Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Last Monday was the halfway point in Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The halfway point is a good time to review a few things. Here are some Frequently Asked Questions. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week? The… Read More »WPC – WEEK 355 – ENTERTAINMENT
On this Formal Portrait, it is once again time to check-in on Kyle’s Summer Senior Picture Photo Shoot. There is still one more collection of pictures from Kyles Summer Photo Shoot left to share. Next Formal Portrait Sunday will be another look at the Junck Family Photo Shoot.
On Thursday I completed another month of the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. For June, there was only one prompt. Grateful. Everyday, post a picture of something that makes you grateful. What I decided to do was every day take a picture with somebody that I am grateful… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – June 2022
I hope you are prepared for lots of pictures of me over the next couple of days. Today I’m sharing the pictures from the June Selfie Project. Tomorrow I’m sharing the photos from June’s FatMumSlim Photo Challenge. Those pictures are also all selfies. With the exception of one day, I… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2022
It is less than one month until the deadline to turn in your pictures for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. This is my second year running the contest, so I had time to make a few changes this year. But first, I actually had two flyers made for this year’s… Read More »Late Morning Lullaby
Back in February I cruised around Cherokee County and O’Brien County harvesting their town signs. This is the first collection of auxiliary images from that trip. Although a good portion of the pictures from this collection were actually taken in Woodbury County. Correctionville Washta Quimby There are still plenty more… Read More »Cherokee and O’Brien County Aux – Vol. 1
A few weeks back after I went down to Pella to photograph some tulips, I went down to Appanoose County to harvest their town signs. It was a good day. Here are some facts about Appanoose County: + Population is 12,462, making it the 60th most populous county in Iowa.… Read More »TOWN SIGN PROJECT: APPANOOSE COUNTY
I though SELF-PORTAIT would be a popular theme. Do you think I was right? Well, you’ll have to scroll down to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 20, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): + Becky Parmelee – 1 week… Read More »WPC – 354 – SELF-PORTRAIT
It is another Formal Portrait Sunday and time once again for another collection of pictures from one of Jayton’s senior picture photo shoots. These are all taken around downtown Boone. One thing about downtown Boone is that it doesn’t have much art, but it has a pretty solid collection of… Read More »Jayton – Volume 5
Back in late January I made a trip out to Jackson County to harvest the balance of their town signs. Here is the second collection of the auxiliary images I took on that trip: Saint Donatus La Motte Zwingle Cedar Rapids Most of the pictures were taken in Saint Donatus.… Read More »Jackson County Aux – Volume 2
Trending back to Day 5 of my Computer Mine trip to Miami Beach. This was the only day I got to do much photography. We actually left the convention center at a decent time. We had an appetizer party hosted by the sales team that I attended, but then I… Read More »Miami Beach – Day 5 – A7II – Uno
“Yes I’ll sit with you and talk, let your eyes relive again. I know my vintage prayers would be very much the same. And Magdalena plays the organ, plays it just for you. Your choral lamp that burns so low, when you are passing through. And the future you’re giving… Read More »60 Years On
A few weeks back I cruised around Floyd County to harvest their town signs. It was a good trip. Here are some facts about Floyd County: + Population is 15,713. Making it the 49th most populous county in Iowa. Behind Clay County and above Page County. + The largest town… Read More »Town Sign Project: Floyd County
It has been 5,795 days since August 9, 2006. 5,795 days since I first took keyboard in hand and started the blog portion of the Photography 139 website. The portion I pompously named “An Artist’s Notebook”. The part I started with the words: So here is the first journal entry.… Read More »Four Thousand Five Hundred
I want to start this post with the text of a text that Joe sent me last week. If I haven’t said, the WPC really helps me be present and look at the world a little differently. Thanks for facilitating! If there was a mission statement for THE WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »WPC – 353 – SERVICE
This is the final collection of pictures from the 2021 Baugher Family Photo Shoot. All of these pictures are of Anela and one could argue there are too many of them, but when there is magic between the photographer and the model, is it possible for there to be too… Read More »The Baughers 2021 – Volume 4
Back in late January I made a trip out to Jackson County to harvest the balance of their town signs. Here are some of the auxiliary images I took on that trip: Andrew Springbrook Bellevue Saint Donatus There is one more collection of auxiliary images left to share from this… Read More »Jackson County Aux – Volume 1
In this post I am going to share pictures I took with the A7II on Days 3 and 6 of my work trip to Miami Beach. I did not crack out the camera at all on Day 4. On Day 5, I actually got away for a bit and took… Read More »Miami Beach – Day 3 and Day 6 – A7II
About a month ago I finally started buying flowers for my flower pots and urns. I took a few pictures then. But apparently only pictures of a dahlia, some petunias, and a marigold. I’ve probably spent like $200 on flowers this year. So far. I’m terribly far behind on yardwork,… Read More »Tragedy
Time to share another collection of auxiliary images I took while cruising around Buena Vista and Palo Alto County harvesting their town signs: Sioux Rapids Linn Grove Mallard Ayrshire Emmetsburg (I think) The next time we hit the open road for auxiliary images from a TOWN SIGN PROJECT road trip,… Read More »Buena Vista and Palo Alto Aux – Vol. 2
A few weeks back I headed up to Mitchell County to harvest their town signs. It was a good trip and I really enjoyed my brief time in Mitchell County. Here are some facts about Mitchell County: + Population is 10,558 making it the 70th most populous county in Iowa.… Read More »Town Sign Project: Mitchell County