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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 66 – MACRO

December 19, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 5 Comments

Pretty good participation rates for MACRO. One of my personal favorites.

But you don’t want to hear me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you want to see the submissions:

Angie DeWaard 1

Angie DeWaard 2

Bill Wentworth

Becky Perkovich

Jeff Kewer 1

Jeff Kewer 2

Kim Barker 1

Kim Barker 2

Christopher D. Bennett

Cathie Raley 1

Cathie Raley 2

Mike Vest

Shannon Bardole

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:

TRANSPORTATION!

Maybe not the sexiest theme for a week that includes the celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, but it is what the Post-It Note gods spit out. But if you think about it, maybe it is appropriate. If you are one of those families that actively lies to your children about Santa Claus, that guy does lots of transporting. Of course, there are many different types of TRANSPORTATION. Not all of them are physical. Many are emotional, spiritual, or psychological. Be creative. As always, feel free to define the theme any way you see fit.

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.

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 transportive Monday.

Angie, Art, Bill, Black & White, Michelle, Pastor Sarah, Shannon, Teresa, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 65 – FAMILY

December 12, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett

This day up and kicked me in the face, but no excuses. No more waiting. Here are the pictures for FAMILY for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

Michelle Haupt

Mike Vest

Christopher D. Bennett

Angie DeWaard

Sarah Karber

Bill Wentworth

Teresa Kahler 1

Teresa Kahler 2

Teresa Kahler 3

Teresa Kahler 4

Teresa Kahler 5

Shannon Bardole

MACRO!

I don’t want to get into a long thing about MACRO. There is a technical definition, but for our purposes, a close up of something or somebody will count as Macro.

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.

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 Monday.

Animals, Christianity, Flowers, Nature, Shannon

06-09-07

December 10, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

A wide variety of photos from the folder named 06-09-07:

Next week’s folder has some Becca in it.

Angie, Becky, Candid Portrait, Cathie, Dae Hee, Dawn, Kim, Nora, Shannon, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 63 – LOVE

November 28, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

There wasn’t as much LOVE in the world this week as one would have hoped. I’ll just hope that when we get to HATE, it isn’t a more popular option. But it is the world that we live in.

But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about LOVE and HATE. You want to see the LOVE submissions:

Kim Barker

Shannon Bardole

Becky Perkovich

Christopher D. Bennett

Cathie Raley 1

Cathie Raley 2

Cathie Raley 3

Angie DeWaard

Dawn Krause

TOWN!

But what is a TOWN? Here is one definition:

an urban area that has a name, defined boundaries, and local government, and that is generally larger than a village and smaller than a city.

But for our purposes here, a village or a city work perfectly fine. This theme is a slight derivation of last year’s theme of HOMETOWN. This theme is a little more expansive because it doesn’t suggest a picture of a HOMETOWN, but of any town. What is it about that town or city or village that is unique to that town. A picture of any old downtown would do. A cityscape would work. A Christmas parade would work. A town sign would work. Let your imagination go wild! Define the theme any way you see fit.

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.

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 townie Monday.

Angie, Bill, Cathie, Dawn, Night, Shannon, Steph, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 62 – NIGHT

November 21, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett

Participation rates may have dipped again slightly. The cool night air maybe zapping some motivation. Possibly. It even happened to me a bit this week. I was going to take my photo Saturday night and then fell asleep. Then I was going to do it Sunday night, fell asleep on my couch again. So I had to use a picture from Monday night.

I can sit here and talk all tommyrot about my own struggles, but you just want to see the submissions! Here they are:

Dawn Krause 1

Dawn Krause 2

Bill Wentworth

Angie DeWaard

Kim Barker

Mike Vest

Shannon Bardole

Stephanie Kim

Christopher D. Bennett

Cathie Raley

LOVE!

LOVE! That is an easy and painful enough concept! Everybody loves something. So there are a couple of ways at looking at this theme. You can get out there and photograph something you love. Or you could get out there and show somebody or something expressing love. Or you can get out there and photograph something that symbolizes love. I know we live in a hateful society in the middle of hateful world. But in this world full of hate, there is still love. So get out there and capture it.

After all, it is Thanksgiving this week. If you don’t see something or somebody you love or expressing love on that day… you’re doing life wrong. Better check the instruction manual again.

I’m looking at you people who have said they will participate some day, but haven’t.

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.

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 lovable Monday.

Christianity, Event, Formal Portrait, Shannon

Harvest Vineyard Photo Booth

November 11, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett

Last Sunday Shannon asked me to run a Photo Booth for her church’s party. It wasn’t exactly what I imagined, so I way over prepared, but that is cool, because it ended up being easier than anticipated.

Here are a few pictures from the day:

It was a very impressive event and I went home with quite a bit of the church’s creative ministry’s art.

Automobiles, Becky, Black & White, Carla, Dawn, Kim, Micky, Road Trip, Ruins, Shannon, Steph, Teresa, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 59 – ROAD TRIP

October 31, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

ROAD TRIP saw some of the regulars drop out, but the ones that did participate went all in. But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You just want to see the submissions.

Here they are:

Becky Perkovich 1

Becky Perkovich 2

Becky Perkovich 3

Becky Perkovich 4

Carla Stensland 1

Carla Stensland 2

Carla Stensland 3

Carla Stensland 4

Carla Stensland 5

Carla Stensland 6

Mike Vest 1

Mike Vest 2

Shannon Bardole

Stephanie Kim

Team Augustin

Kim Barker

Christopher D. Bennett

Teresa Kahler 1

Teresa Kahler 2

Teresa Kahler 3

Teresa Kahler 4

Dawn Krause

A healthy and diverse collection of submissions. Something to think about. This is the second time a picture of Pete Kostelnick (Boone native, Iowa State Graduate, and World Record Holder) has appeared in a WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE submission. Once when he was running through Boone. Now again when was finishing his world record trek across the United States in New York City. Do you think he will show up again? Yeah, I kind of doubt it too.

LANDSCAPE!

LANDSCAPE is something I personally sometimes struggle with in my photography. At least I feel that I do. Not to the level where I struggle in my faith that God loves murderers and child molesters and rapists just as much as me. But it is a struggle nonetheless. Did it just get dark in here? I feel like maybe it just got dark in here…

But what is LANDSCAPE?

all the visible features of an area of countryside or land, often considered in terms of their aesthetic appeal.

That seems like a fair definition. However, for our sake. Feel free to consider cityscapes or waterscapes. I know a guy that LOVES cityscapes. He works in a booming metropolis. He gets infinite PTO and he doesn’t allow his underlings to listen to Bachman Turner Overdrive. Maybe he will finally throw his hat into the ring with a lovely cityscape taken on his lunch break. We’ll see.

As always… feel free to interpret the theme however, you see fit.

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.

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 open landscapey Monday.

History, Shannon

Beans

October 22, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 9 Comments

I’ve fallen way behind due to internet issues, some sickness, lots of energy spend on some Youth Group stuff, lots of energy spent on Methodist Men stuff, tenderloining, birthday celebrations, and some general laziness.

I’ll try to catch up today and maybe tomorrow. This “Saturday’s” folder is Beans:

These pictures are of soy nuts. Shannon sub-contracted me to do some commercial photography for a soy nut company. I’m not even sure if that company is still in business. Not everybody has the staying power of a Photography 139 or a Little White Lye Soap. Sad.

Angie, Bill, Carla, Dawn, Jodie, Kim, Michelle, Shannon, Steph, Teresa

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 57 – HANDMADE

October 17, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

I’m running behind, so I’ll keep this brief. Another solid week of submissions for this week’s theme – HANDMADE:

Angie DeWaard

Bill Wentworth

Jodie Bennett 1

Jodie Bennett 2

Michelle Haupt

Christopher D. Bennett

Teresa Kahler

Kim Barker 1

Kim Barker 2

Shannon Bardole

Carla Stensland

Dawn Krause

Stephanie Kim

POP ART!

POP ART might be a little hard to explain. But it isn’t a difficult concept. Here is a Google definition:

art based on modern popular culture and the mass media, especially as a critical or ironic comment on traditional fine art values.

You should be looking at logos, magazines, newspapers, comic books, advertising, and labels. Just as a beginning. Andy Warhol (another overrated baby boomer icon) made lots of money by exploiting weak people… I mean by making art out of Campbell’s soup cans and paintings of Marylin Monroe.

A way to look at POP ART it is art that you see every day, but maybe never thought about as art. But a graphic designer did have to come up with the design on that label on the bottle of Pepsi that you are drinking. Put a frame around it and put hang it on a wall. That is all the Pop Artist is trying to say.

I’ll throw in one wrinkle to consider. POP ART is also a style of painting. If you have access to any kind of painting filter, you could consider using it.

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.

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 popular Monday!

Angie, Becky, Bill, Cathie, Dawn, Kim, Michelle, Micky, Pastor Sarah, Running, Shannon, Willy, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 56 – CHILDREN

October 10, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett

Maybe there was a slight dip this week, but that was to be expected, since CHILDREN are so very, very creepy. I mean, we’ve all seen the groundbreaking documentary CHILDREN OF THE CORN. We know what they’re capable of doing. Don’t get me started on the companion documentary VILLAGE OF THE DAMNED!

But I could stand here and talk all tommyrot about CHILDREN. You just want to see the images:

Angie DeWaard 1

Angie DeWaard 2

Bill Wentworth

Dawn Krause 1

Dawn Krause 2

Kim Barker

Michelle Haupt

Sarah Karber

Stephanie Kim

Cathie Raley 1

Cathie Raley 2

Shannon Bardole

Becky Perkovich

Robyn Augustin

Christopher D. Bennett

Still a very healthy number of submissions though! Including a submission for first time from Robyn Augustin! Hopefully we can carry this momentum into the cold months. That is when participation really starts to take a hit. Prepare yourself, winter is coming.

HANDMADE!

I’m not sure HANDMADE needs much explanation. It was something that was made by hands. So if a robot made it, it is out. Unless that robot has hands. Then it is in! Things that might qualify would be paintings, things that are cooked, things that are knitted, things that are crocheted, things that are crafted… I mean the list is almost limitless.

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.

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 handy Monday!