Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Time once again for a Formal Portrait Sunday. This time I’m going to share the first collection of family pictures I took of Fran and Pepper a few months back. It wasn’t the warmest day, but the lighting was actually perfect for once. And I will trade cold for good… Read More »Fran & Pepper 2022 – Vol. 1
Hitting up the backlog again. This is a collection of images I took in April of 2022 that never found their way into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook”. There are pictures of the old Bennett Mine safe, a couple self-portraits, and pictures for the old Kate Shelley Museum in Moingona… Read More »So You’d Think I Was Smart
Time to share another collection of images from my road trip to harvest the town signs of Clayton County that I took back in July. These images were once again, all taken in Dubuque County. That area of the state, Clayton County, Allamakee County, and Dubuque County is the prettiest… Read More »Clayton County Aux. – Vol. 2
The sun came up and five years gone Life goes on, yeah, life goes on I wonder how you’re gettin’ by The sun goes down and I feel blue Now I toss ’cause my mind’s on you And I kind of miss your broken smile Save part of yourself for… Read More »Save Part of Yourself
I want to start out by pointing out that not a single person questioned my Romantic Comedy Power Rankings. Once again proving that my power rankings are definitive and beyond contestation. Time to share a collection of auxiliary images I took while tooling around Clayton County harvesting their town signs.… Read More »Clayton County Aux. – Vol. 1
Need to start this post by wishing a Happy Valentine’s Day to all who celebrate. It is the one true holiday, that has yet to be adulterated by crass commercialism. Happy Valentine’s Day I wish I could buy you all cookies, but settle for this picture of a cookie and… Read More »Rodan139: Lower Ledges
PLAY! Seems like a great theme on the surface. But did PLAY trigger people to PLAY with their cameras? 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 (ignore the numbers in parentheses): 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe… Read More »WPC – WEEK 387 – PLAY
Time for another Formal Portrait Sunday. This is the final collection of images from the photo shoot with Elainie & Sabas from last fall. There aren’t many pictures left to share, so this is a pretty small collection. I only have one more formal portrait photo shoot to share. Hopefully… Read More »Elainie & Sabas 2022 – Vol. 3
Hammering away at the backlog. This is a collection of pictures I took in April that never really had a place in previous “An Artist’s Notebook” post. Some of these pictures were taken for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, but not used. Some are from Easter. Enjoy! Still a few more… Read More »I Read All of Your Self-Help Books
I need to start this post by wishing Bill a happy birthday… Happy birthday Bill! I hope your birthday is as full of all the joy that you can handle! +++++++ Time to share another collection of images I took when Teresa, Carla, and I went to Pella, Oskaloosa, and… Read More »Pella After Dark
I’ve been down with a broken heart Since the day I learned to speak The devil gave me a crooked start When he gave me crooked feet But Gabriel done came to me And kissed me in my sleep And I’ll be singing like an angel Until I’m six feet… Read More »Raise Hell
Dipping into the backlog for today’s post. I took a few pictures from Confirmation at Boone First United Methodist Church from last year. Also included is Kyle getting a scholarship and pictures of the Methodist Men making breakfast. All of this happened on the same Sunday. Someday I will catch… Read More »Confirmation 2022
When I went to Allamakee County with Teresa to harvest their town signs, one of my must see stops was the only fire watchtower in Iowa. It is buried in Yellow River State Forest and hasn’t been used for years. I knew it was something I definitely wanted to photograph… Read More »Rodan139: Fire Watchtower
It is time to determine whether or not BOOKS was a popular theme. I thought it might be, because I’m pretty sure the Photography 139 readership is highly literate. But you won’t know until you scroll down: As of 12:01 PM on Monday, January 30, this was the current list… Read More »WPC – WEEK 386 – BOOKS
Time once again for another Formal Portrait Sunday. Once again, sharing a collection of pictures from when I took portraits for Elainie and Sabas last year. Here are some of my favorites: I still have one more small collection of images from this photo shoot left to share. How about… Read More »Elainie & Sabas 2022 – Vol. 2
Seems like a good time to clean up all the pictures from March that I haven’t shared before. There is still one more collection, but I’m going to keep those for myself I think. I don’t keep many for myself, dang exhibitionist tendencies, but those I think I will. Some… Read More »And Your Favorite Songs by Heart
A few months back I picked up some cakes and Jim and went to the Wolf Lodge near Kansas City for the birthday party of the triplets and Jonah. I didn’t get to spend much time there cause Jim is kind of like Cinderella. He expires after being away from… Read More »Triplet + Jonah Birthday Party – 2022
I never did learn how to follow the rules I never was good at sleeping while the moon was full I just lie and burn Wreck my mind while the planet turns I sometimes wish I could start again I’d try and do the right thing every now and then… Read More »Hard Way Home
Back in May of last year, I took Rodan139 out to Ledges to take a few self-portraits. I think I was going to use one of these for the theme SELF-PORTRAIT for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, but took one that I liked better. But now feels like a good time… Read More »Rodan139: Ledges Selfie
This is the final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Washington County back in July. Coppock Brighton Washington Wellman The next time we hit the open road to look at some auxiliary images from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT, we will visit Clayton County.
I need to start today off by wishing Jim a happy birthday! Happy birthday Jim! I hope it is filled with all the joy that you desire! +++++++ It is the last Monday of the month, so it is a good time revisit the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE FAQ: FREQUENTLY… Read More »WPC – WEEK 385 – SILENCE