Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Time to share the October image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of a mural of Jack from THE SHINING near Graffiti Alley in Des Moines. OCTOBER I chose this image for October since it is an artistic depiction from THE SHINING, one of the 5… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Car Show – 2023
Time to share the September image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of grass taken at Ledges. SEPTEMBER I selected this picture for September because it suggests fall. CAMERA DETALS CAMERA: SONY ILCE-7M4 DATE: OCTOBER 15, 2023 – 5:08 PM LENS: 17-28mm f/2.8 FOCAL LENGTH: 20mm… Read More »To Find You
It is time to share the August image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It was a picture taken with Rodan139 of RAGBRAI east of Luther. AUGUST I chose this RAGBRAI picture for August because RAGBRAI is a summer activity. TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Hasselblad L1D-20c DATE: July 25, 2023 –… Read More »Rancho Deluxe – I
As yesterday closed the book on Year 10 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, now seems like a good time to review all that happened. There were 59 different people that submitted photos. Ranging from submitting 1 picture to 124 pictures. There were 2,311 photos submitted. The average week was 31.1… Read More »The Weekly Photo Challenge Year in Review
It is time to share the July image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar image. It is a picture taken with Rodan139 of somebody setting off fireworks on the 4th of July in my neighborhood. JULY I chose this image since I felt the fireworks represented the 4th of July… Read More »WPC – WEEK 433 – HUMANS
Time to share the June image of the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of mums I took at Iowa State University. JUNE I chose this picture for June because I like to use a black and white image for June. TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M2 DATE: September… Read More »Goodbye 2023
Time to share the May image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture taken off of I-80 near the exit that takes you to the Amana Colonies: MAY I chose this picture for May because I usually put a picture in May that is a picture that… Read More »Liberty Bowl Trip Cell Phone Pictures
Time to share the April image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of tulips taken in Pella: APRIL I chose this tulips picture for April cause April is really the beginning of flowertography season. And tulips are really the first flowers of the year that I… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Day – IV
Time to share the March image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It was taken in Chicago while I was there for a work trip for the Computer Mine: March I took this image of Chicago’s The Bean after having a meal of Chicago Style Pizza with Kim and Lowell… Read More »Lost Stars
Time to share the February image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of a strawflower bulb that was taken in my yard: FEBRUARY This image was placed in February as February houses Valentines Day and I like to think that flowertography is considered romantic. TECHNICAL DETAILS:… Read More »Minnesota Independence Day Road Trip – Day 2
Time to share the January image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It was taken on a foggy morning on the High Trestle Trail Bridge: JANUARY Part of the reason I selected this image for January was it suggested the cold of January to me. Especially since it was taken… Read More »Sausage Fest
Friendly Reminder: Next Monday is New Year’s Day. While the bank and government employees get the day off, there are no holidays for Photography 139. If you are busy around the New Year’s holidays (and a lot of people are) plan on getting your submission in early this week. +++++++… Read More »WPC – WEEK 432 – GREEN
Happy Christmas Eve everybody! Christmas Eve Worship Service is my favorite worship service of the year. I hope you had/have a magical Christmas Eve. +++++++ A couple of months ago Jesse and I hit the Tenderloin Trail 2.0 for Friday Night Supper Club. We drove all the way to New… Read More »Tenderloin Trail 2.0: New Hampton Field Work
Back on Wednesday we had our annual White Elephant Gift Exchange at the Computer Mine. I snapped a few photos of the event for the Computer Mine social medias. Here are a few pictures: If you are wondering, I ended up with the tortilla blanket. I stole it from Amy… Read More »Computer Mine Gift Exchange
Time for another collection of images from the trip I made to Stanhope Watermelon Day with Teresa. This collection of images is from when we returned to Watermelon Day. After the parade we took off to Bradford for lunch. Then we came back for the free watermelon and the Foreigner… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Day – III
I don’t know you, but I want you All the more for that Words fall through me and always fool me And I can’t react And games that never amount To more than they’re meant Will play themselves out Falling slowly, eyes that know me And I can’t go back… Read More »Falling Slowly
Back in July I took a road trip up to Minnesota near the 4th of July to visit family. Here are a few pictures from Day 1 of the trip: Coming across Minnesota’s Largest Candy Store was a welcome surprise. Apparently Nora has wanted to go there forever, but Bethany… Read More »Minnesota Independence Day Road Trip – Day 1
Sunday was the Christmas Pageant at Boone First United Methodist Church. I think it was the first one that we’ve had since the pandemic, but I could be wrong about that. The play the kids put on was call “The Three Wise Guys” and told the story of how a… Read More »Boone FUMC Christmas Pageant
Friendly Reminder: Next Monday is Christmas. While the bank and government employees get the day off, there are no holidays for Photography 139. If you are busy on Christmas (and a lot of people are) plan on getting your submission in early this week. STREET PHOTOGRAPHY! One of my favorite… Read More »WPC – WEEK 431 – STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
A few months back I stopped at an interesting breakfast joint that is only a few short blocks from my house. Weather or Naut is breakfast (and catering) business that serves breakfast from their driveway. Here are some pictures from my breakfast burrito meal: My breakfast burrito was delicious! To… Read More »#BreakfastBurritoLife: Boone Field Work
Time to clean out the April backlog. Lots of pictures that didn’t quite make their way into previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entries. Including some that were alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE and some that were taken in Jester Park and some at the end of a flowertography road trip.… Read More »‘Cause Someday I’ll Be Everything to Somebody Else