WPC – WEEK 503 – WIDE ANGLE

WIDE ANGLE! 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, February 17, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:

1-Mary Green – 1 week
2-Becky Parmelee – 1 week
*3-Alexis Stensland – 3 weeks
4-Sabas Hernandez – 16 weeks
5-Deanna McClain – 16 weeks
*6-Deb Powers – 35 weeks
7-Mike Vest – 48 weeks
8-Lowell Davis – 69 weeks
9-Scott Degeneffe – 87 weeks
10-Sheri Fakhouri – 97 weeks
11-Logan Kahler – 99 weeks
12-Nathanial Brown – 100 weeks
13-Tamara Peterson – 111 weeks
*14-Mindi Terrell – 115 weeks
*15-Linda Bennett – 144 weeks
16-Sarah Toot – 145 weeks
17-Angie DeWaard – 148 weeks
18-Dawn Krause – 153 weeks
*19-Kim Barker – 158 weeks
*20-Joe Duff – 160 weeks
*21-Teresa Kahler – 171 weeks
*22-Carla Stensland – 171 weeks
23-Micky Augustin – 173 weeks
24-Andy Sharp – 174 weeks
25-Bill Wentworth – 175 weeks
26-Cathie Morton – 178 weeks
27-Elizabeth Nordeen – 180 weeks
28-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 182 weeks
29-Kio Dettman – 184 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!

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. If you submit 2 pictures, make sure they are of different subjects.
3. 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.
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.
6. Please include the location of where the picture was taken with your submission.

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:

Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 1 week

Jesse Howard (Cedar Falls, Iowa) – 1 week

Jesse Howard (Chicago, Illinois)

Sara Lockner (Des Moines, Iowa) – 1 week

Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 2 weeks

Mary Green (Edgewood, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Mary Green (Edgewood, Iowa)

Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 49 weeks

Deanna McClain (Perry, Iowa) – 17 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Pella, Iowa) – 17 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Pella, Iowa)

Deb Powers (Polk City, Iowa) – 36 weeks

Deb Powers (Polk City, Iowa)

Mike Vest (West Bend, Iowa) – 49 weeks

Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 70 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Urbandale, Iowa) – 88 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 98 weeks

Logan Kahler (Detroit, Michigan) – 100 weeks

Logan Kahler (Detroit, Michigan)

Nathanial Brown (Detroit, Michigan) – 101 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 112 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa) – 116 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Johnston, Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Sparks, Kansas) – 145 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas)

Sarah Toot (Pennsylvania) – 146 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 149 weeks

Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 154 weeks

Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 159 weeks

Joe Duff (Houston, Texas) – 161 weeks

Joe Duff (League City, Texas)

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 172 weeks

Carla Stensland (West Lake Okoboji – Arnold’s Park, IA) – 172 weeks

Carla Stensland (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Story County, Iowa) – 174 weeks

Andy Sharp (Clinton, Iowa) – 175 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 176 weeks

Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 179 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 181 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Pella, Iowa) – 183 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 185 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Ames, Iowa) – 607 weeks

33 participants week! Some people came back. But Brandon and Monica still MIA.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

• Arkansas (1)
• Illinois (1)
• Iowa (31)
• Kansas (2)
• *Michigan (3)
• Nebraska (1)
• Pennsylvania (1)
• Texas (2)

Thanks to Logan and Nathanial’s travels we added Michigan to the map.

Here is the Year 12 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

• Alaska (1)
• Arkansas (7)
• California (3)
• Colorado (1)
• Florida (5)
• Illinois (4)
• Iowa (518)
• Kansas (20)
• Maryland (3)
• Michigan (3)
• Missouri (3)
• Minnesota (3)
• Nebraska (12)
• New Jersey (2)
• New York (1)
• Ohio (1)
• Oklahoma (2)
• Pennsylvania (17)
• Tennessee (2)
• Texas (17)
• Washington (1)
• Washington D.C. (1)
• Wisconsin (3)
• Argentina (4)
• Chile (5)

The big milestone this week was Logan joining the Triple Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! Also, no streaks were broken!

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:

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY! What a great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I can’t state this clearly enough! STREET PHOTOGRAPHY IS NOT A PICTURE OF A STREET! IT IS PHOTOGRAPHY DONE IN A PUBLIC PLACE!

I look forward to seeing 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 STREET PHOTOGRAPHY in this place that has all the street cred next Monday!