Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Movie – Megamind Director: Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa) Screenwriter: Alan Schoolcraft & Brent Simon; Both their first film as a writer. Starring: Will Ferrell (Anchorman, Stepbrothers, Talladega Nights), Brad Pitt (Se7en, Fight Club, Babel), Tina Fey (Mean Girls, Date Night, 30 Rock), David Cross (Mr. Show, Run… Read More »Movie Review: Megamind
IMAGE LOST 7 of 6 When it comes to framing and matting pictures I am a horrible procrastinator. So when Jill invited me to Evie’s final baby shower so that “Derrick and Rob would have somebody to talk to”, it provided me with a deadline. I needed that deadline because… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #42
Here are some pictures from my vacation. In particular, they day I spent with Mom. More pictures to come…
Movie – RED Director: Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Flightplan) Screenwriters: Jon Hoeber (Whiteout) and Erich Hoeber (Whiteout) Starring: Bruce Willis (The Sixth Sense, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction), Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds, The West Wing, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), John Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons, Being… Read More »Movie Review: RED
There were a fair amount of submissions for last week’s theme HANDS. Here are the submissions: Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard Julie Johnson Mike Vest Shannon Bardole The Random Generator has been fired up and it has spit out an interesting theme for this week. Diagonal Rule This is a… Read More »RWPE #44 – Hands
Movie – Hereafter Director: Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima) Screenwriter: Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon) Starring: Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity, The Departed), Cecile De France (High Tension, Around the World in 80 Days, L’auberge… Read More »Movie Review: Hereafter
I am doing the photography for Story County Philanthropy Day. As part of this process I took pictures of the award recipients and the emcee for the program and the press release. These are those pictures: JoAnn Mosely Story County Youth Philanthropist Marvin and Janice Walter Neala Benson Deb Fennelly… Read More »Commendable
Not so many submissions this week for last week’s theme SMOKE PHOTOGRAPHY. I guess not as many people love fire as I thought loved fire. Mike Vest Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Dawn’s Poetry Submission: Smoke It’s all just smoke and mirrorsThe way you disguise your fearsWhat you keep hidden… Read More »RWE #43 – Smoke Photography
Here are a few pictures from Iowa State’s victory over Kansas that I watched with Derrick. Warmups Warmups The pre-game cheer thing was a disaster. Jeff Johnson showed up late and then didn’t seem to know what he was doing. Cy in the Tunnel. Sandvig on the Coverage Benton and… Read More »Cyclones vs. Jayhawks
6/6 This multiple step Personal Photo Project only has one step left for completion! Here are some alternates for 6/6: Here are just some bonus Evie images: Now the hard part of the project begins!
Here is a copy of the journal I kept while I was on vacation last week. It covers parts of 10 days and over 1300 miles. While I doubt anybody reads this whole thing, it was an important exercise for me. There are no pictures, but I will post some… Read More »Vacation Journal
Pictures from Monica and Jeff’s reception: There are many more pictures from Monica’s wedding in the Kewer Wedding album: Kewer Wedding It was an honor to do the wedding photography for Jeff and Monica’s big day. I thank them for giving me the privilege.
I think that at the aggregate level, this is the best batch of submissions to date. Here are the submissions for SHADOWS: Shannon Bardole Christopher D. Bennett Becky Perkovich Carla Stensland A Carla Stensland B Dawn Krause Michael Vest Julie Johnson Dawn’s Poetry Submission Shadows Something lurks beneath the bright… Read More »RWPE #42 – Shadows
Movie – Life As We Know It Director: Greg Berlanti (The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy) Screenwriter: Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson (First movie for both) Starring: Katharine Heigl (The Ugly Truth, 27 Dresses, Knocked Up), Josh Duhamel (When in Rome, Transformers, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!) Theater… Read More »Movie Review: Life As We Know It
Taiwan Times: October Newsletter Hey everyone! I know it has been awhile since I got a newsletter out, and you have my apologies. I will work to do a better job in the coming months. In the meantime, I wanted to give you all a quick update for this month.… Read More »Taiwan Times – October 2010
Self Propelled Flower Here are a few more images from the Self Propelled Flower photo sessions.
Some of the formal pictures from Jeff and Monica’s wedding. Note the size of Monica’s family! Before I forget, I should thank Shannon for being my photo assistant on this day. Up next: Reception photos!!