Photographer. Tenderloin enthusiast. Road trip maker. Iowan. Cyclone.
Back in late February I took a trip to Austin, Texas for the Computer Mine for our bi-annual meeting where we invite a bunch of our customers to congregate and listen to how great we are. Of the work trips I take, this is usually the least “fun”. There isn’t… Read More »Austin Day 1: Weirdo
Women are meant to be loved, not to be understood. This is it. The final collection of flowertography images from Pella. Let’s have a look: I believe the next collection of flower images will come from my yard, but we will see when we get there!
Back in November I journeyed up to Briggs Woods Park to take a look at their waterfall. It was cold and not super colorful, but I managed to snap some pictures. Have a look: Still one more collection of pictures from this trip to share!
The day after Christmas last year, well frankly I don’t remember what I did, but apparently at some point I ended up at Jester Park taking picture of their wonderful elk. Here is a collection of those elk: Still one more collection of images from Jester Park left to share!
WARNING: I’M LEAVING FOR IRELAND TODAY AND I WON’T BE BACK NEXT MONDAY. I DON’T KNOW IF I WILL EVEN HAVE CELL SERVICE IN IRELAND, SO DON’T EXPECT ANY KIND OF REMINDER FROM ME THIS WEEK. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN! THINGS! What a great theme! But did enough people… Read More »WPC – WEEK 518 – THINGS
By the time this post publishes I will already have picked up my entries for the 2025 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. So now it is a good time to share them. Selected for Display – Class 16 – Things & Still Life Selected for Display – Class 18 –… Read More »Baklaving It: Des Moines Field Work
Time to share the second and final collection of images to the pro-democracy and pro basic human rights rally I attended with Jen. Here is the collection: There are future political rally pictures in our future. Just not from this rally.
This is it. The final collection of images I took at the Iowa State Fair. This collection of images were taken on my trip to the Iowa State Fair on the final day of the Fair with Nader. This is my favorite collection of images from last year’s Fair. It… Read More »ISF 08/18/2024: Sunset
Never love anyone who treats you like you’re ordinary. Going to transition away from love song to quotes about love for a couple of weeks. No real reason for this other than laziness. But there is a reason why I picked Oscar Wilde. If you think on it, you will… Read More »Not Ordinary
Time to clean up some backlog. This is a collection of images that I like to one degree or another, but never really fit into previous post. All of these pictures were taken in October. Have a looksie: It always feels good to clean out a little bit of the… Read More »You’re So Effing Special
Late in December I went out to Dickcissel Park to take some pictures of a beautiful foggy day in the park. Take a look at some of those pictures: It was a glorious beautiful foggy day!
PAINTING! What a great theme! But did enough people like it to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 3, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Michelle Haupt – 1 week2-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week3-Jesse Howard – 1 week4-Monica Jennings – 1 week5-Sara… Read More »WPC – WEEK 517 – PAINTING
A couple months back Teresa and I went to Pleasantville to try the new reigning Best Burger in Iowa. Halftime Bar & Grill. Here is some information from the Iowa Beef website: On the square in Pleasantville, Iowa, family, community, and Iowa’s best burger intersect at Halftime Bar & Grill.… Read More »Burgertime: Pleasantville Field Work
Back on International Worker’s Day I went to a pro-democracy and basic human rights rally with Jen. I also ran into Angie there. I also ran into Dan from the old Patio Pros bowling team. I snapped a few pictures. Have a look: There is still one more collection of… Read More »International Worker’s Day Rally – I
The Iowa State Fair has officially started, so I can give you some clues as to what 3 pictures of mine made it into the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. Good luck finding them! The Iowa State Fair opened yesterday. This collection of images is the second to last collection… Read More »ISF 08/18/2024: Photo Pickup
I want you to know I’m not scaredI have just been keeping my head downTired of the noise all around meEveryone has something to sayWords coming out with no meaningI’m tuning them out with a prayer Just a hundred words that I have for youThe same hundred words that I… Read More »Hundred Words
Today’s entry is a collection of some rando portraits from last fall. Some are self-portraits that were alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme SELF-PORTRAIT. The others were taken for the Computer Mine holiday card, although I don’t know if any of them were actually used. Have a look at… Read More »Some Portraits
Time for another collection of pictures of Bokeh. This collection of pictures was taken back in December. It is mostly of her playing with a ball. Here they are: She loves her ball!
We’re less than 2 months away from the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest, so it seems like a good time to share the entry form for this year. You can download a .pdf of the form here: 2025 Pufferbilly Days Entry Form I did make a few small changes this year.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 516 – PEACE
This food adventure is a little bit different. This isn’t an adventure where I went and ate hopefully delicious food. This one, in fact, wasn’t even a full food adventure. The pictures here are from the recent Boone County Fair Barbecue Contest. Logan’s barbecue team Tall & Meaty competed. This… Read More »Tall & Meaty: BCF 2025
The 2nd day of August! No better day to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from July. In July, I actually managed to leave the state of Iowa! Twice! I am planning to leave the country in August, so I am doing some travelling these days. I think July was… Read More »Selfie Project – July 2025