Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a NCAA Tournament Pool. There is no cost to enter the pool, except for pride. And if pride is… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 18/F & P – Vol. 4
I need to start off this post by wishing Jason Baier a happy birthday. Happy birthday Baier: I hope your birthday has all the joy, happiness, and bears doing cocaine you could ever want! +++++++ I also need to wish Dawn a happy birthday. Happy birthday Dawn! I just hope… Read More »I Knew from the Start this is Exactly How You’d Leave
I need to start today by wishing Nora a happy birthday, so happy birthday Nora! I hope your birthday is filled with lots of candy and cake and ice cream! If not, I will buy you so much ice cream next time I see you. +++++++ Time to start sharing… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Day 1A
When I’m blowin’ out the candles And when people start to sing I will always cross my fingers tight I remember everything But I always make my wishes For the same thing every time If I live to be 100 If I ever get it right My mind is racing… Read More »100
Time once again to share some auxiliary images from my road trip to Clayton County to harvest their town signs several months back. Clayton County is a beautiful county and I would like to visit again this year. We will have to see how my life goes. But I think… Read More »Clayton County Aux. – Vol. 5
A few months back I took Rodan139 up to snap a few pictures of the Boone High School Parking lot and the murals that the high school students had painted on their parking spaces. I believe these pictures I took for a theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. I need… Read More »Rodan139: BHS Parking Lot
STORE! Everybody goes to them. Maybe not as much as they did before the pandemic, but you still have to go to them, unless you get everything delivered. Which I don’t think any of you do. I don’t have any friends that are that rich. Or do I? But many… Read More »WPC – WEEK 390 – STORE
I need to start today’s post by wishing Laura a happy birthday. Happy birthday Laura! For most people I wish them a birthday full of joy. For Laura, I just hope she got some rest. +++++++ Time once again to share a collection of pictures from my photo shoot with… Read More »Fran & Pepper 2022 – Vol. 3
It has been 6,052 days since August 9, 2006. 16 years. 6 months. 24 days. Since I first posted something in this little experiment known as “An Artist’s Notebook”. 145,2485 hours. 8,714,800 minutes. 522,892,800 seconds. Which is to say, it has been a minute. There are some very important people… Read More »An Artist’s Notebook Post #4757
I need to start the day by wishing Andy a happy birthday. Happy birthday Andy! I hope your birthday is filled with all the joy you can handle! +++++++ I spent almost all of last week in Las Vegas working at the Computer Mine Convention. I didn’t get to see… Read More »Viva Las Vegas: Cell Phone Pictures
Need to start today by sharing some sad news for those of you that don’t know. My Aunt Barbara passed away a few days ago. I wanted to share her obituary. Barbara Bernice Kessler Bennett O’Connor, 90, of Fort Dodge passed away Thursday, February 23, 2023, at the University of… Read More »Keep Your Heart Young
Time once again to share a collection of images from my road trip through Clayton County to harvest their town signs. Most of these are taken in Guttenberg, which is beautiful little river town. I’d love to spend more time there at some point in the future and really give… Read More »Clayton County Aux. – Vol. 4
Time to share another collection of images I took with Rodan139. This collection of images was taken at night, all from my yard. I was testing the phone app because I had been having some issues with it. Drones aren’t really the best to do night photography with because of… Read More »Rodan139: Night Moves
It is the last Monday of the month, so it is a good time revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ: FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE What skill level photographer can participate? THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is open to photographers of all skill levels. From award winning photographers… Read More »WPC – WEEK 389 – MUSIC
I need to start off by wishing Micky a happy birthday. Happy birthday Micky!! I hope your birthday was filled with as much joy and happiness and you could handle. +++++++ It is time for another Formal Portrait Sunday. Time to share more pictures from the photo shoot with Fran… Read More »Fran & Pepper 2022 – Vol. 2
This is actually Post #4,750 in the history of my “An Artist’s Notebook” blog. Normally I would do a bunch of reflecting on the past and post some pretty meaningless statistics. However, I’ve been in Las Vegas all week and am still in Las Vegas, so I will table all… Read More »Stupid, Emotional, Obsessive Little Me
I recently purchase a new lens. The SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS. It filled the most glaring gap in my Sony E Mount lens arsenal. I was badly missing a long telephoto lens. My longest lens before purchasing this was my Tamron 70-180. Here are the specifications for the… Read More »SIGMA 150-600mm F5-6.3 DG DN OS | Sports
Hang on, just hang on for a minute I’ve got something to say I’m not asking you to move on or forget it But these are better days To be wrong all along and admit it Is not amazing grace But to be loved like a song you remember Even… Read More »That Wasn’t Me
Time for another collection of pictures from my road trip to harvest the town signs of Clayton County I took last July. Finally, in this collection, there are pictures from Clayton County. Although the first few are still in Dubuque County. Balltown North Buena Vista A 2023 goal is to… Read More »Clayton County Aux. – Vol. 3
Seems like a good time to share a collection of images I took of the road that leads into the north end of Ledges on a fall day when I took to the friendly skies with Rodan139. I originally took these pictures for the theme LINES for THE WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »Rodan139: Ledges North Entrance
FRAME! Seemed like a good challenging theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! But was it popular? Did it fire up the creative juices of many people? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 13, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks… Read More »WPC – WEEK 388 – FRAME