This is your WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE reminder that I will be SAD if you forget that this week’s theme is SAD: SAD! You don’t have to be SAD to take a SAD picture. In fact, a good SAD photo can make me happy! Happy photo harvesting!
There was a virtual outburst of participation this week! FLOWER was a very popular theme! But you didn’t come here to talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the submissions. Here they be: Bill Wentworth Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard Cathie Raley 1 Cathie Raley 2 Cathie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 95 – FLOWER
The final NATURE stop I made was to Lake Augstin. Here are those pictures: Our run in with a snapping turtle reminds me of a story from my childhood. One day a snapping turtle showed up in the driveway of my first boyhood home. In my mind it was tied… Read More »Then I Wonder How Much I Can Spend
Here are a few of my favorites from the ongoing Selfie Project from the month of May: May 2 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 9 May 10 May 12 May 14 May 17 May 18 May 19 May 20 May 23 May 24 May 25 May 27 May… Read More »Selfie Project – May
Pretend like I published this on January 1, just like I meant to do. It is that day at Photography 139 Headquarters where we take down our old Photography 139 Calendar and put it in the trunk with many of the other remnants of our past. We like to think… Read More »To a Great 2017!
Once again, I did the photos for the Computer Mine Holiday Card. Here are a few of my favorite pictures, but probably not the ones that made the card: Always a pleasure photographing my super-cooperative co-workers!
A long time ago, Joe and I hopped in the Camry and went to Marshalltown for some pizza. On the way back we stopped at the State Center Rose Garden. It was late in the evening, so I didn’t get as many images as I normally do. I will have… Read More »State Center Backlog
Before the Iowa State-Kansas State game we had our annual Taco Tailgate. Here are a few images from what was not a well executed event. In the end, the tacos were still delicious. That is all the matters in the end.
I’m sure I mixed up that pro wrestling reference. I don’t watch pro wrestling. I went to college. That being said, here are some pictures from Baby Got Rack’s day at the Pufferbilly Day Barbecue Contest: Marcus whipping up a batch of Marfins. Not to be confused with Scuffins. Which… Read More »Can You Smell What the People’s Champ is Cookin’?
Tinkering with small world. I’ll probably tinker some more. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 110mm APERTURE: f/8 EXPOSURE: 1/250 DATE: 07/31/16 – 14:13 LATITUDE: 42.02276° LONGITUDE: -94.02198° PHOTO ASSISTANT: The Junck Family in a round about way. EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Times Like These” (acoustic) by Foo Fighters
Team Baby Got Rack competed in the Pufferbilly Days Barbecue Contest this past Sunday. I will take away many cherished memories from this Sunday, I’ll share those when I share the majority of the Baby Got Rack images at a later date. Here is what is important to know. At… Read More »The People’s Rack
I recently presented The Trophy for winning the 12th year of the Roundball Oracles to this year’s champion… Michelle Haupt It was an exciting NCAA Tournament and an equally exciting Roundball Oracles NCAA Tournament Pool. If North Carolina would’ve won the NCAA Championship Game, Sara Lockner would’ve come home with… Read More »ROUNDBALL ORACLES – YEAR 12
Participation took a little bit of hit this week. I’m sure it probably had to do a bit with the fact that there are only 2 times a day somebody could take a picture for this theme. If they were taking the theme literally. Or maybe something else caused a… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 43 – SUNRISE/SUNSET
Another rose from the State Center Rose Garden: Wish I would’ve been able to spend more time with better light there. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 500 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm APERTURE: f/4 EXPOSURE: 1/100 DATE: 06/04/2016 – 20:37 LONGITUDE: 42.01488° LONGITUDE: -93.16005° PHOTO ASSISTANT: JOE LYNCH EDITING SOUNDTRACK: “Better Get… Read More »Dare to Grasp the Thorn
A couple Saturdays back I traveled to America’s crossroads: Colo, Iowa to take place in a turtle race that I have dubbed The Colo Derby. My noble steed Titian dominated the competition, but on that day, it would NOT only be the turtles that smelled fishy. If you get what… Read More »The Colo Derby
This week’s theme seemed to really inspire lots of people. Including first time contributor and conspiracy theory enthusiast Joe Lynch. Who wanted it known that those aren’t clouds in his picture. They are chem trails. Dropped by “them” on the “masses” to dumb us down or make us easier to… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 39 – SKY/CLOUDS
I had a recent trip to Marshalltown to try some pizza with some friends, co-workers, and co-working friends. On the way back Joe begged me to stop at the State Center Rose Garden. I obliged him. It is one of my favorite places to visit every year and I can… Read More »It is the Time Wasted
When the light poking from the trees picture were first published 9 years ago, most people thought it was a setting sun. Actually it is a street lamp. Now all my secrets are known. Next week’s folder includes a dragonfly. Well, it might as well be a dragonfly. I know!… Read More »03-29-07
Recently my WB Joe stumbled across an article that Google had made their Nik Plugins free. I rushed to the website and downloaded this collection of 7 plugins to play with immediately. I thought I would give you a quick overview of some of the settings of these plugins, starting… Read More »Analog Efex Pro
It is exciting times around the PHOTOGRAPHY 139 WORLDWIDE HEADQUARTERS. There is a first time submitter in Dustin Jackson this week. Dustin is a very talented photographer and I would encourage you to follow him on his Facebook page, if you haven’t. I would post a link, but then I’d… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 19 – GRAFFITI
So the walk down memory lane now concludes. With a look at the images that were in the calendar that early this morning will be taken down from kitchen walls (most common place I’ve seen the calendar hung up), office walls, cubicle walls, and placed gently in the trash with… Read More »2015