weeks
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 17 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 67 weeks
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 6 weeks
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 112 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa)- 55 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Deal’s Orchard – Jefferson, Iowa) – 149 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 65 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 3 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 78 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 138 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Willy McAlpine (Goeppinger Field – Boone, Iowa) – 9 weeks
37 participants! That is a pretty good week!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Alaska (1)
+ Colorado (1)
+ Iowa (37)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (1)
Thanks to Micky’s travels, we have added Alaska to this year’s submission map!
Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):
+ Arkansas (19.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1343)
+ Kansas (51)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (9)
+ Minnesota (12)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (17.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (43)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (1)
+ New York (17)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (28)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (4)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (53)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (4)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)
36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG) – 4
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2
Jen has claimed the top spot to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!” However Andy, Scott, and Nathanial are in striking distance. Jesse has fallen out of contention.
There were some big milestones this week. Adam’s streak returned from medical leave and he is now in the Half Year Streak Club! WooHoo! Tamara joined the Year and Half Streak Club! WooHoo! Woo!
But it wasn’t all good news. Alexis couldn’t build on her submission from last week. Her streak was over before it began. Worst of all, Sabas’ streak comes to a crashing halt at 21 weeks. The humanity!
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:
MUSIC
MUSIC! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
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 see your idea of MUSIC in this place that that thinks of itself as a visual symphony next Monday.