As I promised, after two days of having to look at disgusting Coca-Cola products, I would reward you with fuzzy cuteness. If I am nothing, I am a man of my word! Fuzzy Cuteness A week or so back, I was in the backyard with my legendary hunting pooch Naima.… Read More »Fuzzy Cuteness
This week’s theme seemed to really inspire lots of people. Including first time contributor and conspiracy theory enthusiast Joe Lynch. Who wanted it known that those aren’t clouds in his picture. They are chem trails. Dropped by “them” on the “masses” to dumb us down or make us easier to… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 39 – SKY/CLOUDS
Here lieth a few PERSPECTIVE attempts that weren’t quite up to snuff. Such a sad and pathetic bunch. THE CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT TRIVIA QUIZ QUESTION 14 This year I will be going on my 5th Mission Trip with my church’s Youth Group. Name the 4 places I have already gone:… Read More »Don’t Believe Everything that You Breathe
Another automobile I found fascinating in the car graveyard that is Strong City, Kansas. I have maybe a couple more pictures left to share from beautiful (cough, cough) to me Strong City, Kansas. Added a new category in PARTICULARS since I love minutia. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL… Read More »Rust Bucket – Strong City Kansas
This week ended up being something of a rebound week. All the negative emotions that people felt towards EMOTIONS was left behind and they expressed positive emotions towards PERSPECTIVE. Particularly exciting this week is we have a submission from first time contributor Stephanie Kim. Stephanie lives the farthest east and… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 38 – PERSPECTIVE
Recently Elainie came home for Alexis’ graduation. She brought with her Josh and their pooch Lucy. We got the pleasure of Elainie being home for a week, but Josh had to leave after a day for he was deployed to Gitmo. It will be a long 9 months for Elainie.… Read More »Elainie, Josh, Lucy
EMOTIONS was a profoundly unpopular theme. I’m sure destined to hit the cutting room floor if this challenge extends into a second year. Maybe it was the holiday weekend. Maybe people were like feelings? Actually feeling something? No thanks! Back to my mass consumerism, thank you very much*. Either way,… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 37 – EMOTIONS
These archive images are from the folder 03-28-07. It includes a couple pictures of Carla and Teresa putting in the tile in Mom’s back entry way. Next Saturday’s folder will include one of my all-time favorite images. THE CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT TRIVIA QUIZ QUESTION 6 I rose to a certain… Read More »03-28-07
My Mom’s neighbor has a patch of poppies next to the electric pole in her yard. I took a few photos of them the other day. Here is one of them: Poppies are another flower that comes and goes too soon. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm… Read More »Hath a Charm for Pain and Woe
I got to see good family friend Lisa Person at Alexis’ Graduation Party on Sunday. A couple days later she dropped off some old senior picture proofs at my Mom’s house. Thought I’d scan and share. I know it is the trendy thing to look at your old high school… Read More »Get In and Fight for Fame Boone Toreadors!
I actually have been pretty lax about photographing flowers this year. That is partially because the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar will go in a new direction. Partially because I haven’t even planted flowers in my yard this year. Partially because my daffodils didn’t bloom this year. Partially because I missed… Read More »For Russell
I realize I never posted the MANOS pictures that were used in the Birthday Party FAQ or in the actual invitation. I also forgot to thank Derrick earlier for being the fire starter during the party. The MANOS images: I’ll be retiring the THE MASTER costume to a wall in… Read More »The Final Manos
There were only a couple of PORTRAIT images that I took, but didn’t use for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here they are: Here is Christopher D. Bennett Quiz question: QUESTION 2 I use Sony cameras because they bought out what was the Bennett family’s unofficial official camera brand, what was… Read More »About a Shotgun Wedding and a Stain on my Shirt
I have tabulated the results for the Christopher D. Bennett Quiz and we have a winner! The WINNER with a score of 61 out of 120 points was Teresa Kahler. Some day soon a semi-fabulous prize will arrive in her mailbox. I’ve been told the quiz was too tough. I… Read More »Christopher D. Bennett Quiz Results!
“You look like you could be from Kansas.” After seeing the remains of this truck and its license plate, I legitimately think that might be a legit pickup line. Now that I’m through the party, I’ll try to get caught back up with my postings. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO:… Read More »Hey Baby…
GLASS did not end up being an extremely popular theme. That being said, there are some solid submissions here. Let’s have a look at the submissions for GLASS. Kim Barker Mike Vest Angie DeWaard Sarah Karber Christopher D. Bennett Carla Stensland Amy Hahn But that is the past. Let’s look… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 35 – GLASS
I’ve thanked all these people in person, but I’d like to publicly thank everybody that helped out in some either small or big way with my birthday party on Saturday. Big shout out to Scott for making tons of delicious mouth watering chicken and jalapeno cream corn. I only wish… Read More »The Birthday Party of Fate (Roundup)
Another solid week of submissions. Here are the submissions for PORTRAIT: Kim Barker Bill Wentworth 1 Bill Wentworth 2 Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Sarah Karber Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest Micky Augustin Carla Stensland 1 Carla Stensland 2 Solid submissions across the board! But why live in the… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 34 – PORTRAIT
I might have processed this image to within an inch of its life. However, it turned out pretty much exactly as I wanted it so. Everybody wins! It feels like I should show you what the original image looked like. But I’m not going to. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO:… Read More »Feeling Kansas
A couple weekends back I went up to Minnesota with Nate and Laura to visit Bethany, Dae Hee, Nora, and Colleen. Here are a couple photos from that weekend. I’m sure you’ll get exposed to many more Nora pictures. You lucky dogs!
A slight dip in submissions this week, but that was to be expected with a bit harder of a theme. It wasn’t too much of a challenger for first time contributor Geri Derner though! Here are the submissions for WINDOWS: Kim Barker 1 Kim Barker 2 Kim Barker 3 Kim… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 33 – WINDOWS