WPC – WEEK 536 – HUMANS

HUMANS! A great theme! But did enough people see enough other people to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 15, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:

1-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week
2-Jesse Howard – 1 week
3-Sara Lockner – 1 week
4-Kio Dettman – 5 weeks
5-Becky Parmelee – 10 weeks
6-Suzie Brannen – 14 weeks
7-Willy McAlpine – 16 weeks
8-Monica Jennings – 20 weeks
9-Alexis Stensland – 35 weeks
10-Deanna McClain – 50 weeks
*11-Deb Powers – 68 weeks
12-Mike Vest – 82 weeks
13-Lowell Davis – 102 weeks
14-Scott Degeneffe – 121 weeks
15-Sheri Fakhouri – 131 weeks
16-Logan Kahler – 132 weeks
17-Nathanial Brown – 133 weeks
18-Tamara Peterson – 144 weeks
*19-Mindi Terrell – 148 weeks
*20-Linda Bennett – 177 weeks
21-Sarah Toot – 178 weeks
*22-Angie DeWaard – 181 weeks
23-Dawn Krause – 184 weeks
24-Kim Barker – 192 weeks
25-Joe Duff – 193 weeks
*26-Teresa Kahler – 204 weeks
*27-Carla Stensland – 204 weeks
28-Micky Augustin – 206 weeks
29-Andy Sharp – 207 weeks
30-Bill Wentworth – 208 weeks
31-Cathie Morton – 212 weeks
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 213 weeks
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 215 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:

Nathanial Brown (Phoenix, Arizona) – 134 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Phoenix, Arizona)

Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 11 weeks

Cathie Morton (Atlantic Ocean) – 213 weeks

Sarah Toot (Indianapolis, Indiana) – 179 weeks

Sarah Toot (Indianapolis, Indiana)

Christopher D. Bennett (Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa)

Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 214 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 182 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 205 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)

Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 205 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa)

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 132 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 6 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 185 weeks

Andy Sharp (First United Methodist Church – Boone, Iowa) – 208 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 133 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Jesse Howard (Union Street Theater – Boone, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone, Iowa) – 122 weeks

Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 21 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – 17 weeks

Deb Powers (Des Moines, Iowa) – 69 weeks

Deb Powers (Des Moines, Iowa)

Lowell Davis (Inaugural Iowa Pride Ensembles Concert – Des Moines, Iowa) – 103 weeks

Kim Barker (Des Moines, Iowa) – 193 weeks

Jesse Howard (Des Moines, Iowa)

Sara Lockner (Des Moines, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 83 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 145 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 15 weeks

Micky Augustin (Mason City, Iowa) – 207 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 216 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 149 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Kansas)

Bill Wentworth (Saint Louis, Missouri) – 209 weeks

Joe Duff (Dickinson, Texas) – 194 weeks

Submissions from 32 participants this week. Humans don’t like HUMANS. But despite the low numbers I think this is a solid collection of submissions.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

• Arizona
• Arkansas
• Atlantic Ocean
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Missouri
• Texas

Here is the Year 12 list of places where submissions have been taken:

• Alaska
• Arizona
• Arkansas
• California
• Colorado
• Delaware
• Florida
• Georgia
• Idaho
• Illinois
• Indiana
• Iowa
• Kansas
• Kentucky
• Maryland
• Michigan
• Minnesota
• Missouri
• Montana
• Nebraska
• Nevada
• New Jersey
• New Mexico
• New York
• North Carolina
• North Dakota
• Ohio
• Oklahoma
• Pennsylvania
• South Carolina
• South Dakota
• Tennessee
• Texas
• Utah
• Washington
• Washington D.C.
• Wisconsin
• Wyoming
• Argentina
• Canada
• Chile
• Curacao
• Dominican Republic
• England
• Ireland
• Mexico
• Northern Ireland
• Spain
• Atlantic Ocean

That is 37 states, 1 district, and 10 foreign countries! And 1 body of water.

The big milestone this week was Angie joining the 3.5 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! Woo! Plus Andy joined the 4 Year Streak Club!!! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! But it wasn’t all reindeer games. Two major streaks fell under the unforgiving ax of the Christmas season. Alexis’ 35 week streak is all kaput. Deanna’s 50 week streak is nothing more than a legend. Oh 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:

DECORATION

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

This is the 3rd time that DECORATION has been a theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.

Here are a couple of my favorites from the Ghosts of DECORATION past:

Sara Lockner – Week 373

Logan Kahler – Week 444

To peruse all of the DECORATION archive, click on the link below:

DECORATION ARCHIVE

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

Until next Monday, may you run and not be weary. May your heart be filled with song. And may the love of God continue to give you hope and keep you strong.