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Alexis, Baier, Becca, Blogging, Brandon, Carla, Dad, Derrick, Evie, Jay, Jen, Jesse, Jill, Mom, Sara, Shannon, Teresa, Vest, Willy

Post 1200

As you may recall, I like to check in on some statistics every 100 posts or so to see how things are doing in popularity. However, this statistical check-in will mark the end of an era. I am officially retiring the Snapshots Gallery and the Artistic Gallery.

The advent of the store has made them obsolete and why bother with galleries where you can’t buy anything, right Andree Jauhari, Marla Gorshe, and Jennifer Wohlgemuth of Minnesota! Right. Right?

Therefore, the only gallery that will remain is the Store. Check it out:

Gallery/Store

So here are the final rankings of the 10 most popular pictures in the Artistic Gallery. For the record, these are heavily skewed by spammers:



1. 669 Views


2. 497 Views


3. 410 Views


4. 375 Views


5. 352 Views


5. 352 Views


7. 351 Views


8. 350 Views


8. 350 Views


8. 350 Views

Here are the 10 most popular pictures from the Snapshots Gallery. Data heavily skewed by spammers.



1. 2010 Labor Day – 915 Views


2. Jesse & I Netting My Trees – 643 Views


3. Derrick & a Gunderburger – 245 Views


4. Tailgating Games – 229 Views


5. Baier & I at Chiefs Game – 169 Views


6. Shannon & I at an Inebriated Saints Show – 89 Views


7. Shannon in Backbone – 54 Views


8. Holding the White Trash Elixir – 49 Views


9. Brandon Tailgating – 45 Views


10. Gunderburger! – 43 Views

Here is the list of the ten people that have contributed (in some way shape or form) to this blog the most in the first 1199 entries. Plus how many entries they have been in since we last looked at these numbers. Plus where they were the last time we looked at these numbers.

1. Jesse – 174 – +9 – 1
2. Jay – 165 – +13 – 2
3. Shannon – 153 – +6 – 3
4. Derrick – 138 – +14 – 4
5. Jen – 124 – +16 – 6
6. Teresa – 118 – +9 – 5
7. Sara – 112 – +15 – 8
8. Willy – 110 – +8 – 7
9. Vest – 95 – +14 – 9
10. Carla – 84 – +10 – NR
10. Mom – 84 – +17 – NR

Who are the 3 greatest movers outside of the Top Ten?

1. Dad – +16
2. Jill – +14
3. Evie – +6

Thanks to this group of friends and family for their consistent efforts in aiding me in my photographic pursuits, either through assisting, modeling, inspiring, listening, or just being around a whole lot. I couldn’t do what I do with out them. And so many other people too!

Animals, Cathie, Geri, Julie, Vest, WPC - Submissions

RWPE Y2 #33 – FEET

The submissions for FEET:



Geri Derner


Cathie Raley A


Cathie Raley B


Cathie Raley C


Christopher D. Bennett


Mike Vest A


Mike Vest B


Julie Johnson

The theme for next week is:

STRENGTH

This is a twist on a theme from last year, so there isn’t a need for a look back.

I don’t want to get arrogant, (since my last attempt was a complete and utter failure) but I will hopefully be on vacation in Minnesota at this time next week. Therefore I will probably not be near a computer and able to publish your submissions. So what will publish at this time next week will just be the theme for the following week. I will publish any submissions later in the week when I return.

Brog Frog, Cousin Amy, Dawn, Formal Portrait, Night, Sara, Self-Portrait, Shawn Lockner, Vest, WPC - Submissions

RWPE Y2 #30 – NIGHT

I’ll just confess that my picture this week was not the intended picture. But I did what I could after I had some kind of memory card failure where I lost my original picture.

Here are the submissions for NIGHT:


WEEK 30 - NIGHT - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

IMAGE LOST
Dawn Krause

WEEK 30 - NIGHT - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest A

WEEK 30 - NIGHT - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest B

Next week’s theme will be:

LEADING LINES

A look back at last year’s submissions.

LEADING LINES – 2010

I am going on vacation next week, so next Monday at noon the theme for next week will publish, but none of the pictures will be published until I return from my sabbatical. Unless you get your picture in by Friday.

Vest, WPC - Submissions

RWPE Y2 #29 – FRAMING

Only 2 pictures this week:


WEEK 29 - FRAMING - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT>
Christopher Bennett

WEEK 29 - FRAMING - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest

Next week’s theme:

NIGHT

That is a new theme for this year. Night photography can be the most difficult and most rewarding kind of photography. So get out at night and bring a tripod, or at least find a way to stabilize your camera. It also wouldn’t hurt to use your camera’s timer. Hopefully we get a few submissions for this interesting category.

Brog Frog, Geri, Shannon, Vest, WPC - Submissions

RWPE Y2 #28 – GAMES

There were a few submissions for GAMES. Here they are:


WEEK 28 - GAMES - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest

IMAGE LOST
Shannon Bardole

WEEK 28 - GAMES - GERI DERNER
Geri Derner

WEEK 28 - GAMES - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

My picture may be confusing, but believe me, I only had time for one kind “game” this past week.

I’ve been to the Random Generator and it has spit out the following theme for this week:

 

FRAMING

 

Here is a look at last year’s submissions:

 


FRAMING

 

GENERAL HOUSEKEEPING NOTES

A few weeks ago, Shawn designed a logo for me. The logo looks something like this:


The logo is just one of the changes being made or have been made to the website. The following changes have been made:

  •  The logo has been added to the header.
  • 11 new header images have been created.
  • The weather forecast for Boone, Iowa has been added to the Calendar.
  • A miniature slideshow has been added to the sidebar of the About, Contact, Calendar, and Downloads pages.
  • I have (with the assistance and nudging of Shawn) created a Photography 139 Facebook page. In order to get my own URL, I have to have 25 people “Like” it.  You can help me in accomplishing this task by going to virtually any page (except the Store and galleries) and clicking on the little “Like” link located in the sidebar.
  • I have added a Google+ link to virtually every page on the website. So if you are on Google+ and like a Journal entry and want to share it with other people, you only need to click on the +1 icon in the sidebar and it will appear in your Buzz section.
  • At the bottom of every single journal entry (individual page),  there is a Tweet icon.  If you really like a journal entry, you can click on this icon and it will Tweet a link to this page for you.
  • On the Home page there is a slideshow tentatively entitled “Pictures of the Month”.  That title will change and it will eventually be a slideshow of my most recent photos.
  • Underneath my Twitter Feed in the Journal, I have added a link to make it easier for you to follow my numerous brilliant outbursts on Twitter by clicking the Follow icon.

These are changes that are coming down the pipe. Some are partially implemented. Some are not.

  • The Artistic Gallery and the Snapshots Gallery are being retired.  They will still exist, but I will not be adding new images to them and they will not be accessible through the Navigation Bar at the top of the website.  You will still be able to access them with a direct URL, at least for the foreseeable future. There just isn’t a reason to continue these galleries with the advent of the Store.
  • Pictures for Journal Entries will be housed in the Store, rather than in the galleries.  The benefit is that the images will be larger and you will be able to click on an image and get even a larger image.  This doesn’t cover all images.  Some of the images that are published in The Archives just aren’t big enough to utilize this enhancement.  The same goes for the Slice of Life pictures.  But virtually all other images will benefit from this new feature when it is implemented fully.
  • Email subscription deliveries will be handled by the website directly.  Currently, the website emails me and then I email everybody that has subscribed via email.   Last time I attempted this, there were some bugs in the system. However, this is an advantage to you because you won’t have to wait for me to crawl out of bed (or in the case of this weekend when I will be out of state), you won’t have to wait for my return to get your high quality Photography 139 content.  I should point out that I write my blogs up to 2 months in advance.  So if I’m struck by lightning and die at some point in the near future and you keep getting emails from me. It is an act of technology, I’m not talking to you from the other side. Of course, if you want to subscribe via email, you just have to drop me a line at bennett@photography139.com.
Commercial, Formal Portrait, Photoshop, Shannon, Vest

Live United

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I was contacted a few weeks back by Shannon about doing some photography for the United Way campaign. They had a pretty specific request that required a fair amount of Photoshop expertise.

Because I had not the time or the patience to complete the project I talked Mike Vest into doing the Photoshop part of the project while I did the photography. The two images below are the result.


Live United

Live United

Rebecca Anderson acted as the art director for this project.

Next week’s random Wednesday pictures will cover a recent trip to Kalona.

Black & White, Carla, Derrick, Evie, Formal Portrait, Julie, Vest, WPC - Submissions

RWPE Y2 #27 – BLACK & WHITE

As everybody knows, Black & White will always be my first love, so I was happy to see at least a couple of submissions this week. Here are the submissions for BLACK & WHITE:


WEEK 27 - BLACK AND WHITE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

IMAGE LOST
Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey

WEEK 27 - BLACK AND WHITE - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest of Waxen Media

IMAGE LOST
Carla Stensland

The theme for next week:

GAMES

This is also a new theme for this year.

Julie, Still Life, Vest, WPC - Submissions

RWPE Y2 #25 – SOOTHING

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We are almost halfway through the final year of the Random Weekly Photo Experiment. Some good submissions for SOOTHING:


IMAGE LOST
Julie Johnson

WEEK 25 - SOOTHING - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest

WEEK 25 - SOOTHING - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

The Random Theme Generator has spoken. Here is the theme for this week:

LIGHT PLACEMENT

Here is a look back at last year’s submissions for LIGHT PLACEMENT:

LIGHT PLACEMENT – 2010


Remember next Monday is Independence Day, so it wouldn’t hurt to have your submissions in early.

Formal Portrait, Jill, Julie, Photoshop, Shannon, Vest, WPC - Submissions

RWPE Y2 #24 – PEOPLE

The submission wire was a little more active this week for PEOPLE. Apparently I know some people that know PEOPLE besides me. Here are the submissions:


WEEK 24 - PEOPLE - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest of Waxen Media

WEEK 24 - PEOPLE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

IMAGE LOST
Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey

IMAGE LOST
Shannon Bardole of Little White Lye Soap

I’ve been down to the Random Generator for a new theme for this week. This is what it spit out:

SOOTHING

A look back at last year’s SOOTHING submissions:

SOOTHING – 2010

Hopefully people don’t becoming so soothed thinking on this theme that they don’t take the picture.