The folder named 06-11-08 contained a wide assortment of photos. Pictures of strange culinary delights from Kentucky, flood pictures, merry-go-rounds, and Little League. I believe that at least 2 of the pictures of Alexis were entered into a photo contest here and there. The culinary oddities were brought back from… Read More »06-11-08
I think NIGHT can be one of the tougher themes, but we still had plenty of submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! So without further adieu, I present the NIGHT photos: Andy Sharp Becky… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 149 – NIGHT
If you are having difficulty leaving a comment, just email/text me the numbers. Reminder, you have until Tomorrow at midnight to vote on what pictures I enter at the Boone County Fair Photo Contest. Click on the link below to vote: BOONE COUNTY FAIR PHOTO CONTEST ENTRY SELECTION You must… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 146 – BLACK
There are 3 sets of images to be found in the collection of pictures in the folder 05-12-08. The first set are pictures from a Mother’s Day celebration at my Mom’s house. The second set are a collection of pictures of flowers at my Mom’s house. A Mother’s Day Peony… Read More »05-12-08
Several people decided to play around with the TOY theme for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. However, you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions: Cathie Raley Christopher D. Bennett Micky Augustin Tamara Peterson Kim Barker Andy… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 140 – TOY
So here is the first journal entry. I felt like having as pretentious sounding name as possible for my journal. I have a few goals about this journal. My main goal is just to actually write in it. My second goal is to be as truthful as possible towards my… Read More »Mr. 3000
A good week of submissions for ARCHITECTURE. I have no doubt that my outhouse picture inspired many a person to submit this week. This week, the Photography 139 Empire extended as far east as Chicago. As far north as Roland, Iowa. As far west as the Des Moines Airport. As… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 137 – ARCHITECTURE
This is one of probably 2 entries for An Artist’s Notebook about my Saturday morning last. This is about the later part of my morning, but you must know a little bit about the early morning to understand how this strange turn of events happened. The earliest part of my… Read More »Miller Estate Auction
Time to hit the backlog again. Here are some family pictures we took when Elainie was in town… back in March… 2017. Unfortunately, the weather was terrible that day, so we were trapped inside. Hopefully, next time we do a family portrait, the weather will be more cooperative. +++++++++++++ A… Read More »One of Nature’s Masterpieces
Another big week for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. People didn’t let the weather stop them from harvesting all sorts of SIGNS pictures. This week the Photography 139 empire stretched as far north as downtown Boone, Iowa. As far south and east as Kentucky. As far west as Folsom, California. There… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 135 – SIGNS
A healthy amount of people hit the open road for a ROAD TRIP photo. I think this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE EMPIRE extends as far north as Randall, Iowa. As far south as Arkansas. As far west as West Wendover, Nevada. As far east as Virginia, I’m guessing. But you… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 134 – ROAD TRIP
BLACK & WHITE turned out to be a very popular theme. I am pleased. The geographical range that the submissions covered was pretty impressive this week. As far north as Minneapolis. As far west as Easton, Kansas. As far south as Arkansas. As far east as Washington D.C. and Virginia… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 133 – BLACK & WHITE
This collection of alternate for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE include the alternate photos I took for the BLACK & WHITE reveal photo for this week’s theme: I had big plans of going out an taking donkey pictures at a friend’s farm, but the weather over the weekend made the roads… Read More »And Nobody Want a Problem. When They Get in My Zone, Better Leave Me Be
The weather this weekend might have been a little tough on AGRICULTURE for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. I know it damaged my plans. May have damaged others. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Cathie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 132 – AGRICULTURE
These are the pictures from the folder 03-25-08: By restoring these photos to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following classic blog entries to their former glory: MY HAPPY EASTER THURSDAY NIGHT WITH KOUNTERTOP (PT.1) A NEW GIG RELAY FOR LIFE The picture of me… Read More »03-25-08
Way back in May of last year I surprised Nate for his birthday. Well, I wasn’t the surprise, I was the distraction. While I was in the Manhattan area, I snapped a few photos: Some of the pictures were taken in Manhattan suburbs like Leonardville and Ogden and Shelbyville and… Read More »Happy Birthday Nate!
On Saturday night Iowa State had their annual Play4Kay game. As part of the festivities that had a banquet for cancer survivors. After the banquet, they had honored cancer survivors on center court and then they helped line the tunnel and gave the players high fives during player introductions. My… Read More »Play4Kay
A pretty decent amount of people had their creative bell rung by COLORFUL. At least that is what I will tell myself to get to sleep tonight. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: ANDY SHARP… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 124 – COLORFUL
A bit from the old backlog. These pictures were taken on July 20. The zinnias were photographed in my very own Photography 139 Flower Garden. The garage sale pictures were from my Grandma’s somewhat controversial garage sale. I think that is the spin doctor way to describe the garage sale.… Read More »Zinnia Sale
I usually start this blog post with a statement on how participation rates went this week, but this week I’m going to start the week differently. A recent subscriber and often contributor to the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Tamara Peterson’s husband Glenn recently got a tough diagnosis and they have a… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge – Week 122 – High Perspective
There was another slight uptick in participation this rates for RUINS in this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot abut participation rates. You came to see the submissions: KIM BARKER KIM BARKER TAMARA PETERSON CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT CARLA STENSLAND CARLA STENSLAND… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 121 – RUINS