OLD! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 20, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Mary Green – 1 week2-Jason Baier – 5 weeks3-Sabas Hernandez – 5 weeks4-Monica Jennings –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 567 – OLD
Last November Sony released a new Macro lens. You can bet dollars to Dutch Oven Bakery donuts that your boy pre-ordered that bad boy. Here are some specs of the new guy: Here are some of the first pictures I took with the new sweetness: I love it so! It… Read More »Sony FE 100mm f/2.8 GM OSS Macro
A few Saturdays back Carla, Teresa, and I loaded up in the RAV4 and went to Clinton to do some troll hunting. On the way we stopped for breakfast at the Sunrise Café in Le Grand, Iowa. We decided to stop there because it was on a list of “8… Read More »Breakfast Club: Le Grand Field Work
Can you believe that this is the 6,000th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 6,000
I took more Halloween related pictures than normal last year. In addition to the Trunk-or-Treat pictures I shared last Tuesday, I also took pictures of the pumpkins painted by the Youth Group, the trick-or-treaters that came to my house, and pictures at Boone’s first ever Halloween Parade. Here is the… Read More »Halloween 2025 – I
WARNING: NEXT MONDAY I WILL HOPEFULLY BE ON THE OPEN ROAD. POSSIBLY IN OKLAHOMA. POSSIBLY IN TEXAS. POSSIBLY IN KANSAS. IT IS HARD TO SAY. SO DON’T EXPECT ANY KIND OF REMINDER. YOU WILL HAVE TO BE YOUR OWN DOG. I WILL BE ON VACATION. IF YOU ARE WONDERING WHAT… Read More »WPC – WEEK 566 – COMMUNICATION
Time for another collection of images I took on the Saturday of Pufferbilly Days last year. The last collection was all parade pictures. So is this collection. I still have one more collection of images left to share from the Saturday of Pufferbilly Days.
Back in November I did a little bit of a loop around some central Iowa parks looking for animals to photograph for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme ANIMALS. I took Bokeh to the dog park. But after taking her home I went to Big Creek State Park, Jester Park,… Read More »Trust in Me and Fall as Well
Last year the Boone First United Methodist Church took place in the annual Trunk-or-Treat festivity. It is a pretty big deal in Boone. Thousands and thousands kids pour into Boone’s downtown area and get so much candy. The lines are so long it take over an hour to make the… Read More »Trunk-or-Treat 2025
CIRCLE! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 6, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Brandon Kahler – 1 week2-Jason Baier – 3 weeks3-Sabas Hernandez – 3 weeks4-Monica Jennings –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 565 – CIRCLE
After church a few weeks ago I took Brandon out for lunch for assisting with getting Morris, my 4 foot concrete alligator in place in my front yard. We went to Daisy’s Dog House in Ames. Logan, Dahlia, Jonah, and Andy all came along as well. Here are some cell… Read More »Hot Dog! Ames Field Work
Here is the second and final collection of images from the PGI Fireworks show I watched with Carla last year. I’m not a fireworks person by any stretch of the imagination. After about 5 minutes I’m ready for the show to wrap up. But this one actually held my attention.… Read More »PGI Fireworks – II
AMERICA! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 29, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Jason Baier – 2 weeks2-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks3-Monica Jennings – 2 weeks4-Johnathan Stensland –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 564 – AMERICA
Today is Independence Day! Happy birthday America! Here on the 250th anniversary of the final text of the Declaration of Independence was approved, it seemed apropos to share a collection of firework pictures. The PGI Convention was in Boone last year. PGI stands for the Pyrotechnics Guild International. They put… Read More »PGI Fireworks – I
It is the 1st day of July. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from June. I travelled a bit in June. Completely for leisure. And that felt pretty great. Here are the June Selfies: June 1 June 2 June 3 June 4 June 5… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2026
The Annual Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest registration form is now ready for people to download. The process is a little bit different this year. Photographers have to submit an online form and then the Chamber will email you a copy of the entry tags. You can fill out the online… Read More »WPC – WEEK 563 – TREES
Last November I got together with Alexis and her family and shot some family photos. Here are some of my favorites from the photo shoot: As you know, my favorite kind of portraits are the candid ones!
THINGS! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 15, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jesse Howard – 1 week2-Brandon Kahler – 1 week3-Suzie Brannen – 2 weeks*4-Mary Green –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 562 – THINGS
SLICE OF LIFE! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! Who submitted pictures that you would buy if you saw them on a postcard? That is the kind of thing you should leave in the COMMENTS section of this… Read More »WPC – WEEK 562 – SLICE OF LIFE
It has been almost a year since I shared any of the postcards that I have gotten in the mail from the people. As you know, I collect postcards that people send me from their travels. And admittedly, I have done a very, very poor job of keeping up with… Read More »Postcards I Collect II
WARNING! Next week’s theme has special rules. So make sure you read the words after the theme reveal! HISTORY! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 1, this was the current list… Read More »WPC – WEEK 560 – HISTORY