Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
I’ve more or less finished another page for the website. This new page is dedicated to THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. It breaks down the origins of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE and does a year by year history of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. You can go there to see some basic… Read More »New Orleans Day 5: Night Walk
Sometimes life will lead you off the roadIt will be hard to know which way to goThere may be mountains standing in your wayYou’ll have to climb when you rise to meet the dayIt doesn’t matter how far you goIt’s how you get there, you’ll know when you knowWhen you… Read More »Remember Me
Today is Ash Wednesday. Normally, this is when I invite you to come to worship with me at my church’s Ash Wednesday Service. And none of you take me up on the offer, but I’m not bitter about it. I’m not going to invite you this year though because of… Read More »DM Farmer’s Market: Music and Food
It is a good time to share the February images from THE SELFI PROJECT. I think it was a pretty good month. Like always I get to the end of February and think, “I really didn’t do all that much this month.” But then I start going through the selfies… Read More »Selfie Project – February 2025
Today is Andy’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday! I hope your birthday is fantastic and filled with all the wrasslin’ you can handle! BEHIND THE DOOR! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices in motion? Keep scrolling to find out.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 494 – BEHIND THE DOOR
A few weeks back I heard that Zombie Burger was going to have a Godzilla themed ramen pop-up restaurant. It was unclear how long it would last, so I knew I had to get there as soon as possible. It might be around for years, but I couldn’t take the… Read More »Go Go Godzilla! East Village Field Work
A few months back I walked around the East Village with Teresa after we lunched at The Breakfast Club. I thought there was a small art festival going on down there, but I had read the calendar wrong and it was actually the previous day. No worries though, there was… Read More »East Village Street Photography
On Day 4 I didn’t take any pictures with the real camera. I think Day 4 is the day of the ridiculous Big Meeting Party. Which is a complete waste of time. On the positive, it helps me pile up the overtime. On the negative it is like a 13… Read More »New Orleans Day 5: Morning Walk
There may one day come a timeWhen I cannot recognize your faceI might know that I should know you from somewhereBut I’ll ache to remember such a placeI might wonder at the stranger in the mirrorWho still carries an old forgotten loadOr the many twists and turns life had to… Read More »I’ll Always Know I Do
Today is Micky’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday. I hope your birthday is filled with all sorts of outdoorsy activities! Here is the final collection of images from Jesse and I’s trip to Winterset to check out their RAGBRAI activities. When we left off last… Read More »Winterset: Not Quite Brothers
Downtown Des Moines has one of the best Farmer’s Markets in the country. It is massive and while I don’t cook much, I like to eat and I LOVE doing street photography, so I try to make it there at least once a year. Last year I took Jesse with… Read More »DM Farmer’s Market: Beginnings
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Who are your favorite submitters? Obviously all of you are my favorites. But the real ones do 4 things. This isn’t to single Mary out. It is just an example I have from this week. Those are great pictures, but they can barely… Read More »WPC – WEEK 493 – SHOT THROUGH
A few weeks back Jay had the grand idea of trying Indian for Friday Night Supper Club. To be honest, it has been years since the last time I ate Indian. And I mean years. I bet it has been at least a decade. So a plan was hatched and… Read More »Messala! Ames Field Work
Back in August I replaced the mid focal length lens of my Big 3. I was using a Tamron, but decided to replace it with a newer Sigma lens. I had already replaced my super wide of the Big 3 earlier in the year. I have yet to replace the… Read More »Sigma 24-70mm f/2.8 DG DN Art Lens
When we left off last Friday I was still wandering Audubon Park. This collection starts still in Audubon Park and finishes up back near the hotel. This is the final collection of images from Day 3. I didn’t actually take any pictures of New Orleans with the real camera on… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Back to the Hotel
One of the absolute greatest songs of all-time featured in one of the greatest movies of all-time CASABLANCA. If you’ve never seen this movie, what are you even doing! You should check it out as it is pretty relatable to the times we are living in right now. But Thursdays… Read More »As Time Goes By
Last time we looked at photos from Jesse and I’s trip to Winterset to check out the RAGBRAI festivities, Standing Hampton was rocking the stage. This collection finishes up the Standing Hampton images and starts the images of the headlining band. It was a great night and there is still… Read More »RAGBRAI: STANDING HAMPTON
First I need to state the obvious. I’m doing a redesign of the Photography 139 website. This is both a content change and a change of the look. Because of these changes, there are some obvious growing pains. For example, yesterday I did not intentionally hide the names of the… Read More »A New Dawn of Photography 139
CONTRAST! 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 10, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week2-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks3-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks*4-Mary Green… Read More »WPC – WEEK 492 – CONTRAST
At the end of last Sunday’s food adventure I indicated that this week’s food adventure would involve Indian food. I decided to bump that food adventure a week and concentrate on the spreads at the 2 Super Bowl parties I attended. Get to them while the memories are still fresh… Read More »Super Bowl Spreads – 2025
This is the final collection of images from the Boone County Fair. It concentrates on the rides and games the kids rode and ate and probably wore. Here are some pictures from the day! A bonus picture of Bokeh thrown in there at the end for the fans. This was… Read More »Sunday at the BCF: Carnival