Christopher D. Bennett
Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Retired
“The trouble with retirement is that you never get a day off.” -Abe Lemons Sunday was my Mom’s retirement party. Here are a few pictures: There are more pictures from the party in the Mom’s Retirement Party Album.
In This Old Purple Town
“This song is about a man that tells the truth about things that didn’t happen. It seems to be a male thing.” -Glen Hansard – Introducing “Lies” at First Avenue – July 25, 2010 Most of this comes from an email that I wrote about my weekend in Minnesota. Sara… Read More »In This Old Purple Town
RWPE #30 – Reflections
There were numerous submissions for last week’s theme REFLECTIONS. I know that more than a few of these weren’t actually taken last week, but I will let it slide this time… So without further adieu, REFLECTIONS: Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the JourneyI consider Friday to be a… Read More »RWPE #30 – Reflections
Megiddo
“DOWN GOES NATURE! DOWN GOES NATURE! DOWN GOES NATURE!” -The voice of Howard Cosell inside my head At exactly 10 PM on July 29. 2010, I popped the top on two bottles of Virgil’s Micro-brewed Root Beer and Dawn and I celebrated the end of Hedgegeddon. We had just dumped… Read More »Megiddo
Group Photos
Last Wednesday I had my annual meal with Mark. He was back in the States for a few weeks and will be returning to Taiwan soon to begin his new post over there. One of the peculiar imbecilities of this world is that for the last 3 years Mark has… Read More »Group Photos
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 28
Use and Virtue This week’s project was simply to spend some quality time with our friends the insects. Here are some “Use and Virtue” alternates:
Orphaned Flowers
Here is a collection of flower pictures that didn’t quite fit into earlier or future postings.
Cleanup
Here are some pictures from a couple of celebrations that I attended a long while ago, but never quite found the time to post: Johnathan’s Graduation Open House Shannon Birthday Campout
RWPE #29 – Depth of Field
The submissions for last week’s theme DEPTH OF FIELD: Christopher D. Bennett Becky Perkovich Dawn Krause Julie Johnson Mike Vest Remember that the theme for this week is: REFLECTIONS I will repeat that I think that this might be my favorite theme of the 52 programmed into the Random Theme… Read More »RWPE #29 – Depth of Field
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 27
2/6 This is a 6 (in reality a 7 part project but shhhh….. both of you that know the endgame) part project. In case you have forgotten: Part 1 More pictures from The 2/6 Photo Session: > Part 3/6 is scheduled to be published on September 17. I am headed… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 27
Slice of Life Vol. 7
Written on the slide: “Ice Fisherman on Don Williams Lake in Boone Co. Ice fisherman is Lawrence Bunda of Moorland, Iowa. Winter Contest – Picture Mag. – Des Moines Register” >
First Act
“Every act of creation is first an act of destruction.” Pablo Picasso Some more pictures from my walk around a half block of downtown Boone. I might have to spend some more time in the seedy back alleys of Boone, Iowa in the future.
Dr. The Incidental Gardener
Since today is/was an extremely big day for the person that gave me the name “The Incidental Gardener”, I thought I would share a few more things from the files of The Incidental Gardener. For FNSC last week Carrie, Jason and I helped Nader move some of the hundreds of… Read More »Dr. The Incidental Gardener
RWPE #28 – Calm
Last week’s submissions for CALM: Carla Stensland Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest The Random Generator has been randomizing and randomizing and finally it has generated the theme for this week: DEPTH OF FIELD This is a slightly more technical theme than most of the themes. Here is a… Read More »RWPE #28 – Calm
Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 26 Alpha
This week’s project was to photograph State Center’s Rose Garden. I might have gotten slightly carried away. The Best Place to Seek God A few more pictures from the “The Best Place to Seek God” Sessions: More to come in the days that follow.
Slice of Life Vol. 6
I normally do not comment on the pictures for this project because I honestly don’t know a ton about them and frequently I’m not even sure who is even in the pictures. However, I will break with this tradition this week because for the first time in this project I… Read More »Slice of Life Vol. 6