Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
While I’m rediscovering the joys of Photoshop, you may get several posts like this one you’re staring at. Below is basically the original image. Yes, a little color correction and eliminated some debris from the petals, you know how it is… Anyways, I wanted to play with some of the… Read More »Sorry. Not Sorry.
The first week of THE EXPERTS was a barn burner*! RMK edged DRE by 3 points in the tie-breaker to take home the Week 1 title. I did not award him a weekly prize though because he celebrated by saying something ridiculous about Kobe Bryant. Here are the results, for… Read More »THE EXPERTS – WEEK 1 RESULTS
Recently picked up the most recent edition of Photoshop. The photo below is the result. Got a little crazy with the HDR toning, because that is what I do. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (35mm equivalency – 90mm) ISO: 1000 APERTURE: f/4 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE: 08/22/2015 18:15 NO… Read More »Tone
Don’t forget that today is Election Day! If you live in Boone, you need to get yourself to your polling place and vote for the guy below: I would get into the details of his agenda, but my personal endorsement should really be enough for you. PARTICULARS CAMERA: Samsung SM-G900V… Read More »Vote Scottie D.!
A couple months back I went to Minnesota to visit Bethany, Becca, and Dae Hee. We spent one muggy afternoon visiting Minnehaha Falls. I do plan on revisiting these falls in the winter this year. Hopefully. Better prepared. Hopefully. PARTICULARS FOCAL LENGTH: 18mm (35mm equivalency – 27mm) ISO: 100 APERTURE:… Read More »Gravity
Here are the Week 3 games, in case you feel like participating. WEEK 2 GAMES TIE-BREAKER IOWA AT IOWA STATE – SATURDAY – 3:45 PM (FOX) THURSDAY GAMES STEELERS AT PATRIOTS – 7:30 PM (NBC) FRIDAY GAMES UTAH STATE (1-0) AT UTAH (1-0) – 8 PM (ESPN2) FORT DODGE DODGERS… Read More »The Experts Week 2
Two Types of People A short story By Christopher D. Bennett He wasn’t the type of person that was nervous about missing his flight, so he would get to the airport 45 minutes before his plane’s scheduled departure. He had a checklist in his mind of all the things… Read More »2 Types of People
Over the years a few people have asked me to bring back the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Without giving the matter a second of thought, I’ve always immediately responded, “Go suck an egg!” However, since I myself have struggled to take camera in hand quite a bit lately (including missing an… Read More »Capital or Capitol?
For the last couple of years I have selected a collection of games and asked some of my sporting expert friends to give me predictions on the winners. Last year JLB ended up being the wisest of my experts. I thought I would open the game up and see if… Read More »The Experts: Week 1
I didn’t take any form of tripod on this trip to the State Fair, so I had to shoot pretty wide open. So one gets this… I think it was around this time that I thought about doing the thing that would ultimately get me in trouble, but I didn’t… Read More »Macrovision
Ever wonder what Madrid looks like at night? No. I’m posting this picture any way. PARTICULARS FOCAL LENGTH: 20mm (30mm – 35mm equivalency) ISO: 100 APERTURE: f/5.6 EXPOSURE: 17 seconds DATE: 08/15/15 21:39 LATITUDE: 41;52;45.98 LONGITUDE: 93;48;56.45 ALTITUDE: 319.26
I dedicate today’s image to anybody that is having a trying day. PARTICULARS FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalent) ISO: 640 APERTURE: f/4 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE: 08/22/15 18:13:54
My friend Anders recently did a project where he wrote one short story a week. The point isn’t that you will write 52 great short stories, but it is really hard to write 52 bad short stories. Any way, I should I would try the project myself. Hopefully I’m not… Read More »Surprise Ahead! Reboot
SURPRISE AHEAD A short story By Christopher D. Bennett Age 10 Write what the pictures tell. Pictures are of a family in a station wagon driving down a road and the luggage that has been strapped to the top of the car has fallen off. At a small town, in… Read More »Superfluff Chronicles No.1 – SURPRISE AHEAD – Age 10
Probably my favorite part of the Iowa State Fairgrounds in the garden next to the Agriculture Building. I only had a brief amount of time to enjoy the nation’s best state fair this year, so this was my first stop. The garden always has lots of zinnias, which is good,… Read More »Zing!
Tuesday night was the annual night where they let people take their dogs to the pool in Boone. This is the 3rd straight year I’ve taken Naima. For the 3rd straight year, she loved being in the wading pool and any place where her paws could touch the bottom. However,… Read More »Wet Pooch
I know quite a few people that would dislike this picture because one of the subjects isn’t giving a nice smile right at the camera. That is the exact reason why I love this picture. This picture was taken at my Grandma’s 90th Birthday Party. These are her children. A… Read More »Ohhh… Uncle Gary
Obviously I couldn’t wait too long without publishing a flower photo. This is a picture of a flower that was entered into the flower competition at the Iowa State Fair. Flower competitions remind me of an old quote: God loved the flowers and invented soil. Man loved the flowers and… Read More »Man Loved Flowers
I keep saying I’m going to get back to bloggin’, but it never seems to happen. Well I think if I get a lot less ambitious, things might work out. So I’m just going to try to throw up something daily-ish. I didn’t want to get back on the horse… Read More »Night Driving
Probably past time I posted some pictures from the mission trip to South Dakota. In reality I could tell a thousand stories about this trip and write a page about each picture, but I’ll hold back and be satisfied with a brief description of each picture. If you want to… Read More »South Dakota
The other day I had to mow my Mom’s lawn. Thought I might as well take a few pictures of her flowers. One of the few times that mowing was a joy.