WPC – WEEK 580 – BLACK & WHITE

REMINDER: TODAY IS THE DAY. ONE OF TWO DAY. IT IS YOUR CHANCE TO SUGGEST THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! YOU CAN DO THAT IN ONE WAY AND ONE WAY ONLY. BY LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS WEEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST. DON’T SEND ME TEXTS. DON’T SEND ME SNAPS. DON’T SEND ME EMAILS. DON’T FLAG ME DOWN ON THE MEAN STREETS OF BOONE. LEAVE A COMMENT ON THIS POST AND THE POST NEXT MONDAY WITH YOUR IDEAS FOR A THEME FOR NEXT YEAR’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! REMEMBER, THE BEST WAY FOR ME NOT TO GIVE A FOCUS WHEN YOU COME TO ME TO COMPLAIN ABOUT A THEME IS FOR ME TO CHECK MY RECORDS AND SEE THAT YOU DIDN’T SUGGEST A THEME.

However, there are a few EVERGREEN THEMES that are baked in that will always be the included. Every year. Year after year after year. You don’t need to suggest the following themes:

• BLACK & WHITE
• STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
• SLICE OF LIFE
• ROAD TRIP
• #INSTAGOOD
• FLOWER

Here are some suggestions on the best ways to have your theme ideas included:

• Brevity. It it takes more than 3 words to describe the theme it probably isn’t going to be included.
• General. The theme shouldn’t be too specific. It has to be a theme that a subject can be easily found for the general population.
• Not too technical. A theme that can be captured by a wide variety of equipment.
• Not too abstract. Concepts are great, but you don’t want to get too philosophical in the concept.
• Cats. Don’t bother. It isn’t going to happen Shannon!
• Fun! I love outside of the box ideas! Joe’s suggestion this year for “Never Photographed Before” was one of my favorite ideas ever.

I look forward to reading all your suggestions!

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BLACK & WHITE! A great theme! One of my favorite theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 19, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:

*1-Sabas Hernandez – 4 weeks
2-Becky Parmelee – 4 weeks
3-Sara Lockner – 6 weeks
*4-Alexis Stensland – 10 weeks
5-Suzie Brannen – 12 weeks
6-Linda Bennett – 12 weeks
*7-Willy McAlpine – 12 weeks
8-Jason Baier – 18 weeks
9-Monica Jennings – 18 weeks
10-Logan Kahler – 21 weeks
11-Sarah Karber – 39 weeks
12-Deanna Peters – 43 weeks
*13-Deb Powers – 112 weeks
14-Mike Vest – 126 weeks
15-Lowell Davis – 146 weeks
16-Scott Degeneffe – 165 weeks
*17-Sheri Fakhouri – 174 weeks
18-Nathanial Brown – 177 weeks
19-Tamara Peterson – 188 weeks
20-Mindi Terrell – 192 weeks
21-Sarah Toot – 222 weeks
22-Angie DeWaard – 225 weeks
23-Dawn Krause – 228 weeks
24-Kim Barker – 236 weeks
25-Joe Duff – 237 weeks
*26-Teresa Kahler – 248 weeks
*27-Carla Stensland – 248 weeks
28-Micky Augustin – 250 weeks
29-Andy Sharp – 251 weeks
30-Bill Wentworth – 252 weeks
31-Cathie Morton – 255 weeks
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 257 weeks
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 259 weeks

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

Mary Green (Independence, Iowa) – 1 week

Mary Green (Independence, Iowa)

Ben Baier (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Johnathan Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 1 weeks

Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 5 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 5 weeks

Sara Lockner (Johnston, Iowa) – 7 weeks

Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 11 weeks

Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania) – 13 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Ledges State Park – Iowa) – 13 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 13 weeks

Monica Jennings (Ames, Iowa) – 19 weeks

Jason Baier (Ames, Iowa) – 19 weeks

Logan Kahler (Deal’s Orchard – Iowa) – 22 weeks

Logan Kahler (Deal’s Orchard – Iowa)

Sarah Karber (Edina, Minnesota) – 40 weeks

Deanna Peters (Perry, Iowa) – 44 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 113 weeks

Deb Powers (Des Moines, Iowa)

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 127 weeks

Lowell Davis (West Des Moines, Iowa) – 147 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Ledges State Park – Iowa) – 166 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Hiawassee, Georgia) – 175 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Boone, Iowa) – 178 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 189 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa) – 193 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Urbandale, Iowa)

Sarah Toot (Saylorsburg, Pennsylvania) – 223 weeks

Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania)

Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 226 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Des Moines, Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Fraser, Iowa) – 229 weeks

Kim Barker (Des Moines, Iowa)- 237 weeks

Joe Duff (Houston, Texas) – 238 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 249 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 249 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Saylorville Lake – Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Woodward, Iowa) – 251 weeks

Andy Sharp (Ames, Iowa) – 252 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Fremont, Nebraska) – 253 weeks

Cathie Morton (Ankeny, Iowa) – 256 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 258 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (in Riviera Maya, Quintana Roo, Mexico) – 260 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Des Moines, Iowa) – 684 weeks

Submissions from 37 participants this week. Not a popular week! Thanks to Sheri’s travels, Georgia has been added to the Photography 139 Submission Map! Thanks to Shannon’s travels, Mexico has been added to the Photography 139 Submission Map!

A huge thanks to everyone that included the location of their picture with their submission! And a huge thanks to everyone that submitted before Monday morning! Makes my job so much easier!

• Week 580 Submission Geography
  • Arkansas
  • Georgia (NEW)
  • Iowa
  • Mexico (NEW)
  • Minnesota
  • Nebraska
  • Pennsylvania
  • Texas

• Year 13 Submission Geography (1st Submitter)
  • Arizona (Sara L.)
  • Arkansas (Scott)
  • California (Sabas)
  • Colorado (Nathanial)
  • Delaware (Sarah T.)
  • Florida (Cathie)
  • Georgia (Sheri)
  • Illinois (Nathanial)
  • Indiana (Nathanial)
  • Iowa (Tamara)
  • Kansas (Linda)
  • Kentucky (Scott)
  • Maine (Angie)
  • Maryland (Sarah T.)
  • Michigan (Mary)
  • Minnesota (Sarah K.)
  • Mississippi (Adam)
  • Missouri (Scott)
  • Montana (Joe)
  • Nebraska (Bill)
  • Nevada (Nathanial)
  • New Hampshire (Angie)
  • New Jersey (Sarah T.)
  • New York (Sarah T.)
  • North Carolina (Sarah T.)
  • Ohio (Nathanial)
  • Oklahoma (Mike)
  • Pennsylvania (Sarah T.)
  • South Dakota (Deb)
  • Tennessee (Sarah T.)
  • Texas (Joe)
  • Utah (Nathanial)
  • Washington D.C. (Sarah T.)
  • West Virginia (Nathanial)
  • Wisconsin (Dawn)
  • Wyoming (Nathanial)
  • Bahamas (Cathie)
  • Dominican Republic (Scott)
  • England (Nathanial)
  • France (Sarah T.)
  • Mexico (Shannon)
  • Japan (Sabas)
  • Scotland (Michelle)
  • South Africa (Nathanial)

That is 35 states! 1 district! 8 foreign countries!

I’m definitely not tracking this, but I believe we had submissions from the following unique counties in Iowa this week: Boone, Buchanan, Dallas, Greene, Polk, and Story.

There was a milestone this week! Shannon joined the 5 Year Streak Club!!!!! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! Also, no streaks were halted. WooHoo!

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 – Evergreen Theme

STREET PHOTOGRAPHY! What a great theme for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! In fact, this is the one of my top 3 favorite themes every year. And don’t worry. It will be a theme every year as long as THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE exists.

REMINDER: STREET PHOTOGRAPHY DOES NOT MEAN A PICTURE OF A STREET. IT MEANS A PICTURE TAKEN IN A PUBLIC PLACE.

Here are the Year 13 rules!

• YEAR 13 – THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE RULES
  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. In fact, pictures being submitted by Sunday night are GREATLY APPRECIATED!
  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. PLEASE DON’T MAKE ME ASK YOU!
  7. Please submit images that are OVER 1000 pixels at their largest side. DON’T OVERCROP! Look at this page on a computer, if your images are considerably smaller than everyone else’s pictures, then you are sending too small of images!
  8. ABSOLUTELY NO USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE!!

• How to Submit
  1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
  2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 10 Pro. I’m not putting my phone # here. If you know, you know.

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.