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Personal Photo Project of the Week #99

January 6, 2012 Christopher D. Bennett

I only had time last year to make a handful of calendars. If you didn’t get a calendar this year, I am sorry. I only had one left and I gave it to Nader because he actually called and asked for one. If somebody begged I suppose I could print another one off, but who would want a calendar that is almost 25% useless?

Here are the images from this years Photography 139 Calendar:

Front Cover

January

February

March

April

June

July

August

September

October

November

December

As usual, Mike Vest helped finish up the calendars with his hole punching and binding skills. Thanks Mike!

Contests, Cousin Amy, Derrick, Evie, Jen, Jill, Mom, Sara, Shawn Lockner, State Fair

State Fairing It Up!

September 21, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett

I made it to the State Fair twice this year. I went once on a Friday to see Maroon 5 with Jill. Then on the last day of the Fair I went with my Mom. I met up with Derrick, Jen, and Evie. We ran into Sara, Shawn, and Cousin Amy. Here are some pictures from those trips:

Jill in front of the picture of her at the Photography Salon.

Jill with her turkey leg.

The damage she did to that turkey leg.

Even though Jill is a Legacy Member of the Maroon 5 Fan Club, she felt our seats could have been better…

I thought that they were pretty good.

For some reason, Maroon 5 played before Train. Don’t know why, but at least we didn’t have to endure Train.

Evie loves baby animals!

Evie is a toe wiggler!

Evie supports winners!

We heard the following at this stand a lot: “1 fried butter on a stick and a bottle of water, please!”

You can’t imagine how hard it was for me NOT to photoshop that terrible Hawk logo out of this picture, but trust me, despite what his wardrobe is telling the world, Shawn is a good guy. He just doesn’t know how to dress.

With the 2nd Place Picture

With the Honorable Mention Picture

Some people view this as impressive.

Looking forward to next year’s fair already!

Brog Frog, Cousin Amy, Derrick, Evie, Formal Portrait, Funk, Jen, Sara, Shawn Lockner

Sara’s Latest Graduation

September 7, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett

Sara graduated a few weeks back and to celebrate, she had a massive shindig.

As my present to Sara, I set up a photobooth in her garage. here are a few pictures from that photobooth.

Sara already was the most educated person that I know, but now the gap is almost immeasurable.

Next week’s random Wednesday will be pictures from the Straw Poll.

Cousin Amy, Derrick, Evie, Holidays, Jen, Sara, Shawn Lockner

Independence Day

August 17, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett

For the first time in several years, I was back to where I am supposed to be on the Fourth of July: eating Derrick’s cooking.

Here are some pictures from that day.

Next week’s random pictures feature a few pictures from the Iowa Band Festival, but in reality, they are mostly Evie pictures, again. I doubt there are any complaints about that!

Brog Frog, Cousin Amy, Dawn, Formal Portrait, Night, Sara, Self-Portrait, Shawn Lockner, Vest, WPC - Submissions

RWPE Y2 #30 – NIGHT

August 1, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett

I’ll just confess that my picture this week was not the intended picture. But I did what I could after I had some kind of memory card failure where I lost my original picture.

Here are the submissions for NIGHT:

Christopher D. Bennett

IMAGE LOST
Dawn Krause

Mike Vest A

Mike Vest B

Next week’s theme will be:

LEADING LINES

A look back at last year’s submissions.

LEADING LINES – 2010

I am going on vacation next week, so next Monday at noon the theme for next week will publish, but none of the pictures will be published until I return from my sabbatical. Unless you get your picture in by Friday.

Cousin Amy, Funk, Personal Photo Project, Sara, Still Life

Personal Photo Project of the Week #78

July 29, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett

Soul Mending

This Personal Photo Project was to photograph around an Amish farm on my trip to Kalona with Sara, Cousin Amy and the Funk.

Here are a few more pictures from the farm.

Next week’s Personal Photo Project involves lilies.

Animals, Black & White, Cousin Amy, Flowers, Funk, Sara, Still Life

Kalona Road Trip

July 20, 2011 Christopher D. Bennett

A few weeks back I went on a road trip with Sara, Cousin Amy, and the Funk to have lunch at an Amish woman’s house in Kalona. The trip was set up by the Funk who has ties to the Amish community in Kalona as she is formerly Amish.

I’ve really only known the Funk for a few months now, but she is truly one of the most fascinating human beings I’ve ever met. Not just because she is formerly Amish, but I can’t lie, that part fascinates me.

I really find the Amish community to be fascinating and to have somebody to ask question after question after question after question to is really cool for me.

The pictures of the Amish woman’s (Ruby Miller) house are being held back for Personal Photo Project #77, but here are a sampling of the other pictures we took on this incredible day.

Disclaimer: I go to Kalona about once or twice a year with my Mom. I never photograph the Amish while I’m there because I know that it is not something that they would enjoy (clearly not the right word). But on this trip I did take a couple of pictures of some Amish at the urging of the Funk. One of the pictures I took was of an Amish volleyball tournament. I really wish I would have been able to stop the car and enter the tournament. I have a history of dominating religious tournaments. A Pentecostal volleyball tournament here and a Mormon basketball tournament there. However, Amish volleyball tournament was not to be added to my list of life experiences.

Cheese from the Kalona Dairy

Kalona Dairy

Picture for The Story Project

Flower for Sale at the Bakery

The Funk in the Community Store

Clematis

Good Grass Fed Beef

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Sara in Stringtown

Another bonus of this trip was taking Sara to Sister’s Garden. I’ve always kind of viewed it as Sara’s mothership even though she had never been there before. Now that has been remedied.

Next week’s Wednesday random picture collection will be from a baseball game I attended in Minnesota.