Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
I really wasn’t sure I was going to be able to make it to College Ames Day, so the Friday night before I went over to at least check out the set. At the time I was walking around the set, ESPN had yet to announce who was going to… Read More »College Ames Day Eve
STREET PHOTOGRAPHY proved to be an extremely unpopular theme, like I predicted. Not only did hardly anybody try this theme, only one person took on my added challenge of taking the picture in black & white as a tribute to the late great Robert Frank. Thanks Jen! The streak of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 210 – STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
The pictures from the folder 2009-06-12 are from the Burnin’ Sensations Ames on the Half Shell concert in 2009. It rained that day, so the concert got moved to DJ’s Taphouse. I believe that Burnin’ Sensations have played Ames on the Half Shell every single year since Ames on the… Read More »2009-06-12
Elainie and Sabas are home from San Diego which created absolutely the perfect opportunity to knock out Page 28 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. Page 28 – Recreate a famous photograph without looking it up Obviously this is based on Alfred Eisenstaedt picture of a sailor kissing a girl on… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 28
It was a sad day in the Bennett Family. Carla and Jason had to say goodbye to their dog Shimmer. Shimmer lived with me for about 6 months when Carla and Jason were building there current house, so I had a tight bond with Shimmer. Today I had earmarked for… Read More »Shimmer
On the Sunday of Pufferbilly Days I was once again tapped to do photography for the Pufferbilly Days Pet Show by Kio. There was a lot of Bennett to the Pet Show as Logan and Mom were both judges. Teresa also showed Mocha. I’d like to say that the show… Read More »Pufferbilly Westminster
Hitting up the 2018 backlog again. This is a miscellaneous set of pictures that I took on the same day as the Pet Memorial Day in 2018. Some of these I think were taken for a theme reveal for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE and I think others were taken for… Read More »See Myself Looking Back
Welcome to Year 7 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!!! THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE was born under the name THE RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT. It was actually originally the idea of Mike Vest. Back in the day we used to collaborate on the project with both our websites. Then, after a… Read More »WPC – WEEK 209 – ARCHITECTURE
The pictures from the folder 2009-06-06 are from the first Ames on the Half Shell concert of the 2009 season. The band that played was Vivace. I’m not sure if they are still around, but they were just a real solid classic rock cover band. Classic rock cover band pretty… Read More »2009-06-06
Page 106 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT was a difficult one for me to process at first. The idea is to send one of your photos to your “photography hero” and ask them what they had about it. When you really break it down, my photography hero is my Dad.… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 106
The Union Street Theater Movie Club had our September Movie Night last Saturday. The B Movie was ACTION JACKSON. The Feature was BRING ME THE HEAD OF ALFREDO GARCIA. Jay made us ribs. It was a good night. It was also a good night to knock off Page 121 of… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 121
I would be remiss if I didn’t start by pointing out today is the anniversary of 9/11. It has been 18 years since terrorists hijacked 4 airplanes and murdered over 3,000 people in senseless acts of violence. The United States went to war shortly thereafter, and we have been at… Read More »Just Put Down “Cause Unknown”
Now seems like a good time to check-in with my favorite pictures from my August SELFIE PROJECT pictures. It would seem that I had a successful month of August. I met Vice-President Joe Biden. I competed in a barbecue contest at the Iowa State Fair. I also competed in a… Read More »Selfie Project – August
SKY wasn’t a super popular theme, but it was still popular enough to hit double digits and keep the streak alive! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Andy Sharp Elizabeth Nordeen Monica Henning Kim Barker… Read More »WPC – WEEK 208 – SKY
Another Pufferbilly Days has drawn to a close. Seems like a fitting time to share the pictures that my loyal fans selected for me to enter into the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest and furthermore, if any of those pictures received any form of love. Here are my entries: Displayed –… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Results
The pictures in the folder 2009-05-29 are of assorted flowers that were in my backyard. One thing that I inherited and I’ve tried to not, at the very least, destroy is a wonderful backyard. I have a tendency to let parts of it become overgrown now and again, but I… Read More »2009-05-29
Pufferbilly Days is upon us! That means that by the time this entry sees the light of the day the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest should be up for delay. In addition to the 6 photos that all of you helped select, Carla has entered photos. Logan has entered photos. Vest… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 18
On the last day of the Iowa State Fair I went to the Fair with Nader and Logan met us down there. Logan has recently purchased a new camera and is thinking of coming back to the family and being a Sony man. Logan was using his new camera to… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 64
It is well-established that my favorite flower is the moonflower. This has bothered people who visit me in my home. Due to my deep affection for the moonflower I let it grow anywhere it wants. If that means it blocks off the backdoor to the porch, so be it. If… Read More »Datura
On Saturday, the Iowa State Cyclones opened their season by thrashing an upstart team from Cedar Falls. The referees tried valiantly to keep the Purple Hawks in the game by awarding them 2 touchdowns they didn’t earn. The first was an incomplete pass that UNI “recovered” and returned for a… Read More »Iowa State 29 Northern Iowa 26
The holiday weekend did take the predictable hit on participation rates, but considering it was a holiday, I can’t complain about participation rates too much. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! Jen Ensley-Gorshe Kim Barker… Read More »WPC – WEEK 207 – TOY