COMMERCIAL! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices in motion? Keep scrolling to find out.
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 31, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
*1-Mary Green – 2 weeks
2-Jesse Howard – 6 weeks
3-Sabas Hernandez – 12 weeks
4-Monica Jennings – 12 weeks
5-Deanna McClain – 12 weeks
*6-Alexis Stensland – 13 weeks
*7-Deb Powers – 31 weeks
8-Willy McAlpine – 36 weeks
9-Mike Vest – 44 weeks
10-Lowell Davis – 65 weeks
11-Brandon Kahler – 66 weeks
12-Scott Degeneffe – 83 weeks
13-Sheri Fakhouri – 93 weeks
14-Logan Kahler – 95 weeks
15-Nathanial Brown – 96 weeks
16-Tamara Peterson – 107 weeks
*17-Mindi Terrell – 111 weeks
18-Linda Bennett – 140 weeks
19-Sarah Toot – 141 weeks
*20-Angie DeWaard – 144 weeks
21-Dawn Krause – 149 weeks
22-Kim Barker – 155 weeks
*23-Joe Duff – 156 weeks
*24-Teresa Kahler – 167 weeks
*25-Carla Stensland – 167 weeks
26-Micky Augustin – 169 weeks
*27-Andy Sharp – 170 weeks
28-Bill Wentworth – 171 weeks
29-Cathie Morton – 174 weeks
30-Elizabeth Nordeen – 176 weeks
31-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 178 weeks
32-Kio Dettman – 180 weeks
Here is the list of rules for Year 12 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!
- 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. If you submit 2 pictures, make sure they are of different subjects.
- Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM Central Time the following Monday. But that is a deadline. Pictures can be submitted as soon as you take them.
- 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.
- No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
- Please include the location of where the picture was taken with your submission.
There are still 2 ways to submit:
- Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
- 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:
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 1 week
Jesse Howard (Marshalltown, Iowa) – 7 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 13 weeks
Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 13 weeks
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 13 weeks
Deb Powers (Polk City, Iowa) 32 weeks
Deb Powers (Polk City, Iowa)
Willy McAlpine (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – 37 weeks
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 45 weeks
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 66 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 67 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Salt Lake City, Utah) – 84 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 94 weeks
Logan Kahler (Madrid, Iowa) – 96 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Las Vegas, Nevada) – 97 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Boone, Iowa) – 108 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Des Moines, Iowa) – 112 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Des Moines, Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 141 weeks
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 142 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 145 weeks
Dawn Krause (The Breakfast Club – Des Moines, Iowa) – 150 weeks
Kim Barker (Ankeny, Iowa) – 156 weeks
Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa)
Joe Duff (Webster, Texas) – 157 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 168 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 168 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (West Des Moines, Iowa) – 170 weeks
Andy Sharp (Mucky Duck – Ames, Iowa) – 171 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 172 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 175 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 177 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Ankeny, Iowa) – 179 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 181 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)
Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa) – 603 weeks
32 participants this week! That’s a pretty bad week. Not as bad of a week as say my chances of being able to retire some day took, but still a pretty bad week.
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
- Iowa (32)
- Kansas (1)
- Nebraska(1)
- Nevada (1)
- Pennsylvania (1)
- Texas (1)
- *Utah (1)
Thanks to Scott’s travels, we added Utah to the map!
Here is the Year 12 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):
- Arkansas (6)
- California (2)
- Colorado (1)
- Florida (4)
- Illinois (1)
- Indiana (3)
- Iowa (401)
- Kansas (19)
- Kentucky (2)
- Maryland (1)
- Missouri (3)
- Minnesota (4)
- Nebraska (15)
- Nevada (2)
- New Jersey (2)
- New York (1)
- Ohio (1)
- Oklahoma (2)
- Pennsylvania (9)
- Tennessee (2)
- Texas (24)
- Utah (1)
- Washington D.C. (2)
- Wisconsin (2)
- Argentina (4)
- Chile (5)
The big milestone reached this week is that Kim joined the 3 Year Streak Club. WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! But it wasn’t all sunshine and rainbows. Mary’s streak is over at 2 weeks. Alexis’ is no more after a lucky 13 weeks of submitting.
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:
LOVE (SUGGESTED BY CARLA STENSLAND)
LOVE! What a great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
I look forward to seeing your interpretation!
PHOTOGRAPHY TIP OF THE WEEK
You may have heard the terms wide-angle and telephoto applied to lenses. But do you know what they mean? This might not be the absolute most accurate definition out there, but it is what I use, so it must be right. A wide-angle lens will record an angle of view that is wider than normal human vision. While a telephoto lens will record an angle of view that is narrower than normal human vision. Different sources will argue different mm lenses closest replicate the normal human eye. Some will say 35mm. Some will say 50mm. Some even say 42mm. I’m in the 50mm camp. And I will explain what that means next week. But for now a lens that has a focal length of below 50mm is a wide angle lens. A lens that has a focal length of above 50mm is a telephoto lens.
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of LOVE in this place that is a labor of love next Monday!