A few months back I went to Allamakee County to harvest their town signs. Teresa went with my on this trip. I now firmly believe that Allamakee County is the most beautiful county in Iowa. If not, the whole Driftless Area is the most beautiful part of Iowa. I hope… Read More »Town Sign Project: Allamakee County
To clarify some information about Sunday’s post. The part about the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. Even though the book does say two people got all 4 of their entries in, in fact NOBODY got all 4 submissions accepted for display. That is the first time I can ever remember… Read More »WPC – WEEK 362 – WEEKENDS
I’m not sure that FAMILY ended up being that popular of a theme. Which is weird. Are people embarrassed by their FAMILY? I guess you’ll have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, August 8, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 361 – FAMILY
Before I delve into the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest, I do know what picture and what award I got into the Iowa State Fair. It is my policy not to reveal the pictures I entered until after the State Fair is over, but your clue is don’t go all the… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Results
PEOPLE was probably a popular theme. I even found some PEOPLE I like to photograph. Well one PEOPLE, but if the rest of the PEOPLE are good with Fran, they are probably okay PEOPLE. But to find out, you’ll have to keep scrolling. But I bet there were a ton… Read More »WPC – WEEK 360 – PEOPLE
This is a reminder that tomorrow there is a dog and exotic animal pet show for Pufferbilly Days. A person could also enter a cat, but people don’t, cause… cat. I mean, it explains itself. However, I give this reminder with the caveat that it is possible that the Dog… Read More »Selfie Project – July 2022
Was ODD CAMERA ANGLE oddly popular? I guess you will have to scroll down to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): + Sarah Toot – 1 week (3) + Willy McAlpine – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 359 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
A reminder that this Friday is the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Entries are to be submitted to the Chamber office by 5 PM. I hope there are plenty of submissions this year! Or at the least, more than there were last year. +++++++ Was WILD a WILDly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 358 – WILD
Here is the last of the auxiliary images from a road trip I made with Teresa to harvest the town signs of Clay and Lyon County. Lake Park Rock Rapids Larchwood Tri-State Marker – Where Iowa, South Dakota, and Minnesota meet. Inwood Hull A word about the tri-state marker. There… Read More »Clay and Lyon County Aux. – Vol 2
This collection of pictures are the auxiliary images taken when Teresa and I went on a road trip to harvest the town signs of Clay and Lyon County. The timing of some of these are off because it is the first trip I took two cameras on and I didn’t… Read More »Clay and Lyon County Aux – Vol. 1
WORK sure can be a lot of WORK. But how many people put in the WORK of getting a WORK photo? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):… Read More »WPC – WEEK 357 – WORK
Last week’s theme represented the 26th theme of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Thought I would share a few of those statistics that I like so much. Although, I don’t think these are as meaningless as the statistics I share during the milestone posts. 6 Month Statistics +… Read More »WPC – WEEK 356 – ROAD TRIP
Last Monday was the halfway point in Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The halfway point is a good time to review a few things. Here are some Frequently Asked Questions. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week? The… Read More »WPC – WEEK 355 – ENTERTAINMENT
On Thursday I completed another month of the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. For June, there was only one prompt. Grateful. Everyday, post a picture of something that makes you grateful. What I decided to do was every day take a picture with somebody that I am grateful… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – June 2022
I hope you are prepared for lots of pictures of me over the next couple of days. Today I’m sharing the pictures from the June Selfie Project. Tomorrow I’m sharing the photos from June’s FatMumSlim Photo Challenge. Those pictures are also all selfies. With the exception of one day, I… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2022
I though SELF-PORTAIT would be a popular theme. Do you think I was right? Well, you’ll have to scroll down to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 20, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): + Becky Parmelee – 1 week… Read More »WPC – 354 – SELF-PORTRAIT
It has been 5,795 days since August 9, 2006. 5,795 days since I first took keyboard in hand and started the blog portion of the Photography 139 website. The portion I pompously named “An Artist’s Notebook”. The part I started with the words: So here is the first journal entry.… Read More »Four Thousand Five Hundred
I want to start this post with the text of a text that Joe sent me last week. If I haven’t said, the WPC really helps me be present and look at the world a little differently. Thanks for facilitating! If there was a mission statement for THE WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »WPC – 353 – SERVICE
A quick housekeeping note: for the last couple of months I haven’t been able to email people with a Gmail account. If you have written me and I haven’t written back, I have tried, just Gmail security has been dumb. However, on Friday, I believe I finally got all the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 352 – CHILDREN
FLOWER has proven to be a pretty popular theme. I’m always not sure how these things will go because I know more than a few people that just absolutely HATE flower photography or as my forthcoming book will be called, flowertography. Not only do they HATE flower pictures, they in… Read More »WPC – WEEK 351 – FLOWER
I am back from my road trip. I have to say that I saw some of the most beautiful churches I have ever seen. I can’t wait to share them with you in 3-4 months. HISTORY proved to be a deceptively popular theme despite the holiday. Most people still seemed… Read More »WPC – WEEK 350 – HISTORY