I just want to start today by wishing people a Happy Pride Month!
At Photography 139, we are deeply committed to fostering a safe, inclusive, and equitable environment for everyone. We celebrate Pride Month and stand in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community, recognizing the importance of affirming and supporting individuals’ identities and expressions. We believe that everyone deserves to be treated with dignity and respect, regardless of their sexual orientation or gender identity.
In other words, we are ally AF!
SPIRIT! 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, May 26, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:
1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week
2-Mary Green – 1 week
3-Sara Lockner – 1 week
4-Jesse Howard – 4 weeks
*5-Alexis Stensland – 7 weeks
6-Sabas Hernandez – 19 weeks
7-Deanna McClain – 20 weeks
*8-Deb Powers – 39 weeks
9-Mike Vest – 52 weeks
10-Lowell Davis – 73 weeks
11-Scott Degeneffe – 91 weeks
12-Sheri Fakhouri – 101 weeks
*13-Logan Kahler – 103 weeks
14-Nathanial Brown – 104 weeks
15-Tamara Peterson – 115 weeks
16-Mindi Terrell – 119 weeks
17-Linda Bennett – 148 weeks
18-Sarah Toot – 149 weeks
19-Angie DeWaard – 152 weeks
*20-Dawn Krause – 157 weeks
*21-Kim Barker – 162 weeks
22-Joe Duff – 164 weeks
*23-Teresa Kahler – 175 weeks
24-Carla Stensland – 175 weeks
25-Micky Augustin – 177 weeks
*26-Andy Sharp – 178 weeks
27-Bill Wentworth – 179 weeks
28-Cathie Morton – 182 weeks
29-Elizabeth Nordeen – 184 weeks
30-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 186 weeks
31-Kio Dettman – 188 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:
Becky Parmelee (Bentonville, Arkansas) – 1 week
Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 1 week
Suzie Brannen (Ledges State Park – Iowa)
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 1 week
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Mary Green (Iowa) – 2 weeks
Mary Green (Iowa)
Jesse Howard (Boone, Iowa) – 5 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 8 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa)
Deanna McClain (Perry, Iowa) – 21 weeks
Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) 40 weeks
Deb Powers (Luther, Iowa)
Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 53 weeks
Lowell Davis (Boone, Iowa) – 74 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Des Moines, Iowa)- 92 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 102 weeks
Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 104 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Manhattan, New York) – 105 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Punta cana, Dominican Republic)
Tamara Peterson (Boone, Iowa) – 116 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Boone, Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 120 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa)
Linda Bennet (Kansas City, Missouri) – 149 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas City, Missouri)
Sarah Toot (Point Pleasant, New Jersey) – 150 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 153 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa)
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 158 weeks
Kim Barker (White Oak, Iowa) – 163 weeks
Joe Duff (Webster, Texas) – 165 weeks
Carla Stensland (Spirit Lake, Iowa) – 176 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 176 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Colo, Iowa) – 178 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 179 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 180 weeks
Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 183 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Des Moines, Iowa) – 185 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Des Moines, Iowa) – 187 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 189 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)
Christopher D. Bennett (Des Moines, Iowa) – 611 weeks
33 participants this week! An okay week.
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
- Arkansas
- *Dominican Republic
- Iowa
- Missouri
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- Texas
Thanks to the travels of Nathanial we are able to add the Dominican Republic to the Photography 139 Submission Map!
Here is the Year 12 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):
- Arkansas
- California
- Colorado
- Florida
- Illinois
- Indiana
- Iowa
- Kansas
- Kentucky
- Maryland
- Missouri
- Minnesota
- Nebraska
- New Jersey
- New York
- Ohio
- Oklahoma
- Pennsylvania
- South Dakota
- Tennessee
- Texas
- Utah
- Washington
- Washington D.C.
- Wisconsin
- Argentina
- Chile
- Dominican Republic
There was one milestone reached this week. Logan joined the 2 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! But it wasn’t all fun and games. Jen couldn’t build on her submission from last week. Her streak was over before it began. Sabas’ streak came crashing to a halt at 19 weeks. The humanity!
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:
SATURDAY NIGHT
SATURDAY NIGHT! What a great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
I look forward to seeing your interpretation! And what kind of shenanigans you get up to on Saturday nights!
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of SATURDAY NIGHT in this place that is always looking for exciting nights next Monday!