Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
A reminder that this Friday is the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Entries are to be submitted to the Chamber office by 5 PM. I hope there are plenty of submissions this year! Or at the least, more than there were last year. +++++++ Was WILD a WILDly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 358 – WILD
It is another Formal Portrait Sunday. This is the final collection of images from Kyle’s Fall Photo Shoot. But there is still another collection of Kyle pictures yet to share. Here are more of my favorites: Next Formal Portrait Sunday, we will check back-in with Jayton’s senior pictures.
Here is the last of the auxiliary images from a road trip I made with Teresa to harvest the town signs of Clay and Lyon County. Lake Park Rock Rapids Larchwood Tri-State Marker – Where Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota meet. Inwood Hull A word about the tri-state marker. There… Read More »Clay and Lyon County Aux. – Vol 2
On Saturday Baby Got Rack competed in the Boone County Fair Barbecue Competition. The Iowa Farm Bureau Cook-out is the technical name I believe. The bad news is that we were definitely rusty. In fact, it might have been the worst performance in Baby Got Rack’s storied career. The good… Read More »Baby Got Rack – Boone County Fair Prep
Once again, I am reminding you that the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is coming up. It is next Friday! So you have 9 days to get your entry together and get it to the Chamber office. By 5 PM. On July 29. Here is a reminder of… Read More »Turpentine
This collection of pictures are the auxiliary images taken when Teresa and I went on a road trip to harvest the town signs of Clay and Lyon County. The timing of some of these are off because it is the first trip I took two cameras on and I didn’t… Read More »Clay and Lyon County Aux – Vol. 1
Back on May 14 I cruised around Chickasaw County harvesting their town signs. It was a good day. Here are some facts about Chickasaw County: + Population is 11,970. Making it the 63rd most populous county. Behind Grundy County and above Lyon County. + The largest town and county seat… Read More »Town Sign Project: Chickasaw County
WORK sure can be a lot of WORK. But how many people put in the WORK of getting a WORK photo? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):… Read More »WPC – WEEK 357 – WORK
It is time once again for another Formal Portrait Sunday. This time, we are checking back in with the Howard Family Portrait Shoot that was in some park in Cedar Falls. Here are some more pictures from the day: There is still more to come from the 2021 Howard Family… Read More »The Howards Volume – 4
Time for the final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Osceola County. This trip was cut short in Lyon County while harvesting their town signs due to inclement weather. So many of the signs in this collection were taken in Lyon County and a… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 3
It is that time of year where a card comes in the mail that tells you how you did in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. My card came last Saturday and I did manage to sneak one picture past the judges to be displayed. Here is what the card… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 2
Just a reminder that Pufferbilly Days is right around the corner. About 16 days left to get your pictures entered for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. But before we get into that, I also want to remind you that during Saturday of the Pufferbilly Days is the Pufferbilly Days Pet… Read More »The Story
I have big news! Big, big news! I would say news of a comeback, but don’t call it a comeback. I been here for years. Rockin’ my peers. Puttin’ suckers in fear. Makin’ the tears rain down like a monsoon. Listen to the bass go boom. What I’m trying to… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 1
A couple months back I went up to Howard County to harvest their town signs. It was a successful day. Here are some facts about Howard County: + Population is 9,201. Making it the 80th most populous county. Below Emmet County and above Davis County. + The largest town and… Read More »Town Sign Project: Howard County
Last week’s theme represented the 26th theme of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Thought I would share a few of those statistics that I like so much. Although, I don’t think these are as meaningless as the statistics I share during the milestone posts. 6 Month Statistics +… Read More »WPC – WEEK 356 – ROAD TRIP
I need to start this post by wishing Naima a happy birthday. I know most of you are thinking, a day late and a dollar short Bennett, but the reason I didn’t wish Naima happy birthday is because we celebrated it today. Here are some pictures of the 11 year… Read More »The Juncks 2021 – Volume 4
Back in February I cruised around Cherokee and O’Brien County harvesting their town signs. Here is the final collection of auxiliary images from that trip. Granville Paullina Calumet Sutherland Primghar – Look closely and you will see how Primghar got its name. Sheldon Sanborn Hartley The next time we look… Read More »Cherokee and O’Brien County Aux – Vol. 3
This is the final collection of images I’m going to share from my work trip to Miami Beach. It begins with more pictures of the Holocaust Memorial and ends with pictures taken around my hotel. The first image shared here is probably my favorite picture I took on this trip.… Read More »Miami Beach – Day 5 – A7II – Dos
Here is your reminder that July 29 is the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Entries need to be turned in to the Chamber by 5 PM that day. It is a Friday. You don’t have to be from Boone or Boone County to enter. Just somebody that enjoys… Read More »The Girl in the Blue Skirt – 2022
Back in February I traveled around Cherokee and O’Brien County harvesting their town signs. This is the second collection of auxiliary images from that trip. Quimby Cherokee Aurelia Larrabee Marcus Germantown Granville There is one more collection of images from this trip left to share.
A couple months back I went down to Keokuk County to harvest their town signs before heading to the Renaissance Faire in Des Moines to watch Evie and her Irish dance troupe. It was a good day. Here are some facts about Keokuk County: + Population is 10,163. Making it… Read More »Town Sign Project: Keokuk County