It’s a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from May. It was a decently busy month. But I never left the state. I mean why would you leave Iowa? We’re second to last in economic growth. 48th in personal income growth. Our education system, which used to… Read More »Selfie Project – May 2025
Shortly after Elainie and Sabas brought our newest family member into the world I went down to their place and photographed Elawyn. It has taken me an embarrassingly long time to share these images, but I wanted to make sure that everybody had a chance to see the birth announcement.… Read More »Elawyn
It is a good time to share the February images from THE SELFI PROJECT. I think it was a pretty good month. Like always I get to the end of February and think, “I really didn’t do all that much this month.” But then I start going through the selfies… Read More »Selfie Project – February 2025
A few weeks back I heard that Zombie Burger was going to have a Godzilla themed ramen pop-up restaurant. It was unclear how long it would last, so I knew I had to get there as soon as possible. It might be around for years, but I couldn’t take the… Read More »Go Go Godzilla! East Village Field Work
Back in June I got together with Alexis, Kanoa, and Anela to take some pictures of them. As always, it was a good time and one of the very rare times where the lighting for a family photo shoot was good! Here are some of my favorites: Elainie, Sabas, and… Read More »Alexis and Kids – 2024
It is 2025, so I probably should have already shared all the 2023 pictures, but I haven’t. There is still one collection of images I have left to share. That is the 2023 Stensland family photo shoot images. After this, we can say goodbye to 2023. And just 2024 and… Read More »Stenslands 2023
Today’s is Lowell’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Lowell! If you don’t know, he isn’t the super tall guy and he isn’t Kim. I simply hope your birthday is without any health emergencies! +++++++ Today is also Sabas’ birthday! So I need to… Read More »New Orleans Day 2: River Walk
Time to reveal the July image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JULY TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 276mm APERTURE: f/14 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/6400 ISO: 160 DATE TAKEN: August 2, 2024 I took this picture on my trip to the Indianola National… Read More »I Don’t Care if it Hurts
It is time to reveal the June image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JUNE TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: SIGMA 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 395mm (but image is cropped) APERTURE: f/11 SHUTTER: 1/160 ISO: 800 DATE TAKEN: April 8, 2024 I drove in a caravan with… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Year 11 in Review
Today marks the 40th anniversary of my Dad’s passing. Without him, I probably wouldn’t be into photography. This website wouldn’t exist. None of the pictures on it would exist. I need to start this website by sharing some pictures of him. I couldn’t find a picture of Dad with Carla… Read More »WPC – WEEK 484 – 6:00 PM
NOTE: A RECENT TREND IS IPHONE USERS ARE SUBMITTING PICTURES IN .HEIC FORMAT. PICTURES NEED TO BE SUBMITTED IN .JPG OR .PNG FORMAT. PLEASE SUBMIT IN THOSE FORMATS SO I DON’T HAVE TO CONVERT YOUR IMAGES INTO A USABLE FORMAT. THANKS! REFLECTION! What a great theme! But did enough people… Read More »WPC – WEEK 483 – REFLECTION
Time for a batch of Bokeh photos! This collection is from when Bokeh met Elainie and Sabas before our trip to Marshalltown to visit the record store that sadly no longer exists, hit up The Flying Elbow, and La Michoacana. Here are the pictures: Still plenty more pictures of Bokeh… Read More »Bokeh Meets Elainie and Sabas
Back in July Dahlia threw a tremendous birthday bash! All the celebrities were there! And by all the celebrities, I mean Moana was there! I took a few pictures of the spectacle. Ain’t no time to share them like right now: Can’t wait to see who shows up at Dahlia’s… Read More »Ain’t No Party Like a Moana Party…
REMINDER: THIS IS THE LAST WEEK 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… Read More »WPC – WEEK 477 – PLACES
Today is Halloween, so I need to start this post off by wishing all of you a Happy Halloween. Happy Halloween! May your Halloween be filled with candy, costumes, friends, pumpkins, horror movies, and even more candy! And may the real horror of the holiday be the AI Photoshop job… Read More »(I Never Promised You A) Rose Garden
We both lie silently still In the dead of the night Although we both lie close together We feel miles apart inside Was it something I said or something I did Did my words not come out right Though I tried not to hurt you Though I tried But I… Read More »Every Rose Has Its Thorn
PATH! What a great theme! But were enough people on the right one to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses): 1-Suzie Brannen… Read More »WPC – WEEK 473 – PATH
Back in early June I loaded up the RAV4 with Brandon, Elainie, and Sabas and we went to Marshalltown to visit my favorite record store, eat at Flying Elbow and try a Mexican Ice Cream joint. It was a short little trip. I highly recommend road trips with Brandon, Elainie,… Read More »Mexican I Scream: Marshalltown Field Work
I need to start today’s post by remembering the victims of the terrorist acts on our country that happened on September 11, 2001. Hard to believe it was 23 years ago. I can still vividly remember almost everything about that morning. I’m sure almost everyone that was alive on that… Read More »Forever A Cyclone State!
You may recall last week that I gave Micky an extension because he was in a place where he could only communicate via satellite phone. Here is his SQUARE photo: Micky Augustin (Chicago, Illinois) – 139 weeks On the other news from last week’s streaks, Adam’s trending in the right… Read More »WPC – WEEK 469 – SELF-PORTRAIT
It has been a rough week for my family. On Saturday morning my brother-in-law Russ passed away. I want to share his obituary so it is always in a place where I know I can find it. Russell Kahler Obituary Russell Duane Kahler, 63, of Boone, Iowa, passed away at… Read More »Russ Kahler