Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Recently Elainie came home for Alexis’ graduation. She brought with her Josh and their pooch Lucy. We got the pleasure of Elainie being home for a week, but Josh had to leave after a day for he was deployed to Gitmo. It will be a long 9 months for Elainie.… Read More »Elainie, Josh, Lucy
Before I start rambling about this picture, I should point out that AM Outdoors expert and friend of this here blog Michael Augustin corrected my assertion that yesterday’s blog featured a ground squirrel. When in fact, it was a chipmunk. A pox upon me, my good fellows. Today’s post features… Read More »A Punchable Flower
I haven’t posted a picture of an animal (besides Naima) for a bit. No worries though. This animal posting will not make any references to the current inane social media debate. I present a ground squirrel… I found this guy scurrying around the Memorial Union. The only one that I… Read More »No Gorilla, Lucky 3 Year-Olds, or Inept Parents
Part of the front of the Boone County Museum recently fell off. Took a few pictures just to document what could have been a tragedy. I recently attend a funeral of a church friend. One of the people that spoke about him at the funeral said that on the day… Read More »Facade
EMOTIONS was a profoundly unpopular theme. I’m sure destined to hit the cutting room floor if this challenge extends into a second year. Maybe it was the holiday weekend. Maybe people were like feelings? Actually feeling something? No thanks! Back to my mass consumerism, thank you very much*. Either way,… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 37 – EMOTIONS
These archive images are from the folder 03-28-07. It includes a couple pictures of Carla and Teresa putting in the tile in Mom’s back entry way. Next Saturday’s folder will include one of my all-time favorite images. THE CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT TRIVIA QUIZ QUESTION 6 I rose to a certain… Read More »03-28-07
My Mom’s neighbor has a patch of poppies next to the electric pole in her yard. I took a few photos of them the other day. Here is one of them: Poppies are another flower that comes and goes too soon. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm… Read More »Hath a Charm for Pain and Woe
I got to see good family friend Lisa Person at Alexis’ Graduation Party on Sunday. A couple days later she dropped off some old senior picture proofs at my Mom’s house. Thought I’d scan and share. I know it is the trendy thing to look at your old high school… Read More »Get In and Fight for Fame Boone Toreadors!
I actually have been pretty lax about photographing flowers this year. That is partially because the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar will go in a new direction. Partially because I haven’t even planted flowers in my yard this year. Partially because my daffodils didn’t bloom this year. Partially because I missed… Read More »For Russell
Here is another photo from the work afternoon I spent with a group of people turning the old grain elevator in west Ames into an “art place”. This was painted onto a window on the third or fourth floor. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V FOCAL LENGTH: Unrecorded APERTURE: Unrecorded EXPOSURE: 1/80… Read More »Gannon and Duarte
It looks like LETTERS AND/OR NUMBERS also wasn’t an extremely popular theme. Might have to put it on the chopping block if this little project continues into a second year. I guess we’ll see. On the positive though, it was extremely popular with first time submitter Sara Lockner. Hopefully this… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 36 – LETTERS AND/OR NUMBERS
This dip into the archives covers folders 03-14-07, 03-26-07, & 03-26-07 B. As promised, there is a picture of a Gra Lab Timer. Control your enthusiasm. Next Saturday’s images will probably include a few week attempts at Still Life. THE CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT TRIVIA QUIZ ANSWER QUESTION 4 When I… Read More »03-14-07, 03-26-07, 03-26-07 B
I realize I never posted the MANOS pictures that were used in the Birthday Party FAQ or in the actual invitation. I also forgot to thank Derrick earlier for being the fire starter during the party. The MANOS images: I’ll be retiring the THE MASTER costume to a wall in… Read More »The Final Manos
There were only a couple of PORTRAIT images that I took, but didn’t use for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here they are: Here is Christopher D. Bennett Quiz question: QUESTION 2 I use Sony cameras because they bought out what was the Bennett family’s unofficial official camera brand, what was… Read More »About a Shotgun Wedding and a Stain on my Shirt
I have tabulated the results for the Christopher D. Bennett Quiz and we have a winner! The WINNER with a score of 61 out of 120 points was Teresa Kahler. Some day soon a semi-fabulous prize will arrive in her mailbox. I’ve been told the quiz was too tough. I… Read More »Christopher D. Bennett Quiz Results!
“You look like you could be from Kansas.” After seeing the remains of this truck and its license plate, I legitimately think that might be a legit pickup line. Now that I’m through the party, I’ll try to get caught back up with my postings. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO:… Read More »Hey Baby…
GLASS did not end up being an extremely popular theme. That being said, there are some solid submissions here. Let’s have a look at the submissions for GLASS. Kim Barker Mike Vest Angie DeWaard Sarah Karber Christopher D. Bennett Carla Stensland Amy Hahn But that is the past. Let’s look… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 35 – GLASS
Due to my overall fatigue, my free time, my access to computers, and a technical glitch I won’t be posting submissions for this week until later tonight. However, you can still get started on this week’s theme: LETTERS AND/OR NUMBERS Hopefully you’ll get the post I promised in writing on… Read More »Update
I’ve thanked all these people in person, but I’d like to publicly thank everybody that helped out in some either small or big way with my birthday party on Saturday. Big shout out to Scott for making tons of delicious mouth watering chicken and jalapeno cream corn. I only wish… Read More »The Birthday Party of Fate (Roundup)
Another solid week of submissions. Here are the submissions for PORTRAIT: Kim Barker Bill Wentworth 1 Bill Wentworth 2 Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Sarah Karber Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest Micky Augustin Carla Stensland 1 Carla Stensland 2 Solid submissions across the board! But why live in the… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 34 – PORTRAIT
I realize that not everybody has either the technical ability, the economic wherewithal. or even the cares in them to scan the QR code on the back of the physical Birthday Party Invite. For that reason, for this one time (and this one time only) I’m publishing a link to… Read More »I Further Celebrate Myself Even More Too, Also