It is the 2nd day of May. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from May. I travelled a bit in May. A little for work and a little for leisure. Here are the May Selfies: May 1 May 2 May 3 May 4 May… Read More »Selfie Project – May 2026
FRAMED! 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, May 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Mary Green – 1 week2-Becky Parmelee – 1 week*3-Ernie Redd – 1 week4-Johnathan Stensland –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 559 – FRAMED
WARNING: Next Monday is Stephanie Kim’s birthday. I always take time to celebrate Stephanie’s birthday. So there is a good chance that I will be out celebrating and if that is the case, I will be too busy to send any form of reminders. You will have to be your own… Read More »WPC – WEEK 556 – AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
I’m going to skip a food adventure today, even though I know you are all dying to know if I spent my entire per diem in America’s arm pit Orlando, Florida. But that will probably wait until next week. Or a couple of weeks. I’m still trying to pretend I… Read More »Mother’s Day
ABSTRACT! 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, April 13, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Alexis Stensland – 1 week2-Brandon Kahler – 2 weeks3-Becky Parmelee – 2 weeks*4-Monica Jennings –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 553 – ABSTRACT
MISTAKES! 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, April 6, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jesse Howard – 1 week2-Brandon Kahler – 1 week3-Becky Parmelee – 1 week4-Jen Ensley-Gorshe –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 552 – MISTAKES
WILD ANIMAL! 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, March 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week2-Monica Jennings – 2 weeks3-Suzie Brannen – 3 weeks4-Mary Green… Read More »WPC – WEEK 551 – WILD ANIMAL
Happy Easter! Christ is risen! Happy Easter! When this publishes Easter will be almost over, so I hope it has been a wonderful day for you and yours. On these high holy days I do like to publish a devotional. I don’t write them, but maybe some day I will.… Read More »Happy Easter (2026)
If you haven’t noticed, I’ve kind of suspended wishing people happy birthday from this site for the time being at least. Except one exception. If that birthday is included in the physical copy of the Photography 139 calendar. There are a bunch of birthdays in the digital calendar. But only… Read More »Selfie Project – February 2026
HUMANS! 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, February 16, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Alexis Stensland – 1 week2-Charlie DeWaard – 3 weeks3-Sabas Hernandez – 3 weeks4-Sarah Karber –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 545 – HUMANS
Today we recognize and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day here at Photography 139. At a time where the United States has fallen under the control of a particularly rabidly racist regime that is actively trying to erase the contributions of minorities out of the history books, it is particularly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 540 – CONTRAST
Now that I’ve revealed all of the 2026 Photography Calendar I’m going to put together a super long post. I’m not joking, this is a SUPER long post. You might want to stretch out your scrolling finger before diving in to this one. Normally I might make this into 2… Read More »Let’s Talk 2026 Calendar!
EDITOR’S NOTE: i DID SOME WEIRD FORMATTING THAT MIGHT LOOK REALLY WEIRD IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS VIA EMAIL. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE TO SEE THIS POST PROPERLY. Time to reveal the June image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. JUNE – 2026 The subject… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Year 12 in Review
Time to reveal the May image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. MAY – 2026 Technical Details The subject of the May image is a spider sculpture in the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Des Moines. This is one of those pictures that when I distributed the calendars I learned that… Read More »Selfie Project – December 2025
Every last 2026 Photography 139 calendar has been distributed as of roughly 5:30 PM last night. So now is a good time to start sharing the images from this year’s calendar. We will start with the front cover. FRONT COVER – 2026 Technical Details The subject of the picture is… Read More »525,600 Minutes – 2025 Year in Review
PAPER! A great theme! But did enough people get their papyrus on to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 1, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Brandon Kahler – 1 week*2-Kio Dettman –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 534 – PAPER
The second day of December. No better day to share THE SELFIE PROJECT images from November. Once again, my travel was pretty minimal. I think the farthest I made it from my front step was Des Moines. Gross. But I promise that I will do better in December! Here are… Read More »Selfie Project – November 2025
A reminder that if you are looking for a Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, the Boone First United Methodist Church is hosting one. And it’s free! All the information you need to know is below: With turkey prices up 25% this year and the average Thanksgiving meal up 4.1%, there will… Read More »Baby, Time Meant Nothin’
REMINDER! This is it! The second of 2 weeks where you can make suggestions for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THIS BY (AND ONLY BY) LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION ON THIS POST AND LAST WEEK’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST. NO EMAILS.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 529 – SPOOKY
REMINDER! This is it! One of 2 weeks where you can make suggestions for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THIS BY (AND ONLY BY) LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST AND NEXT WEEK’S POST. NO EMAILS. NO TEXTS. NO PHONE CALLS NO… Read More »WPC – WEEK 528 – #INSTAGOOD
REMINDER THAT THE TIME IS FAST APPROACHING WHEN YOU CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE YEAR 13 THEMES FOR THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY AND ONLY BY LEAVING A COMMENT IN THE LAST WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLNEGE POST IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THE FIRST WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »WPC – WEEK 526 – THREE