Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
On the way back to Minnesota from Kansas, Bethany, Dae Hee, and Nora stopped by my place for some respite. While they were there, I was able to take this picture of Nora sleeping while Dae Hee and I watched DUEL. I considered it a perfect fit Page 12 of… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 12
These FLOWER pictures didn’t have what it takes to make the cut for the FLOWER theme of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: No telling what these pictures could accomplish if they only believed in themselves!
I can officially announce now that I have unretired from “competing” in photography contests. For the first time in a couple years I entered photos in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I will have one photo displayed at the Iowa State Fair. Don’t ask me which one, because I… Read More »You CAN Call it a Comeback
It is SAD. Participation rates took a bit of a dip with SAD. Maybe it is because it was 112 degrees in the shade in central Iowa last week. Maybe it was because people struggled to get in the mindset of SAD this week. Maybe people were just busy. I… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 96 – SAD
Since I have a very large backlog currently, I’m going to post an entry to AN ARTIST’S NOTEBOOK on Sundays until that backlog gets cleaned up quite a bit. This picture is the latest entry into the THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. This time there was no photo assistant. Just me… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 10
This entry isn’t a “fashion blog”, but a look back at the Wever wedding. Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will be a combination of a few folders. The next chronological folders have lots of pictures of doomed relationships that nobody wants to relive and we’ll take a look back… Read More »09-25-07 Wever Wedding
Baby Got Rack opens their competitive barbecue season tomorrow at the Boone County Fair! You should probably make it a point to be there in the ballpark of 4 PM when the judging begins. Last year we were next to the bunnies. I’d imagine that is where we’ll be again.… Read More »Baby Got Rack is Back!!
This is your WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE reminder that I will be SAD if you forget that this week’s theme is SAD: SAD! You don’t have to be SAD to take a SAD picture. In fact, a good SAD photo can make me happy! Happy photo harvesting!
These pictured didn’t have what it takes to be included for the theme WATER in the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves, there is no telling what they might accomplish.
These are the pictures that didn’t have what it takes to be included in the theme TIME for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: Perhaps, if only these pictures had some confidence, who knows how much they could accomplish!
This last collection of Saint Paul Mission Trip photo were taken by other people, but I’m not sure what day they were taken. Enjoy! It truly was an incredible trip and transformative trip! If you ever have a chance to go, GO! You will not regret it. Not even when… Read More »Saint Paul Mission Trip – Misc.
Here are some photos from the day coming home from the Mission Trip: And just like that, we were back in Iowa! The Cyclone State! A successful trip! Perhaps my favorite week of the year! One more set of pictures tomorrow and then you’ll have to track me down is… Read More »Saint Paul Mission Trip – Day Home
There was a virtual outburst of participation this week! FLOWER was a very popular theme! But you didn’t come here to talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the submissions. Here they be: Bill Wentworth Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard Cathie Raley 1 Cathie Raley 2 Cathie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 95 – FLOWER
A young Johnathan Stensland among the photos in the folder 09-09-07: Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will include what I’m sure might have been the wedding of the year in 2007!
This is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is FLOWER: FLOWER! So head to your local greenhouse, flowershop, garden, your flowerbed, or whatever and get close with a FLOWER. Happy photo harvesting!
Pictures from the last working day of the Saint Paul Mission Trip: Day 4 of the Mission Trip is always highly emotional. The large group worship service ends with a foot washing ceremony. Then church time is usually very emotional as people begin to realize that the lives that they’ve… Read More »Saint Paul Mission Trip – Day 4
Pictures from Day 3 of the Mission Trip! It is not an unimportant fact the Boone First United Methodist Church went undefeated in dance battles on this day.
More from the Mission Trip. These are from Day 2: More from this transformational experience on the morrow!
Here are a few of the photos from Day 0 and Day 1 of the recent mission trip to Saint Paul (I didn’t take all these photos, even though I wish I could be at multiple places at the same time): As usual, it was an incredible trip! If you… Read More »Saint Paul Mission Trip – Day 1
This is unfortunately a little late, but Happy Independence Day to those of you that celebrate it! On a personal note, this was the first year that fireworks was legal in Iowa in something like 70 years. If my neighborhood the last couple of weeks is any indication of the… Read More »Happy Birthday America!
Today’s collection of WATER submissions took the usual holiday hit. However, a few stalwarts did manage to get submissions for WATER in by the 11 AM deadline. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submission rates. You came here to see the submissions. Cathie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 94 – WATER