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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 114 – TRANSPORTATION

November 20, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

A pretty decent week of submissions. TRANSPORTATION really motivated a few people to get out there with there camera!

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions:

Becky Parmelee

Cathie Raley

Kim Barker

Christopher D. Bennett

Stephanie Kim

Sara Lockner

Tamara Peterson

Angie DeWaard

A solid week of submissions!

But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:

WEATHER!

WEATHER! What a great theme! I don’t think that WEATHER needs an explanation, but I have noticed in recent months the surprising amount of people who don’t know the difference between climate and WEATHER. Therefore, here is a definition of WEATHER:

the state of the atmosphere at a place and time as regards heat, dryness, sunshine, wind, rain, etc.

What is a WEATHER picture? A picture that shows the temperature. Or precipitation. Is is sunny or is it cloudy? What about wind? Convey those things into a photographic image and that my friends will be gold.

I would remiss if I didn’t point out that thee are other definitions of WEATHER. Therefore, feel free to interpret the theme in any way you see fit.

As always, I look forward to seeing your interpretations!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

1. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge. Don’t send me a picture of you next to the Eiffel Tower, when I know you were in Iowa all week. I will point out that I have let that slide some in the past. I will not in the future. Since it is literally about the only rule.

2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge. It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very weathered Monday!

Angie, Bill, Black & White, Kim, Monica, Nature, Photoshop, Railroad, Steph, WPC - Reminder

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – TRANSPORTATION

November 17, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

This is your weekly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE THEME is TRANSPORTATION!

TRANSPORTATION!

TRANSPORTATION! An easy enough theme. Examples of TRANSPORTATION include a car. A train. A boat. A plane. Your feet. Roads. Railroad tracks. These are just the most literal examples.

Here are some examples of TRANSPORTATION photos:

Angie DeWaard

Bill Wentworth

Stephanie Kim

Shannon Bardole

Kim Barker

Monica Kewer

Happy photo harvesting!

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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 112 – FRAMED

November 6, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 7 Comments

A bit of a rebound in submissions this week for FRAMED. Let’s keep the positive momentum going!

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions:

Cathie Raley

Carla Stensland

Christopher D. Bennett

Tamara Peterson

Carla Stensland

Angie DeWaard

Becky Parmelee

Shannon Bardole-Foley

Mike Vest

Stephanie Kim

A solid week of submissions!

PARTY! (Submitted by Sara Lockner)

PARTY! What a great theme! You don’t need to be going to a PARTY to take a picture of the PARTY theme. PARTY supplies. PARTY invitations. PARTY preparations. PARTY aftermath. They all count. Or you can hang out with me. Cause wherever I’m at, there is a party going down.

Interpret the theme however you see fit and I look forward to seeing your interpretations!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very partied out Monday!

Angie, Cathie, Jorge, Kim, Nader, Pastor Sarah, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 111 – LANDSCAPE

October 30, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

Usually when I start this weekly post with something about participation rates being kind of lax this week my email inbox suddenly gets several submissions. Not this week. LANDSCAPE didn’t ring the bell for many people. Maybe it was the cold weather this week. Maybe it was the excitement of Manafort Day! I don’t know, but there weren’t many LANDSCAPE submissions.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot about submission rates. You came to see the submissions!

ANGIE DEWAARD

CATHIE RALEY

KIM BARKER

MIKE VEST

CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT

SARAH KARBER

TAMARA PETERSON

JORGE RIOS

A solid week of submissions! Though they be small, they be mighty!

FRAMED!

FRAMED! What a great theme! But what does it mean? A FRAMED photo should have its main subject matter boxed in by what we’ll call negative space. What is around the subject should make a frame for the subject. For example, a frame makes a great frame. A window makes a great frame.

Of course, that isn’t the only definition of FRAMED.

However, use your imagination and define the theme anyway you see fit.

As always, I look forward to your interpretations.

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very framed Monday!

Angie, Becky, Cathie, Kim, Macro, Pastor Sarah, Shannon, Sheri, Steph, Tamara, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 109 – MACRO

October 16, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

MACRO might be the most technically difficult theme on the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Despite that, several people buckled up and gave it a spin!

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the MACRO submissions!

Sheri Farkhouri

Sarah Karber

Shannon Bardole-Foley

Tamara Peterson

Angie DeWaard

Tamara Peterson

Cathie Raley

Becky Parmelee

Kim Barker

Christopher D. Bennett

Mike Vest

Stephanie Kim

A solid week of submissions!

REFLECTION!

REFLECTION! What a great theme!!! Also, I don’t think it requires much of an explanation. Some surfaces show back what is looking at them. Mirrors for example. Water. Mylar. Of course their is more than one definition of REFLECTION. So interpret the theme as you see fit.

As always, I look forward to your interpretations!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very reflective Monday!

Angie, Art, Becky, Black & White, Carla, Cathie, Kim, Night, Sheri, Tamara, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 108 – ART

October 9, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

ART is one of my favorite themes. I love seeing what kind of ART that people have in their lives. This was a solid week of submissions.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submissions. You came here to see the submissions:

Angie DeWaard

Becky Parmelee

Christopher D. Bennett

Cathie Raley

Logan Kahler

Kim Barker

Mike Vest

Sheri Farkhouri

Tamara Peterson

Carla Stensland

A solid week of submissions!

MACRO!

MACRO! What a great theme! MACRO is legit one of my favorite themes, but what is MACRO. MACRO is just some east coast elite’s way of sayin’ close-up photography. With all their fancy book learnin’.

Okay, as somebody that has been falsely accused of being an elitist, I will say that there is a lot more accurate definition of MACRO that deals with the relationship of the size of the actual object to the size of that object when recorded on to a 135mm negative. That being said, to do that type of true MACRO photography, you need to drop a certain amount of coin on equipment.

As a man of the people, we can just say that MACRO means getting up in somebody or something’s grill and getting a shot.

As always, I look forward to seeing everybody’s interpretations. That includes you Bill, Dawn, and Micky. If Becky can make a comeback, you can make a comeback. We ALL can make a comeback!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very close and personal Monday!

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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 107 – WHITE

October 2, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

Another week of good submissions for this week’s theme of WHITE.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions:

Angie DeWaard

Shannon Bardole

Sheri Fakhouri

Christopher D. Bennett

Sheri Fakhouri

Sarah Karber

Tamara Peterson

Dawn Krause

Cathie Raley

Kim Barker

A solid week of submissions!

ART!

ART! What a great theme! I don’t know what it is, but I know it when I see it! Get out there and make some ART!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very artistic Monday!

Angie, Animals, Black & White, Cathie, Joe Duff, Michelle, Micky, Pastor Sarah, Shannon, Tamara, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 106 – NATURE

September 28, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

I’m back from South Dakota, so it is time to reveal last week’s submissions for NATURE:

ANGIE DEWAARD 1

ANGIE DEWAARD 2

CATHIE RALEY 1

JOE DUFF

CATHIE RALEY 2

MICKY AUGUSTIN 1

MICHELLE HAUPT

MICKY AUGUSTIN 2

SARAH KARBER

SHANNON BARDOLE

TAMARA PETERSON

CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT

KIM BARKER

ELIZABETH NORDEEN

NATURE is always one of my favorite week’s of SUBMISSIONS. Hoping WHITE is just as good!

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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 105 – FAMILY

September 18, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

A pretty decent amount of submissions to ring in Year 3 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (REDUX). Including a submission from first time submitter Katelyn Augustin. She also might be the youngest to ever submit as well.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions. Here they are:

Shannon Bardole-Foley

Tamara Peterson

Teresa Kahler 1

Teresa Kahler 2

Katelyn Augustin

Micky Augustin

Angie DeWaard

Cathie Raley 1

Craig Haupt

Cathie Raley 2

Michelle Haupt

Christopher D. Bennett

A solid week of submissions!

NATURE!

NATURE! What a great theme!! I don’t think I need to define NATURE for you. It is basically the great outdoors. So get out there!

As always, I look forward to seeing all the interpretations!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION

Sometimes people send me descriptions of their photos. I’ve never done anything with that information in the past. However, if you send me a description in the future, I will add it to your image in the Weekly Photo Challenge Gallery that houses all the submissions.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very natural Monday!

Angie, Carla, Cathie, Jesse, Micky, Shannon, Tamara, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 104 – LOW PERSPECTIVE

September 11, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE rebounded a little bit in participation rates this week as people did get down and got a LOW PERSPECTIVE.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions. Here they are:

Carla Stensland

Jesse Howard

Micky Augustin

Shannon Bardole-Foley

Tamara Peterson 1

Tamara Peterson 2

Angie DeWaard

Christopher D. Bennett

Cathie Raley

A solid week of submissions!

FAMILY!

FAMILY! What a great theme! I don’t think I need to define FAMILY for you, even though I personally have had the term redefined for me over the years. Interpret the theme as you see fit and I can’t wait to see all the interpretations.

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very familial Monday!