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WPC – WEEK 487 – MOTION

January 13, 2025 Christopher D. Bennett Leave a comment

Time to reveal the December image of the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar:

DECEMBER

TECHNICAL DETAILS
CAMERA: Sony 7 IV
LENS: Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro
APERTURE: f/8
SHUTTER: 1/2000
ISO: 100
DATE: April 13, 2024

This picture of a bird soaring through the sky was taken at the Last Chance Cemetery near Chariton, Iowa. I ended up there as I was lunching nearby and saw it on the map and thought Last Chance Cemetery was a peculiar name and I decided to go visit it hoping for some photography opportunities. I had hoped for at the very least, a photogenic sign. However, the cemetery was fairly pedestrian. But while looking towards the heavens I saw a bird flying through a beautiful sky. It was not a wasted trip after all.

Here are the people that chose December as their favorite image:

Johnathan

Sabas

That concludes the calendar images, but tomorrow I will reveal all the images that I considered for the calendar, but decided to leave out for one reason or another.

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Here we are! Year 12. A far cry from when THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE was birthed violently into this world on January 14, 2010 under the name the Random Weekly Photo Experiment.

These were the two pictures submitted for the first ever theme of USE OF SPACE:

Christopher D. Bennett

Mike Vest

Then on January 2, 2012, I put the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT to bed. It had never really grown much in popularity. In the last several weeks of its existence, Vest and I were the only people to submit. It was time to admit it was a failure.

These were the last 2 pictures submitted for the final theme of SELF-PORTRAIT:

Mike Vest

Christopher D. Bennett

But the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE wouldn’t stay down. There were a few people that lobbied for it to return. In particular I remember Dawn and Angie making a case for its return. I brought it out of mothballs. Knocked the crust out of its eyes. Gave it a new name. THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. It was brought back to life on September 21, 2015. The rest, as they say, is photography community history.

Here are the submissions for that week, for the theme of NIGHT:

Angie DeWaard

Becky Perkovich

Michael Augustin

Michelle Haupt

Dawn Krause

Mike Vest

Christopher D. Bennett

The original point of the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT was simple. The idea was to take 52 different themes and by merely taking on the challenge of tackling the themes you would improve your photography skills. Either through just the act of practicing the craft or through taking photographs that are outside your comfort zone or area of expertise. You don’t improve by NOT taking pictures and this challenge would force you to touch your camera at least once a week. At the end of the year you would have 52 unique images. Images that you could consider for entering into photo contests if you want.

Sometimes people mistakenly think this is a contest. It is not. Merely a challenge. I’m glad so many people have been up for it!

Here we are now. 11 years of submissions complete. Ready to start the 12th year. I hope you are as excited as I am!

Let us begin, shall we?

MOTION! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices in motion? Keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, January 6, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks:

1-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week
2-Monica Jennings – 1 week
3-Deanna McClain – 1 week
4-Johnathan Stensland – 1 week
5-Alexis Stensland – 2 weeks
6-Suzie Brannen – 14 weeks
*7-Deb Powers – 19 weeks
8-Willy McAlpine – 25 weeks
9-Mike Vest – 33 weeks
10-Lowell Davis – 53 weeks
11-Brandon Kahler – 54 weeks
12-Scott Degeneffe – 72 weeks
13-Sheri Fakhouri – 82 weeks
*14-Logan Kahler – 83 weeks
15-Nathanial Brown – 84 weeks
16-Tamara Peterson – 95 weeks
*17-Mindi Terrell – 99 weeks
18-Linda Bennett – 128 weeks
19-Sarah Toot – 129 weeks
20-Angie DeWaard – 132 weeks
*21-Dawn Krause – 137 weeks
22-Kim Barker – 143 weeks
*23-Joe Duff – 144 weeks
*24-Teresa Kahler – 155 weeks
*25-Carla Stensland – 155 weeks
26-Micky Augustin – 157 weeks
*27-Andy Sharp – 158 weeks
28-Bill Wentworth – 159 weeks
29-Cathie Morton – 163 weeks
30-Elizabeth Nordeen – 164 weeks
31-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 166 weeks
32-Kio Dettman – 168 weeks

Here is the list of rules for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit. If you submit 2 pictures, make sure they are of different subjects.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM Central Time the following Monday. But that is a deadline. Pictures can be submitted as soon as you take them.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
6. Please include the location of where the picture was taken with your submission.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks or the rules of the challenge or how to submit. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:

WPC - WEEK 487 - MOTION - ALEXIS STENSLAND

Alexis Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 3 weeks

Andy Sharp (West Roads Mall – Omaha, Nebraska) – 159 weeks

Andy Sharp (West Roads Mall – Omaha, Nebraska)

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 133 weeks

Becky Parmelee (Bella Vista, Arkansas) – 1 week

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 160 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Ames, Iowa) – 55 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ankeny, Iowa) – 156 weeks

Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 164 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 138 weeks

Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 20 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 165 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas) – 145 weeks

Kim Barker (Ames, Iowa) – 144 weeks

Kio Dettman (Ogden, Iowa) – 169 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 129 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas)

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 84 weeks

Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 54 weeks

Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa) – 1 week

Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Story County, Iowa) – 158 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 34 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 100 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Ohio) – 85 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Harrisburg, Pennsylvania)

Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 1 week

Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa)

Sara Lockner (Brenton Park – Des Moines, Iowa) – 1 week

Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 130 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 73 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 167 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa)

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 96 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 156 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 26 weeks

34 participants this week. That is a solid way to start Year 12.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Arkansas (1)
+ Iowa (32)
+ Kansas (2)
+ Nebraska (3)
+ Ohio (1)
+ Pennsylvania (2)
+ Texas (1)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (1)
+ Iowa (32)
+ Kansas (2)
+ Nebraska (3)
+ Ohio (1)
+ Pennsylvania (2)
+ Texas (1)

There were quite a few milestones this week! Willy hit the Half Year Streak Club! Woo! Mindi hit the Triple Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! Sarah hit the 2.5 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! Woo! Carla and Teresa both hit the 3 Year Streak Club! WooHoo WooHoo! WooHoo!

But it wasn’t all good news. Johnathan couldn’t build on his submission from last week. His streak is over before it began. Suzie’s streak is gone after 14 weeks.

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:

COLORFUL

COLORFUL! A great theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.

PHOTOGRAPHY TIP OF THE WEEK

There are several ways to make colors really pop in a picture, but the easiest by far is to slightly underexpose the image.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see a bunch of COLORFUL submissions in this place that tries to be splashed in saturation next Monday.

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WPC – WEEK 486 – WHEELS

January 6, 2025 Christopher D. Bennett Leave a comment

It is time to reveal the May image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar:

May

TECHNICAL DETAILS
CAMERA: Sony 7M4
LENS: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro
FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm
APERTURE: f/9
EXPOSURE: 1/125
ISO: 800
DATE: August 13, 2024

I took this picture of a bee on a zinnia at the Iowa State Fair Discovery Garden. Well-documented to be one of my favorite parts of the Iowa State Fair. I used a longer macro lens to get closer to the bee without spooking it. I used a smaller aperture to try to keep as much of the bee in focus as possible. Then a somewhat faster shutter speed because of the length of the lens. To compensate for the small aperture and quick shutter speed I used a higher ISO than normal.

I don’t have a good reason for why this picture was selected for May. I normally put a picture that I personally love but think has a small audience appeal in May, since it is my birthday month. However, this picture ended up as the May image as it was the last image that didn’t have a home. Kind of disappointing reasoning I know.

May wasn’t a super popular image, but here are the people that selected it as their favorite:

Carla

Roger and Carol

I look forward to revealing the June image tomorrow!

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WHEELS! What a great theme! But did enough people roll out and get a WHEELS image to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA, DC, WA)
2-Jesse Howard – 1 week (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
3-Becky Parmelee – 1 week (AR, IA, OK, NY)
*4-Kyle Sharp – 1 week (IA, MO, CO)
*5-Alexis Stensland – 1 week (IA)
*6-Mary Green – 2 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
*7-Suzie Brannen – 14 weeks (IA, MD)
*8-Deb Powers – 18 weeks (MT, IA)
9-Willy McAlpine – 25 weeks (IA)
10-Mike Vest – 32 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
11-Lowell Davis – 52 weeks (IA, MO, KS)
12-Brandon Kahler – 53 weeks (IA, MN)
13-Scott Degeneffe – 71 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
14-Sheri Fakhouri – 81 weeks (IA, NE, GA)
*15-Logan Kahler – 82 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
16-Nathanial Brown – 83 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI, NY, MO)
*17-Tamara Peterson – 94 weeks (IA, MN)
*18-Mindi Terrell – 98 weeks (IA)
*19-Linda Bennett – 127 weeks (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO)
*20-Sarah Toot – 128 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD, KS, MO)
21-Angie DeWaard – 131 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL)
22-Dawn Krause – 136 weeks (IA, IL)
*23-Kim Barker – 142 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*24-Joe Duff – 143 weeks (TX, NY)
*25-Teresa Kahler – 154 weeks (IA, NE)
*26-Carla Stensland – 154 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
27-Micky Augustin – 156 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK, AZ)
*28-Andy Sharp – 157 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS, AZ, CO, NM, UT)
29-Bill Wentworth – 158 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
30-Cathie Morton – 162 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM, CO, UT)
*31-Elizabeth Nordeen – 163 weeks (IA, OH)
32-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 165 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX, TX, MO)
*33-Kio Dettman – 167 weeks (IA)

WHEELS was the last theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The rule for Year 12 are pretty much the same, maybe some minor tweaks to the language.

Here is the list of rules for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

WPC - WEEK 486 - WHEELS - SABAS HERNANDEZ

Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 1 week

Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 1 week

Deanna McClain (Perry, Iowa) – 1 week

Johnathan Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – Ogden, Iowa

Alexis Stensland (Ames, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 15 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 19 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 26 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 33 weeks

Lowell Davis (Ames, Iowa) – 53 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 54 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 72 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 82 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 83 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Nathanial Brown (Saint Louis, Missouri) – 84 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 95 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 99 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 128 weeks

Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 129 weeks

Angie DeWaard (West Des Moines, Iowa) – 132 weeks

Dawn Krause (Les’s Auto – Boone, Iowa) – 137 weeks

Dawn Krause (Urbandale, Iowa)

Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 143 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas) – 144 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas)

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 155 weeks

Teresa Kahler (House of Colour – Ankeny, Iowa)

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 155 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 157 weeks

Andy Sharp (Ankeny, Iowa) – 158 weeks

Andy Sharp (Dakota Dunes, South Dakota)

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 159 weeks

Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 163 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 164 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Honey Hollow – Rural Warren County, Iowa) – 166 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone County Courthouse – Boone, Iowa) – 168 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa) – 590 weeks

There were 33 participants this week. Year 11 goes out with a bit of whimper. But not doubt Year 12 will see a significant rebound in participation!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (35)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ South Dakota (1)
+ Texas (2)

Here is the final Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Alaska (1)
+ Arizona (2.5)
+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (14)
+ Florida (16)
+ Georgia (3)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (14)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1968)
+ Kansas (71)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (2)
+ Michigan (13)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (28.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (61)
+ Nevada (5)
+ New Jersey (5)
+ New Mexico (1.5)
+ New York (23)
+ North Carolina (3)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (42)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (6)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (79)
+ Utah (2.5)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Washington (2)
+ Washington D.C. (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (6)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (4)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ Mexico (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

39 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 1 District! 7 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS, AZ, CO, NM, UT, SD) – 16
+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI, NY, MO) – 15
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA, DC, WA) – 13
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD, KS, MO) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM, CO, UT) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX, TX) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL) – 6
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK, AZ) – 5
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK, NY) – 4
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN, FL) – 4
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO, KS) – 3
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH, WI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Kyle Sharp (IA, MO, CO) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

Andy ends Year 11 as the “THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE most travelled photographer!”

Amazingly, there were no minor or major milestones reached this week. But on the contrary, there was a bloodbath of streaks. Jen, Jesse, Becky, and Kyle. Not a one of them could build on last week’s theme and their streaks are over before they began. Mary’s streak goes kaput at 2 weeks. It was indeed a bleak week in THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE world.

MOTION

MOTION! What a great first theme for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

There are really two ways to capture MOTION in a photograph.

1. Use a fast shutter speed to freeze motion.
2. Use a slow shutter speed to blur the motion.

I look forward to your interpretation!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your MOTION in this place that tries to keep moving forward next Monday.

Alexis, Andy, Angie, Aunt Linda, Becky, Bill, Bokeh, Brandon, Carla, Cathie, Dawn, Deb, Elizabeth, Jen, Jesse, Joe Duff, Kim, Kio, Logan, Lowell, Mary, Micky, Mindi, Nathanial, Scottie D., Shannon, Sheri, Still Life, Street Photography, Suzie, Tamara, Teresa, Vest, Willy, World Religion, WPC - Submissions

WPC – WEEK 485 – HOLIDAYS

December 30, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. But as we are heading into a new year, I’m going to update and tackle the FAQ in a slightly different direction. Here is the FAQ:

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE

Who are your favorite submitters?

Obviously all of you are my favorites. But the real ones do 4 things.
1. Submit by Sunday night. (Yes, the deadline is 11 AM, but we’re talking about the real ones.)
2. Submit in the correct format. (That is .jpg or .png. Notice, not listed is .heic. I get it. You are a big time Apple fanboy. But .heic images have to be converted. Please save me from having to convert your images!)
3. Their submission communication includes that the picture if for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE and isn’t just some random image that they are sending me to share about their life, hopes, and dreams.
4. Their submission communication includes where the picture was taken.

Here is an example of a PERFECT submission text message:

Here is an example of a PERFECT submission email:

Here is an example of why size matters:

This isn’t to single Mary out. It is just an example I have from this week. Those are great pictures, but they can barely be seen. Remember that the “suggested” minimum resolution is 1280 pixels x 853 pixels for a 4 x 6 image. Don’t overcrop.* Check your email and text message settings. Are they resizing your images?

Is this a competition?
NO. It is a challenge. There are no winners and losers. Well the people that don’t participate are losers.

Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week?

Yes. That limit is 2. If you send me more than 2, I will post the first 2 that you send. I’m not trying to harsh your photography buzz, but any more than that starts to overwhelm the other submissions and it takes me about 5 minutes to take a picture from my inbox to code it on the website. So I have to manage my workload.

If you are going to submit more than one picture, I strongly urge you to choose completely different subjects for each submission. If you are submitting multiple pictures of the same subject, make sure that each picture is saying something unique.

If I start to average 45 participants a week, I will lower the limit to 1.

Do you ever question whether somebody’s submission fits the theme?

Meh. Only if I think somebody is clearly confusing this week’s theme with last week or next week’s theme. Otherwise, if the submission makes sense in your head, that is good enough for me. However, I would urge you to not try to fit your favorite subject into the theme every week. This isn’t a challenge to share a picture every week of your kid or your business or your pet. It is a challenge to take pictures of different things every week. Which isn’t to say subjects can’t be repeated, but you shouldn’t become reliant on the same ones.

Why can’t I submit after 11 AM on Mondays if the post doesn’t publish until 12:01 PM?

I go to lunch at 11 AM. I leave my office. I’m not near a computer. At 11 AM I hit “Schedule” and then I go throw food down my throat. 167 hours is more than enough time to send a submission. Okay, 166 hours and 59 minutes. You got me.

When will you start accepting suggestions for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes?

I will take suggestions only and ONLY in the comments sections of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE posts the last week of October and the 1st week of November.

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HOLIDAYS! What a great theme! But did enough people holiday it up to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 23, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

*1-Mary Green – 1 week (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
2-Elainie Hernandez – 2 weeks (IA)
3-Sara Lockner – 3 weeks (IA, BHS, MN, FL)
4-Monica Jennings – 5 weeks (IA)
5-Sabas Hernandez – 6 weeks (IA, OH, WI)
*6-Suzie Brannen – 13 weeks (IA, MD)
7-Deb Powers – 17 weeks (MT, IA)
8-Willy McAlpine – 24 weeks (IA)
9-Deanna McClain – 28 weeks (IA, MN)
10-Mike Vest – 31 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
11-Lowell Davis – 51 weeks (IA, MO, KS)
12-Brandon Kahler – 52 weeks (IA, MN)
13-Scott Degeneffe – 70 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
14-Sheri Fakhouri – 80 weeks (IA, NE, GA)
15-Logan Kahler – 81 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
16-Nathanial Brown – 82 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI, NY)
17-Tamara Peterson – 93 weeks (IA, MN)
18-Mindi Terrell – 97 weeks (IA)
*19-Linda Bennett – 126 weeks (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO)
20-Sarah Toot – 127 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD, KS)
21-Angie DeWaard – 130 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL)
22-Dawn Krause – 135 weeks (IA, IL)
*23-Kim Barker – 141 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*24-Joe Duff – 142 weeks (TX, NY)
25-Teresa Kahler – 153 weeks (IA, NE)
*26-Carla Stensland – 153 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
27-Micky Augustin – 155 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK, AZ)
28-Andy Sharp – 156 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS)
29-Bill Wentworth – 157 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
30-Cathie Morton – 161 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM, CO, UT)
31-Elizabeth Nordeen – 162 weeks (IA, OH)
32-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 164 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX, TX, MO)
33-Kio Dettman – 166 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

Kio Dettman (Hy-Vee – Boone, Iowa)- 167 weeks

Kio Dettman (1st Baptist Church – Boone, Iowa)

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Dakota City, Iowa) – 165 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 163 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 162 weeks

Bill Wentworth (St. Louis, Missouri) – 158 weeks

Andy Sharp (4 Corners – Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah) – 157 weeks

Andy Sharp (4 Corners – Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico, Utah)

Micky Augustin (Des Moines, Iowa) – 156 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 154 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Carla Stensland (Boone First United Methodist Church – Boone, Iowa) – 154 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)

Joe Duff (Texas) – 143 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas)

Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa) – 142 weeks

Kim Barker (Nevada, Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 136 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 131 weeks

Sarah Toot (Kansas City, Missouri) – 128 weeks

Sarah Toot (Charlotte Douglas International Airport – Charlotte, North Carolina)

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 127 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas)

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 98 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 94 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Iowa)

Nathanial Brown (St. Louis, Missouri) – 83 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 82 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 81 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Nob Hill – Boone County, Iowa) – 71 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 53 weeks

Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 52 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 32 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Cedar Rapids, Iowa) – 25 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 18 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 14 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa)

Mary Green (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa)

Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Reiman Gardens – Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 1 week

Alexis Stensland (Iowa)

Kyle Sharp (Colorado) – 1 week

Jesse Howard (Reiman Gardens – Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Becky Parmelee (Napier, Iowa) – 1 week

Christopher D. Bennett (Maccabees Kosher Deli – Des Moines, Iowa)

34 participants this week! That is a fair week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Arizona (.5)
+ Colorado (2.5)
+ Iowa (41)
+ Kansas (2)
+ Missouri (3)
+ New Mexico (.5)
+ North Carolina (1)
+ Texas (2)
+ Utah (.5)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Alaska (1)
+ Arizona (2.5)
+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (11.5)
+ Florida (16)
+ Georgia (3)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (14)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1934)
+ Kansas (71)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (2)
+ Michigan (13)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (27.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (60)
+ Nevada (5)
+ New Jersey (5)
+ New Mexico (2.5)
+ New York (23)
+ North Carolina (3)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (41)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (77)
+ Utah (2.5)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Washington (2)
+ Washington D.C. (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (6)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (4)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ Mexico (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

39 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 1 District! 7 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI, NY, MO) – 15
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS, AZ, CO, NM, UT) – 15
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA, DC, WA) – 13
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD, KS, MO) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM, CO, UT) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX, TX) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL) – 6
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK, AZ) – 5
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK, NY) – 4
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN, FL) – 4
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO, KS) – 3
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH, WI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Kyle Sharp (IA, MO, CO) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

Heading into the last week of Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, Nathanial and Andy are tied to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer of Year 11!”

The milestone this week is that Lowell joined the 1 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! Micky joined the 3 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo!

But it wasn’t all candy canes and sugar plums! There was a literal bloodbath of people who couldn’t make merry with their camera this week. Elainie’s streak is gone at 2. Sara’s is over at 3. Monica’s streak goes kaput at 4. Sabas’ streak is no more at 6. And worst of all scarecrow, Deanna’s streak is now only something you’ll read about it in history books at 28! Bah humbug!

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:

WHEELS (Suggested by Sarah Toot)

WHEELS! What a great FINAL theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of WHEELS in this place that isn’t stationary next Monday.

*Don’t overcrop is a rule you should live by. Or as I would say, in almost all situations crop (or zoom) with your feet.

Alexis, Andy, Angie, Aunt Linda, Bill, Black & White, Brandon, Carla, Cathie, Dawn, Deanna, Deb, Elizabeth, Jesse, Joe Duff, Kim, Kio, Logan, Lowell, Mary, Micky, Mindi, Monica, Nathanial, Sabas, Sara, Sarah, Scottie D., Self-Portrait, Shannon, Sheri, Still Life, Street Photography, Suzie, Tamara, Teresa, Vest, Willy, WPC - Submissions

WPC – WEEK 482 – SYMMETRY

December 9, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett Leave a comment

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As we are approaching Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (formerly THE RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT) I can reveal the 52 themes for 2025:

Year 12 WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE THEMES (Not in any order):

1. BLACK & WHITE
2. STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
3. SLICE OF LIFE
4. ROAD TRIP
5. STATUE
6. MUSIC
7. #INSTAGOOD
8. THINGS (PUFFERBILLY CLASS)
9. DREAM (ANDY SHARP)
10. THREE (JOE DUFF)
11. SOMETHING STUPID (LOWELL DAVIS)
12. SHOOT THROUGH (CARLA STENSLAND)
13. EMOTION RELAYED WITHOUT A FACE (ANGIE DEWAARD)
14. HISTORIC BUILDINGS (ISF Theme)
15. FLOWER
16. HUMANS (PUFFERBILLY THEME)
17. ODD CAMERA ANGLE
18. COLORFUL
19. LOVE (CARLA STENSLAND)
20. MOTION
21. TWO TONE (ANDY SHARP)
22. DAMAGED (JOE DUFF)
23. SPIRIT (LOWELL DAVIS)
24. COMMERCIAL PHOTOGRAPHY (ANGIE DEWAARD)
25. TRANSPORTATION (PUFFERBILLY CLASS)
26. FAMILY
27. PAINTING
28. DECORATION
29. BODY PART
30. STICKERS
31. PORTRAIT
32. SNEAK INTO THEATER (ANDY SHARP)
33. SPOOKY (JOE DUFF)
34. PEACE (LOWELL DAVIS)
35. MEANINGFUL (CARLA STENSLAND)
36. SILHOUETTE (ANGIE DEWAARD)
37. BEHIND THE DOOR (CARLA STENSLAND)
38. TOOL
39. FRIENDS
40. WORDS
41. WET
42. COMPETITION
43. SIGN
44. SATURDAY NIGHT
45. SUNSHINE (CARLA STENSLAND)
46. FOOD (ANGIE DEWAARD)
47. PAPER
48. CHARITY
49. ANIMAL (PUFFERBILLY CLASS)
50. WIDE ANGLE
51. CONTRAST
52. EDUCATION

If you want to know what order they are in, you can always go here to look at the Photography 139 Calendar:

Photography 139 Calendar

You can also see that I badly need to spruce up that page on my website.

The order is randomly generated by a list randomizer and then a couple of themes are then moved. For example SLICE OF LIFE is always the week of my Dad’s birthday. And maybe two more were moved to line up with a couple of holidays. But the rest are randomly assigned.

Thanks to everyone that suggested themes this year! Some of them are really outside of the box and creative. Which of course, I love!

And if you look closely, you might get an idea for some of the changes I’m going to make for the 2025 Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Shhhhh!

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SYMMETRY! What a great theme! But were enough people beside themselves to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Becky Parmelee – 1 week (AR, IA, OK, NY)
2-Alexis Stensland – 1 week (IA)
*3-Mary Green – 2 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
4-Monica Jennings – 2 weeks (IA)
5-Sabas Hernandez – 3 weeks (IA, OH)
6-Jesse Howard – 9 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
7-Suzie Brannen – 10 weeks (IA, MD)
*8-Deb Powers – 14 weeks (MT, IA)
9-Willy McAlpine – 21 weeks (IA)
10-Deanna McClain – 25 weeks (IA, MN)
11-Mike Vest – 28 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
12-Lowell Davis – 48 weeks (IA, MO, KS)
13-Brandon Kahler – 49 weeks (IA, MN)
14-Scott Degeneffe – 67 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
15-Sheri Fakhouri – 77 weeks (IA, NE, GA)
16-Logan Kahler – 78 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
17-Nathanial Brown – 79 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI, NY)
18-Tamara Peterson – 90 weeks (IA, MN)
*19-Mindi Terrell – 94 weeks (IA)
20-Linda Bennett – 123 weeks (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO)
21-Sarah Toot – 124 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD)
22-Angie DeWaard – 127 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL)
23-Dawn Krause – 132 weeks (IA, IL)
24-Kim Barker – 138 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
25-Joe Duff – 139 weeks (TX, NY)
*26-Teresa Kahler – 150 weeks (IA, NE)
*27-Carla Stensland – 150 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
28-Micky Augustin – 152 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
*29-Andy Sharp – 153 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS)
*30-Bill Wentworth – 154 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
*31-Cathie Morton – 158 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM)
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 159 weeks (IA, OH)
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 161 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX)
34-Kio Dettman – 163 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

WPC - WEEK 482 - SYMMETRY - ALEXIS STENSLAND

Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 154 weeks

Angie Dewaard (Iowa) – 128 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 155 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 50 weeks

Cathie Morton (Denver, Colorado) – 159 weeks

Cathie Morton (University of Utah – Salt Lake City, Utah)

Carla Stensland (Iowa) – 151 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)

Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 26 weeks

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 133 weeks

Deb Powers (Iowa) – 15 weeks

Deb Powers (Iowa)

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 160 weeks

Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 10 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas) – 140 weeks

Kim Barker (Iowa) – 139 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 164 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 124 weeks

Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 79 weeks

Logan Kahler (Iowa)

Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 49 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa) – 3 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Colo, Iowa) – 153 weeks

Mike Vest (Iowa) – 29 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 95 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 3 weeks

Monica Jennings (Iowa)

Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 80 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 4 weeks

Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week

Sarah Toot (Caesar’s Palace – Las Vegas, Nevada) – 125 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Bondurant, Iowa) – 68 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Cancun, Mexico) – 162 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Dallas, Texas)

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 78 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 11 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 91 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 151 weeks

Willy McAlpine (High Trestle Trail Bridge – Boone County, Iowa) – 22 weeks

35 participants this week. A pretty great week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Colorado (1)
+ Iowa (35)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Mexico (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Nevada (1)
+ Texas (2)
+ Utah (1)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Alaska (1)
+ Arizona (1)
+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (11)
+ Florida (16)
+ Georgia (3)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (14)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1832)
+ Kansas (64)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (2)
+ Michigan (13)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (23.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (58)
+ Nevada (5)
+ New Jersey (5)
+ New Mexico (2)
+ New York (22)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (40)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (71)
+ Utah (2)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Washington (2)
+ Washington D.C. (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (4)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ Mexico (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

39 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 1 District! 7 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI, NY) – 14
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA, DC, WA) – 13
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS) – 11
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM, CO, UT) – 9
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD) – 8
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX, TX) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL) – 6
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK, NY) – 4
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN, FL) – 4
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO, KS) – 3
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2
+ Kyle Sharp (IA, MO) – 2

Nathanial is clinging lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”

There were a couple of milestones reached this week. Jesse joined the Double Digit Streak Club. WooHoo! Deanna joined the Half Year Streak Club. WooHoo! Sheri joined the Year and a Half Steak Club. Year and a Half Club! WooHoo! Woo!

REFLECTION

REFLECTION! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of REFLECTION in this place that in many ways is my mirror next Monday.

Alexis, Andy, Angie, Aunt Linda, Becky, Bill, Boone FUMC, Brandon, Carla, Cathie, Dawn, Deanna, Deb, Elizabeth, Jesse, Joe Duff, Kim, Kio, Logan, Lowell, Mary, Micky, Mindi, Monica, Nathanial, Sabas, Sarah, Scottie D., Shannon, Sheri, Street Photography, Suzie, Tamara, Teresa, Vest, Willy, WPC - Submissions

WPC – WEEK 481 – CLOTHING

December 2, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett Leave a comment

CLOTHING! What a great theme! But were enough people not nudists to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, November 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

*1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA, DC, WA)
*2-Mary Green – 1 week (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
3-Monica Jennings – 1 week (IA)
4-Sara Lockner – 1 week (IA, BHS, MN, FL)
5-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks (IA, OH)
6-Jesse Howard – 8 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
*7-Suzie Brannen – 9 weeks (IA, MD)
*8-Deb Powers – 13 weeks (MT, IA)
9-Willy McAlpine – 20 weeks (IA)
10-Deanna McClain – 24 weeks (IA, MN)
11-Mike Vest – 27 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
12-Lowell Davis – 47 weeks (IA, MO, KS)
13-Brandon Kahler – 48 weeks (IA, MN)
14-Scott Degeneffe – 66 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
15-Sheri Fakhouri – 76 weeks (IA, NE, GA)
16-Logan Kahler – 77 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
17-Nathanial Brown – 78 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI, NY)
18-Tamara Peterson – 89 weeks (IA, MN)
*19-Mindi Terrell – 93 weeks (IA)
20-Linda Bennett – 122 weeks (KS, IA, MI, NY)
21-Sarah Toot – 123 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL)
22-Angie DeWaard – 126 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL)
*23-Dawn Krause – 131 weeks (IA, IL)
24-Kim Barker – 137 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
25-Joe Duff – 138 weeks (TX, NY)
26-Teresa Kahler – 149 weeks (IA, NE)
*27-Carla Stensland – 149 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
28-Micky Augustin – 151 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
*29-Andy Sharp – 152 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS)
*30-Bill Wentworth – 153 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
31-Cathie Morton – 157 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
32-Elizabeth Nordeen – 158 weeks (IA, OH)
33-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 160 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
34-Kio Dettman – 162 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

WPC - WEEK 481 - CLOTHING - BECKY PARMELEE

Becky Parmelee (New York City, New York) – 1 week

Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 1 week

Mary Green (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa)

Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 3 weeks

Jesse Howard (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa) – 9 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 10 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 14 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 21 weeks

Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 25 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 28 weeks

Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 48 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Jack Trice Stadium – Ames, Iowa) – 49 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Iowa) – 67 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 77 weeks

Logan Kahler (Iowa) – 78 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 79 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Boone, Iowa) – 90 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 94 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Missouri) – 123 weeks

Sarah Toot (Baltimore, Maryland) – 124 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 127 weeks

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 132 weeks

Kim Barker (Iowa) – 138 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas) – 139 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 150 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 150 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)

Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa)- 152 weeks

Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 153 weeks

Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa)

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 154 weeks

Cathie Morton (New Mexico) – 158 weeks

Cathie Morton (Phoenix, Arizona)

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 159 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Cancun, Mexico) – 161 weeks

Kio Dettman (Iowa) – 163 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Boone First United Methodist Church – Boone, Iowa) – 585 weeks

There were 35 participants this week. A pretty good week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Arizona (1)
+ Iowa (34)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Mexico (1)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ New Mexico (1)
+ New York (1)
+ Texas (1)

Thanks go Cathie’s travels we added New Mexico and Arizona to the map. Thanks to Shannon’s travels we add Mexico to the map!

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Alaska (1)
+ Arizona (1)
+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (16)
+ Georgia (3)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (14)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1797)
+ Kansas (63)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (2)
+ Michigan (13)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (23.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (57)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (5)
+ New Mexico (2)
+ New York (22)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (40)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (69)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Washington (2)
+ Washington D.C. (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (4)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ Mexico (1)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

39 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 1 District! 7 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI, NY) – 14
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA, DC, WA) – 13
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI, KS) – 11
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC, FL, MD) – 8
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA, AZ, NM) – 7
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN, FL) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO, MEX) – 6
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI, NY, MO) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK, NY) – 4
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN, FL) – 4
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO, KS) – 3
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2
+ Kyle Sharp (IA, MO) – 2

Nathanial is clinging to the lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”

There were a few big milestones reached this week. Suzie joined the Double Digit Streak Club! WooHoo. Logan joined the Year and a Half Streak Club! WooHoo! Woo!

But it wasn’t all rainbows and unicorns! Jen and Sara couldn’t build on their submission and their streaks are over before they began. I will assume that they have become devout nudists that have no time for your bougie clothing.

SYMMETRY (SUGGESTED BY SARAH TOOT)

SYMMETRY! What a great theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

I look forward to seeing your interpretation!

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of SYMMETRY in this place that isn’t very even keeled always in fashion next Monday.

Alexis, Bokeh, Johnathan

Bokeh: The Early Days

November 12, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett Leave a comment

Here are some pictures of some of the early days of Bokeh. Including when she met Johnathan for the first time. And when I bought her a pool, that of course, she doesn’t like.

Still plenty more pictures of the early day of Bokeh left to share.

Alexis, Anela, Bokeh, Jay, Kanoa, Teresa, Willy

Bokeh: The First Days

October 29, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett Leave a comment

Here is another collection of images of Bokeh’s first days. Some are from when Alexis brought over Anela and Kanoa to meet Bokeh. Some are from when Bokeh used to sleep on my desk. Now she sleeps either under the desk or in a bed to my right. Finally, some pictures of when I took Bokeh to crash Willy and Jay’s weekend culinary ritual known as “Lab”.

I have plenty more pictures of Bokeh’s early days left to share. The next collection will include when Johnathan came to meet her.

Adam, Alexis, Andy, Angie, Art, Aunt Linda, Bill, Birthdays, Brandon, Carla, Cathie, Dawn, Deanna, Elizabeth, Joe Duff, Johnathan, Kim, Kio, Logan, Lowell, Mary, Micky, Mindi, Nader, Nathanial, Sabas, Sara, Sarah, Scottie D., Shannon, Sheri, Still Life, Suzie, Tamara, Teresa, Vest, Willy, WPC - Submissions

WPC – WEEK 476 – GLASS

October 28, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett 3 Comments

REMINDER: THIS IS ONE OF TWO WEEKS WHERE YOU CAN LEAVE A SUGGESTION FOR THE THEMES FOR NEXT YEAR’S WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY LEAVING A COMMENT ON THIS ENTRY ON THE WEBSITE. NO OTHER WAY. DON’T EMAIL THEM TO ME. DON’T TEXT THEM TO ME. LEAVE THEM IN THE COMMENTS SECTION OF THIS POST.

YOU DON’T NEED TO SUGGEST SOME STALWARTS, BECAUSE THE FOLLOWING ARE ALREADY BAKED IN TO THE CAKE:
+ BLACK & WHITE
+ STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
+ ROAD TRIP
+ ART
+ MUSIC
+ #INSTAGOOD
+ SLICE OF LIFE

Today is Nader’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday.

Happy birthday Nader!

I hope your birthday is filled with all the movies you can handle!

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE

What skill level photographer can participate?

THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is open to photographers of all skill levels. From award winning photographers to professionals to the highly ranked amateurs to those that are just beginning to those who don’t even know how to focus a camera. All skill levels are encouraged and welcome. You can’t be too bad and you can’t be too good! Everyone has room to learn and be challenged!

Award winning photographers? Really?

Yes. I can think of at least 10 photographers that participate regularly that have won a photography award of some kind.

Is this a competition?
NO. It is a challenge. There are no winners and losers. Well the people that don’t participate are losers.

Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week?

If I start to average like 45 participants a week, I will lower the limit to 1.

Can I send you several pictures and have you pick the best one?

No! No! NO! If those words come out of your mouth or your keyboard, I consider that to be a non-submission.

Do you ever question whether somebody’s submission fits the theme?

Why can’t I submit after 11 AM on Mondays if the post doesn’t publish until 12:01 PM?

Do I have to wait until Monday morning to submit?

Absolutely not! In fact (AND CAN’T EMPATHIZE THIS ENOUGH) I appreciate the submissions that make it to me by Sunday evening. Makes the job of putting this together on Monday morning much easier!

Are there resolution requirements for submissions?

I won’t turn down submissions that are too small. I will probably ask you for a picture of greater resolution if it is really small. The typical 4 x 6 image posted to my website has a resolution of 1280 pixels x 853 pixels. While a 400 x 300 image might look okay on your phone, it looks like trash on a computer monitor. I prefer images that are at least 1000 pixels at their widest point, but don’t ban smaller pictures at this point. But don’t tempt me!

What format should my submission be?

.JPG but .PNG also works. You will notice, dear Apple Cultists, that .HEIC is not on the list.

If I write a description of my image will you include that in your post?

No. Photography is art that should stand on its own. Only exception is the SLICE OF LIFE theme. But if you let me know where the picture was taken, I will include that. In fact, I appreciate you letting me know where a picture was taken. If you don’t let me know, I will assume the picture was taken in the state you live in.

When will you start accepting suggestions for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes?

I will take suggestions only and ONLY in the comments sections of the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE posts the last week of October and the 1st week of November. Hey, that’s today!

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GLASS! What a great theme! But did enough people crack out the glass on a camera to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 21, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA)
2-Mary Green – 3 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
3-Jesse Howard – 3 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
4-Alexis Stensland – 3 weeks (IA)
*5-Suzie Brannen – 4 weeks (IA, MD)
6-Sabas Hernandez – 6 weeks (IA, OH)
*7-Deb Powers – 8 weeks (MT, IA)
8-Monica Jennings – 11 weeks (IA)
9-Sara Lockner – 12 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
10-Willy McAlpine – 15 weeks (IA)
11-Deanna McClain – 19 weeks (IA, MN)
12-Mike Vest – 22 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
13-Lowell Davis – 42 weeks (IA, MO)
14-Brandon Kahler – 43 weeks (IA, MN)
*15-Scott Degeneffe – 61 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
*16-Sheri Fakhouri – 71 weeks (IA, NE)
17-Logan Kahler – 72 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
18-Nathanial Brown – 73 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI)
19-Tamara Peterson – 84 weeks (IA, MN)
*20-Mindi Terrell – 88 weeks (IA)
21-Linda Bennett – 117 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
*22-Sarah Toot – 118 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
23-Angie DeWaard – 121 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN)
*24-Dawn Krause – 126 weeks (IA, IL)
25-Kim Barker – 132 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
26-Joe Duff – 133 weeks (TX, NY)
*27-Teresa Kahler – 144 weeks (IA, NE)
28-Carla Stensland – 144 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
29-Micky Augustin – 146 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
30-Andy Sharp – 147 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
31-Bill Wentworth – 148 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
32-Cathie Morton – 151 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
*33-Elizabeth Nordeen – 153 weeks (IA, OH)
34-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 155 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
35-Kio Dettman – 157 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 158 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa)

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Honey Hollow – Summerset, Iowa) – 156 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa)- 154 weeks

Cathie Morton (Epcot Center, Florida) – 152 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 149 weeks

Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 148 weeks

Micky Augustin (Ames, Iowa) – 147 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 145 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa State University – Ames, Iowa)

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa) – 145 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)

Joe Duff (Texas) – 134 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas)

Kim Barker (Iowa) – 133 weeks

Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa) – 127 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa) – 122 weeks

Andie DeWaard (Ames, Iowa)

Sarah Toot (Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 119 weeks

Sarah Toot (Tannersville, Pennsylvania)

Linda Bennett (New York City, New York) – 118 weeks

Linda Bennett (New York City, New York)

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 89 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 85 weeks

Nathanial Brown (New York City, New York) – 74 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 73 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Tybee Island, Georgia) – 72 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Tybee Island, Georgia)

Scott Degeneffe (Boone, Iowa) – 62 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Sioux City, Iowa) – 44 weeks

Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 43 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 23 weeks

Deann McClain (Iowa) – 20 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 16 weeks

Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 13 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 9 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 7 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 5 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa)

Mary Green (Iowa) – 4 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa)

Jesse Howard (Ames, Iowa) – 4 weeks

Jesse Howard (Ames, Iowa)

Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 4 weeks

Adam Gordon (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Adam Gordon (Ames, Iowa)

Kyle Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week

Kyle Sharp (Boone, Iowa)

Johnathan Stensland (Iowa) – 1 week

Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)

37 participants! That is a pretty good week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Florida (1)
+ Georgia (2)
+ Iowa (42)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ New York (3)
+ Pennsylvania (2)
+ Texas (2)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (12)
+ Georgia (3)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1535)
+ Kansas (59)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (18.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (51)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (4)
+ New York (21)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (36)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (64)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI, NY) – 14
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN) – 5
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

Nathanial now has a commanding lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”

The big… huge… milestone this week was Kio became the first ever member of the 3 Year Streak Club! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo!

But it wasn’t all warm fuzzies! Jen couldn’t build on her submission from last week and her streak is over before it began. Monica… oh Monica. Monica who even texted me on Saturday to verify the theme… Moncia’s streak is over at 11!

PLACES

PLACES! What a great them for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

This is a theme that was added because it was a class for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. It ended up being by far the most popular theme in this year’s Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. So popular I think I’m going to split it into separate categories next year. Something like IOWA PLACES and NOT IOWA PLACES. Still thinking on it.

I look forward to your GLASS interpretation.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of PLACES in this place that is a place next Monday.

Alexis, Andy, Angie, Aunt Linda, Bill, Bokeh, Brandon, Carla, Cathie, Dawn, Deanna, Elizabeth, Jen, Jesse, Joe Duff, Kim, Kio, Logan, Lowell, Mary, Micky, Mindi, Monica, Nathanial, Sabas, Sara, Scottie D., Shannon, Sheri, Still Life, Suzie, Tamara, Teresa, Vest, Willy, WPC - Submissions

WPC – WEEK 475 – ANIMAL

October 21, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett Leave a comment

ANIMAL! What a great theme! But were enough people get wild enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 14, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Johnathan Stensland – 1 week (IA)
2-Michelle Haupt – 1 week (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI)
3-Mary Green – 2 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
4-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
5-Alexis Stensland – 2 weeks (IA)
6-Suzie Brannen – 3 weeks (IA, MD)
7-Sabas Hernandez – 5 weeks (IA, OH)
*8-Deb Powers – 7 weeks (MT, IA)
9-Monica Jennings – 10 weeks (IA)
10-Sara Lockner – 11 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
11-Willy McAlpine – 14 weeks (IA)
12-Deanna McClain – 18 weeks (IA, MN)
13-Mike Vest – 21weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
14-Lowell Davis – 41 weeks (IA, MO)
15-Brandon Kahler – 42 weeks (IA, MN)
*16-Scott Degeneffe – 60 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
17-Sheri Fakhouri – 70 weeks (IA, NE)
18-Logan Kahler – 71 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
*19-Nathanial Brown – 72 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI)
20-Tamara Peterson – 83 weeks (IA, MN)
*21-Mindi Terrell – 87 weeks (IA)
22-Linda Bennett – 116 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
23-Sarah Toot – 117 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
*24-Angie DeWaard – 121 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN)
*25-Dawn Krause – 125 weeks (IA, IL)
26-Kim Barker – 131 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*27-Joe Duff – 132 weeks (TX, NY)
*28-Teresa Kahler – 143 weeks (IA, NE)
*29-Carla Stensland – 143 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
30-Micky Augustin – 145 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
31-Andy Sharp – 146 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
32-Bill Wentworth – 147 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
*33-Cathie Morton – 150 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 152 weeks (IA, OH)
35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 154 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
36-Kio Dettman – 156 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

It is the third week of the month and on the third week of the month I like to share a map of all the states where people have submitted from heading into today. Here is that map:

36 STATES!

WPC - WEEK 475 - ANIMAL - MICKY AUGUSTIN

Micky Augustin (Iowa) – 146 weeks

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 155 weeks

Kim Barker (Iowa) – 132 weeks

Christopher D. Bennett (Boone, Iowa)

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 117 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas)

Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 4 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Iowa)

Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 73 weeks

Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 42 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa) – 61 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Boone County, Iowa)

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 157 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 122 weeks

Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 71 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa)

Joe Duff (Texas) – 133 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa) – 3 weeks

Sabas Hernandez (Ankeny, Iowa) – 6 weeks

Jesse Howard (Union Street Theater – Boone, Iowa) – 3 weeks

Monica Jennings (Boone, Iowa) – 11 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 43 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 72 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)

Teresa Kahler (Iowa) – 144 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 126 weeks

Dawn Krause (Iowa)

Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 12 weeks

Willy McAlpine (Iowa) – 15 weeks

Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 19 weeks

Cathie Morton (Norwalk, Iowa) – 151 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 153 weeks

Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa)

Tamara Peterson (Iowa) – 84 weeks

Deb Powers (Iowa) – 8 weeks

Deb Powers (Iowa)

Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 3 weeks

Carla Stensland (Bellevue, Iowa) – 144 weeks

Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 147 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 88 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Sarah Toot (Hanover, New Jersey) – 118 weeks

Sarah Toot (Hanover, New Jersey)

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 22 weeks

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 148 weeks

36 participants this week. It is hard to believe that STREET PHOTOGRAPHY was a more popular theme than ANIMAL. But here we are. I have to remind myself that not everybody loves animals. There are bad people out there.

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (37)
+ Kansas (2)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ New Jersey (2)
+ Texas (1)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1493)
+ Kansas (59)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (18.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (50)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (4)
+ New York (18)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (34)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (62)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA, WI) – 13
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL, IN, WV, PA) – 11
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL, MN, WI) – 10
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL, MN, WI) – 9
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC) – 6
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO, KS, MI, CAN) – 6
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO) – 5
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO) -5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA, MI) – 5
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO, AR, OK, KS) – 5
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN) – 5
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL, AK) – 4
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN, MO) – 3
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO, FL) – 3
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA, MI) – 3
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause – (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
+ Lowell Davis (IA, MO) – 2
+ Evie Gorshe (IA, IN) – 2
+ Layla Gorshe (IA, OH) -2
+ Deb Powers (MT, IA) – 2

There were no major milestones reached this week. AND Johnathan and Michelle couldn’t build on their submissions from last week and their streaks are over before they began.

GLASS

GLASS! What a great them for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!

The 2 week window for suggesting themes for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is nearly upon us. Suggestions have to be made in the Comments section of the last THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE post in October (will be October 28) and the first THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE post in November (will be November 4). That is the only way to make suggestions.

I look forward to your GLASS interpretation.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of GLASS in this place that has broken more than its fair share next Monday.

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WPC – WEEK 474 – STREET PHOTOGRAPHY

October 14, 2024 Christopher D. Bennett 4 Comments

Today is Sarah Toot’s birthday so I have to wish her a happy birthday.

Happy birthday Sarah!

That picture of us after seeing a American Idiot on Broadway is almost 13 years old. Guess we should get an updated selfie at some point. Anyways I hope your birthday is amazing and filled with fantastic food, music and friends!

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STREET PHOTOGRAPHY! What a great theme! But were enough people public enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out.

As of 12:01 PM on Monday, October 7, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):

1-Mary Green – 1 week (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
2-Elainie Hernandez – 1 week (IA)
3-Jesse Howard – 1 week (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN)
*4-Amy Peterson – 1 week (IA)
5-Alexis Stensland – 1 week (IA)
6-Suzie Brannen – 2 weeks (IA, MD)
7-Sabas Hernandez – 4 weeks (IA, OH)
*8-Deb Powers – 6 weeks (MT, IA)
9-Monica Jennings – 9 weeks (IA)
10-Sara Lockner – 10 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
11-Willy McAlpine – 13 weeks (IA)
12-Deanna McClain – 17 weeks (IA, MN)
13-Mike Vest – 20 weeks (IA, MO, OK, AR, KS)
*14-Lowell Davis – 40 weeks (IA, MO)
15-Brandon Kahler – 41 weeks (IA, MN)
16-Scott Degeneffe – 59 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL, MN, WI)
17-Sheri Fakhouri – 69 weeks (IA, NE)
18-Logan Kahler – 70 weeks (IA, MN, MO)
*19-Nathanial Brown – 71 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK, FL, IL, KS, NE, MN, PA,, WI)
20-Tamara Peterson – 82 weeks (IA, MN)
*21-Mindi Terrell – 86 weeks (IA)
22-Linda Bennett – 115 weeks (KS, IA, MI)
*23-Sarah Toot – 116 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ, NC)
*24-Angie DeWaard – 120 weeks (IA, IL, SCT, ENG, MN)
*25-Dawn Krause – 124 weeks (IA, IL)
26-Kim Barker – 130 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
*27-Joe Duff – 131 weeks (TX, NY)
28-Teresa Kahler – 142 weeks (IA, NE)
29-Carla Stensland – 142 weeks (IA, MO, SD, WY, CO)
30-Micky Augustin – 144 weeks (IA, IL, FL, AK)
*31-Andy Sharp – 145 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL, MN, WI)
32-Bill Wentworth – 146 weeks (NE, MO, FL)
33-Cathie Morton – 149 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
34-Elizabeth Nordeen – 151 weeks (IA, OH)
35-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 153 weeks (IA, CA, NV, AR, MO)
*36-Kio Dettman – 155 weeks (IA)

Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.

There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.

WPC - WEEK 474 - STREET PHOTOGRAPHY - ALEXIS STENSLAND

Alexis Stensland (Ankeny, Iowa) – 2 weeks

Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 146 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 121 weeks

Angie DeWaard (Iowa)

Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 147 weeks

Brandon Kahler (Story City, Iowa) – 42 weeks

Carla Stensland (west Ames, Iowa) – 143 weeks

Carla Stensland (Ames, Iowa)

Cathie Morton (Hoyt Sherman – Des Moines, Iowa) – 150 weeks

Cathie Morton (Hoyt Sherman – Des Moines, Iowa)

Christopher D. Bennett (Des Moines, Iowa)

Dawn Krause (Near Pilot Mound, Iowa) – 125 weeks

Dawn Krause (Gustafson’s Pumpkin Patch – Iowa)

Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 18 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa) – 7 weeks

Deb Powers (Ankeny, Iowa)

Elizabeth Nordeen (Ames, Iowa) – 152 weeks

Jesse Howard (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas) – 132 weeks

Joe Duff (Texas)

Johnathan Stensland (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week

Kim Barker (Ankeny, Iowa) – 131 weeks

Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 156 weeks

Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 116 weeks

Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 71 weeks

Lowell Davis (Ames, Iowa) – 41 weeks

Mary Green (Iowa) – 2 weeks

Michelle Haupt (Lebanon, Missouri) – 1 week

Micky Augustin (Altoona, Iowa) – 145 weeks

Mike Vest (Madrid, Iowa) – 21 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 87 weeks

Mindi Terrell (Iowa)

Monica Jennings (Iowa) – 10 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Paton, Iowa) – 72 weeks

Nathanial Brown (Yetter, Iowa)

Sabas Hernandez (Iowa)

Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 11 weeks

Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 117 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Adventureland – Altoona, Iowa) – 60 weeks

Scott Degeneffe (Adventureland – Altoona, Iowa)

Shannon Bardole-Foley (Des Moines, Iowa) – 154 weeks

Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 70 weeks

Suzie Brannen (Perry, Iowa) – 3 weeks

Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 83 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Manning, Iowa) – 143 weeks

Teresa Kahler (Manning, Iowa)

Willy McAlpine (Boone, Iowa) – 14 weeks

37 participants this week! That is a pretty good week!

There were submissions this week taken in the following places:

+ Iowa (41)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ Texas (2)

Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):

+ Arkansas (20.5)
+ Alaska (1)
+ California (3)
+ Colorado (10)
+ Florida (11)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (15)
+ Indiana (6)
+ Iowa (1456)
+ Kansas (57)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (11)
+ Minnesota (15)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (18.5)
+ Montana (4)
+ Nebraska (49)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (2)
+ New York (18)
+ North Carolina (2)
+ Ohio (5)
+ Oklahoma (2)
+ Pennsylvania (34)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (5)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (61)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ West Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (5)
+ Wyoming (1)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ Canada (2)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Ireland (3)
+ England (2)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Scotland (1)

36 states so far! 1 U.S. Territory! 6 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:

Nathanial now has a commanding lead to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!”

There were a couple of big milestones this week. Monica joined the Double Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! Kio joined the 3 YEAR STREAK CLUB!!! WooHoo! WooHoo! WooHoo! At some point, hopefully there will be “badges” for these accomplishments, but I have to get a new logo first. Priorities people!

But it wasn’t all glitter and rainbows! Elainie and Amy couldn’t build on last week’s submissions and their streaks are over before they began.

ANIMAL (Suggested by Shannon Bardole-Foley)

ANIMAL! What a great them for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! Thanks to Shannon for suggesting it. Technically she suggested PET, but I changed it to ANIMAL because I felt it was more fair to people that don’t have pets.

And speaking of suggesting themes… The 2 week window for suggesting themes for Year 12 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. So suggestions have to be made in the Comments section of the last THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE post in October (will be October 28) and the first THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE post in November (will be November 4). That is the only way to make suggestions.

I look forward to your ANIMAL interpretations.

That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of ANIMAL in this place that loves almost all of them next Monday.