Today is Valentine’s Day. I have been told that today is a holiday invented by the greeting card companies. I don’t know if that is the case, but I can’t think of the greeting card industry without thinking about one of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies… Read More »Your Real World Away
Today is a very big day in the history of my oldest friends. Not just because one of my old friends climbed a building and set his shirt on fire and got arrested yesterday. No, because today is Bill’s birthday! Happy birthday Bill! +++++++ Looks like the streak lives on… Read More »WPC – WEEK 230 – REFLECTION
After we left The Little Brown Church and the possible time travelers but probably LARPers, our next stop was the Malanaphy Springs Waterfall. It is the lesser known waterfall in/near Decorah. It isn’t as pretty as Dunning’s Springs. It definitely isn’t as accessible. It is a good 20-30 minute hike… Read More »Birthday Road Trip – Malanaphy Springs
Willy, Jay, and I are taking Jesse out for his birthday. It isn’t anywhere near his birthday. Jesse’s birthday was way back in December, but life got in the way of going out then. We had to celebrate Willy’s birth. Then the holidays got in the way. Then it was… Read More »Larry Howard
For starters, happy birthday Anders! We celebrated Anders’ birthday last night at January birthday night with yellow cake, a DOLEMITE double feature, and a root beer tasting. After all, DOLEMITE is my name and (expletive deleted) up mother (expletive deleted) is my game! Here are some pictures of a man… Read More »Birthday Road Trip – Little Brown Church
There are a ton of photos in the folder 2009-08-24. Most of them are from my trips to the Iowa State Fair in 2009. However, there is also a good chunk of them that are pictures of Teresa and Ernie. This is already going to be a long post, so… Read More »2009-08-24
I’m not surprised easily, but you guys surprised me this week. Enough of you dipped your toe into the HDR world to keep the streak of double digit submissions going and to hit 15 straight weeks! But you didn’t come her to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation… Read More »WPC – WEEK 225 – HDR
December was a truly busy month. I actually left the state more than one. I visited places like Kansas, Missouri, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Georgia, and Florida. I feel I ended this attempt at THE SELFIE PROJECT fairly strong. Here are some of my favorite pictures from December: December 1 December… Read More »Selfie Project – December
14 weeks in a row! 14 weeks in a row of double digit submissions! I hope you guys prove me wrong and we hit 15 weeks in a row with HDR because you guys knocked in out of the park with CANDID PORTRAIT in more ways than one! Because I… Read More »WPC – WEEK 224 – CANDID PORTRAIT
Today we reveal the images for May and June from the 2020 Photography 139 Calendar. The May Image: May The May image is of the Dunning Spring waterfall in Decorah, Iowa. Jesse and I took a road trip to check them out and to photograph them as my birthday road… Read More »2009-08-05
13!! Lucky number 13! 13 straight weeks of double digit submissions. With the holiday season, it might be rough getting to 14 straight weeks and I will be in Kentucky next Monday. However, that doesn’t change the deadline. So plan accordingly, this week is a very easy theme! But you… Read More »WPC – WEEK 223 – LANDSCAPE
Another healthy week of submissions. The 12th week in a row of double digit submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submission rates. You came to see the submissions: Kim Barker Kim Barker Christopher D. Bennett Tamara Peterson Micky Augustin Andy Sharp Michelle… Read More »WPC – WEEK 222 – SPORTS/GAMES
Now that the 2018 backlog is mercifully behind us, it seems like a good time to check back in with THE SELFIE PROJECT. The 2019 version of THE SELFIE PROJECT has almost ran its course. I won’t repeat it in 2020, but maybe I’ll bring it back in 2021. We’ll… Read More »Selfie Project – November
There are a metric buttload of pictures in the folder 2009-07-23. Strangely, most of them were actually taken in December of 2008. I’m not entirely sure what was going on there. I can just state that my organizational system back then wasn’t rock solid like it is now. Mostly because… Read More »2009-07-23
Before we get into the meat of today’s post, I just want to throw out a quick prayer request out there. On Friday when I was ringing the bell for the Salvation Army, a woman that I don’t know handed the money directly to me and asked me to pray… Read More »WPC – WEEK 220 – COLORFUL
Happy Thanksgiving! Every year on Thanksgiving I like to think about my many, many blessings. I know, real original. You should feel free to try it sometime. But make sure you let everybody know that I invented gratitude. I am thankful for my family, no matter how family is defined:… Read More »Gratitudo
Here is the final collection of images from the 2018 Howards Photo Shoot that took place at some golf course that is like 3 blocks from my house. Sorry David, your character from the Howard Family Sitcom got written off. You will not be appearing in the 2019 Howard Family… Read More »Howards 2018 – Volume 3
Another dip into the cool refreshing waters of the 2018 backlog. This time, a second collection of pictures from the 2018 Howard Family Shoot. Here are a few more of my favorites: There is one more batch of 2018 Howard pictures still in the hopper! Stay pumped! +++++++ This is… Read More »Howards 2018 – Volume 2
I would be remiss if I didn’t start out this post to saying Happy Veteran’s Day. I don’t have a photo to back up these sentiment, so instead, let me remind you that veterans often struggle greatly when they leave the military. The suicide rate for veterans of 35 per… Read More »WPC – WEEK 217 – ORANGE
In late October I went to the beautiful campus of the pre-eminent land grant university in the country to see Elizabeth Warren speak at Stephens Auditorium. She was the last of the major candidates I needed to see. Here is a little bit about Elizabeth Warren from her website: Elizabeth… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Elizabeth Warren
Now is as a good of a time as any to check in with THE SELFIE PROJECT. I’m sure I did a bunch of interesting things in the month of October, but I’ll let you be the judge of whether or not I capture that while taking my daily THE… Read More »Selfie Project – October