Category Archives: Taylan

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10-31-2017

September 16, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 5 Comments

The pictures in the folder 10-31-07 display both a terrifying display of brute strength and a terrifying display of Halloween costumes.

By dusting off these pictures and adding them to the current Smugmug Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following blog posts:

COSTUMES

HP LASERJET 4100

I have now restored all of the October 2007 blog posts to close to their original glory. Now I can’t tell you why I’ve felt motivated to restore decade old blog posts, because I know that nobody is checking them out, but I can tell you that I’ve learned a lot about who I used to be. I used to be somebody that put up photos within minutes after taking them. The current me has photos that he took close to a year ago that he still needs to look at. I probably need to find some middle ground on that.

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve more Iowa State Football and some surprising tailgaters!

Formal Portrait, Kalista, Saydie, Taylan

Thug Life

October 23, 2015 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

Although this undeniably falls into the category of posed photo, I still enjoy it as it shows flashes of truth. And we all know what Picasso said about art and the truth… right?

The Howard Children and their Significant Others

I should make a quick note that with this journal entry I’ve experimented with posting a larger image size. The million dollar question is whether or not this is how that image shows up in the inboxes of email subscribers.

If it is all jacked up, as always, you can click on the link and it should take you to the blog on the website.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONLY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 28mm (35mm equivalency – 42mm)
ISO: 125
APERTURE: f/4.5
EXPOSURE: 1/60
DATE: 09/26/2015 – 16:19
LATITUDE: 42° 2′ 22.1″
LONGITUDE: 93° 53′ 26.1″
ALTITUDE: 291.53 meters

Formal Portrait, Kalista, Saydie, Taylan

You Lookin’ at Me?

October 9, 2015 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

I’ve always said that my favorite pictures of people are when they are being real and not the posed holiday card variety. Perhaps this is why I have so few portrait accounts. Also perhaps why I don’t have a Christmas card.

In between painting my house and going out for my Mom’s birthday, I trudged around McHose Park with the Howards for their annual family photo shoot. I don’t usually release any images from the shoot until after Christmas, but they have already been published on Facebook, so I’m probably safe.

Here is one of my favorite images from the shoot:

There was a lot more teenage girl drama flying around than in years past, but that only adds to the humor of the day for me. Probably more to come in this series.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 35mm (52mm -35mm equivalency)
APERTURE: f/5.6
EXPOSURE 1/60
FLASH: Flash fired, compulsory flash mode
DATE: 09-26-2015 – 15:02
LATITUDE: 42° 2′ 30.2.3″
LONGITUDE: 93° 53′ 19.5″
ALTITUDE: 312.82 meters

Football, Jesse, Kalista, Kelly, Saydie, Taylan

The Archives: Edition #143

October 15, 2013 Christopher D. Bennett

Today’s images come from the following folder:

Backup/My Pictures/unlv

I have no clue why I named this folder unlv. It has nothing to do with unlv. There is a picture of the UNI place kicker lamenting a missed field goal that may have beaten the Cyclones though.

This pictures were taken on many different days, but all in 2006.

Next week’s folder will be:

Backup/My Scans/2006-02 (Feb)

Black & White, Formal Portrait, Jesse, Kalista, Kelly, Saydie, Taylan

The Howards – 2012 – Part 2

January 23, 2013 Christopher D. Bennett

More from the Howard Family Photo Shoot:

Whenever I do family portraits it is invariably the candids that are my favorites. Not entirely sure where the next Wednesday will take us…

Formal Portrait, Jesse, Kalista, Kelly, Saydie, Taylan

The Howards – 2012 – Part 1

January 16, 2013 Christopher D. Bennett

Once again I was contracted to do the portrait work for the annual Howard Family Photo Shoot.

Here are some of my favorite images from the day.

More from the Howard Photo Shoot next Wednesday.

365 Day Project, Black & White, Boone FUMC, Derrick, Evie, Flowers, Formal Portrait, Iowa State, Jesse, Kalista, Layla, Music, Naima, Nature, Saydie, Self-Portrait, Still Life, Taylan

365 Day Photo Project: 92 -105

November 12, 2012 Christopher D. Bennett

I think this is an interesting collection of images:

Day 92 – Zombie

Day 93 – Spooky

Day 94 – Happy Halloween

Day 95 – Something Beginning with C

Day 96 – Color

Day 97 – Breakfast

Day 98 – TV

Day 99 – Nature

Day 100 – Humor

Day 101 – Reflection

Day 102 – Siblings

Day 103 – Small

Day 104 – Education

Day 105 – Music

The themes for the next 7 days:

Day 106 – Drink
Day 107 – Where You Slept
Day 108 – Something Handmade
Day 109 – Strategy
Day 110 – The View from Your Window
Day 111 – Open Spaces
Day 112 – Happened this Weekend