Time to reveal the October image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. The subject of the October image was taken of the Cliffs of Moher. The time of day we visited the Cliffs of Moher it was just crazy with people. You couldn’t throw a dead cat without hitting 20… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 2
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
Time to reveal the April image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. APRIL – 2026 Technical Details The subject for the April image is a collection of tulips taken in the Pella town square. Every year I like to make a trip to Pella to photograph their wonderful selection of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 538 – BLACK & WHITE
Time to reveal the Mach image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. MARCH – 2026 Technical Details This picture is the ocean view looking back from the ocean view of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. If I was forced to pick my favorite part of the Ireland trip, I… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 1
Time to reveal the January image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. JANUARY – 2026 Technical Details The subject for the January image is the rotunda of the Iowa Capital. It is a part of a series of the Iowa Capital photos called “Where Basic Human Rights Go to Die”.… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: I Didn’t Hear No Bell
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
DECORATION! A great theme! But did enough people get all decorated up to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 22, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks*2-Jesse Howard –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 537 – DECORATION
We made it! We finally have gotten to the food adventure where Jesse got injured. This was a bucket list item for me this year and one of only a couple I actually managed to do. One was the Decorah pizza farm. Another was Stroud’s Chicken. Then there was this… Read More »#LakeLife: Jackson County Field Work
Back in March Russell and Andree and I supped at The Big Steer in Altoona. I took a few pictures of their amazing sign. Here are those pictures: It is a fantastic restaurant and if you ever have a chance to try it, I recommend you do it!
Last Friday Lowell and I were wandering around Eastern State Penitentiary. This collection will conclude the pictures from there. It is a pretty cool place to visit if you are interested in history or just want to see how cruel man can be to fellow man once they have convicted… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: Rest of Eastern State Penitentiary
HUMANS! A great theme! But did enough people see enough other people to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 15, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week2-Jesse Howard –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 536 – HUMANS
It is Week 4 of Advent and I would once again like to light a virtual candle and use the script for it from the book we are using for our Advent Season at Boone First United Methodist Church this year. The book is “The Redemption of Scrooge” by Matt… Read More »Cluck! Cluck! Kansas City Field Work
Last Sunday was the annual Christmas Pageant at Boone First United Methodist Church. It was great in all the ways that a Christmas Pageant should be great. Here are a few pictures: I already look forward to next year’s Christmas Pageant!
Last Friday when we left off Lowell and I had just hit the Eastern State Penitentiary. This entire collection of images are from the Eastern State Penitentiary. Which, should be noted, is not a prison any more, but is a prison museum. But I’m sure you already figured that out.… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: Eastern State Penitentiary
BODY PART! A great theme! But did enough people have a part of a body to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 8, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Brandon Kahler – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 535 – BODY PART
After getting back from the City Hall area I wander around the Reading Terminal for a bit and then eventually met up with Lowell and we did something super touristy. I say that without shame, but with pride. I’ve always wanted to ride one of those double decker tour buses,… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: Bus Tour
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
It is week 2 of Advent and I would once again like to light a virtual calendar and use the script for it from the book we are using for our Advent Season at Boone First United Methodist Church this year. The book is “The Redemption of Scrooge” by Matt… Read More »I Scream: Decorah Field Work
One of the little used benefits at the Computer Mine is that everybody gets 8 hours of VTO every year to use. I’m pretty sure next to nobody uses it, which is a shame. An extra day off. To do something fun? Why wouldn’t you do that? I guess some… Read More »Boone FUMC 2025 Thanksgiving Prep
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