There was a bit of drop in my collection of WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE submission this week. The collection of COLLECTIBLE isn’t too large. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Andy Sharp Christopher D. Bennett Angie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 162 – COLLECTIBLE
A metric ton of people were motivated by ENTERTAINMENT this week. I think this was one of the higher submission weeks in months! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Cathie Raley Carla Stensland Carla Stensland… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 161 – ENTERTAINMENT
Looks like a few people were inspired by the MOUTH theme. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Andy Sharp Tamara Peterson Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard Andy Sharp Kim Barker Cathie Raley Carla Stensland Mike… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 160 – MOUTH
Reminder that tonight is the Rapid City Mission Trip Fundraiser at Pizza Ranch in Boone. You are going to want to download and print a copy of the voucher below: Then bring it to the Boone Pizza Ranch between 5 and 9 tonight. It is a great cause! Take a… Read More »Rapid City Mission Trip Fundraiser Tonight!
This ends year 3 of the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE reboot. It still seems popular enough to head onto year 4. I’ve decided not divulge the 52 themes for year 4. You’ll just have to react as the come your way. There was a good amount of submissions for HOBBIES, but… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 156 – HOBBIES
Participation for CANDID PORTRAIT took the usual holiday drop off, but there were still a few people loyal enough to the cause that made it worth the effort. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Carla… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 155 – CANDID PORTRAIT
COMPETITION wasn’t an extremely popular theme, even in this non-competitive WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! Andy Sharp Kim Barker Christopher D. Bennett Kim Barker Tamara Peterson Andy Sharp Andy Sharp Becky… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 154 – COMPETITION
ANIMAL seemed to really bring out the creative impulses of a lot of people. Plenty of ANIMAL submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates! You came to see the submissions! Kim Barker Micky Augustin Micky Augustin Shannon Bardole-Foley Tamara Peterson Michelle… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 153 – ANIMAL
Don’t forget that tomorrow, Baby Got Rack will be competing at the Iowa State Fair Barbecue Competition. We can be found on the grand concourse somewhere. Also, I have 2 pictures on display at the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon in the Cultural Building. Both are worth supporting, at least… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 152 – FEAR
REMINDER NOTE: IF YOU HAVEN’T VOTED YET, VOTE!!! THERE IS A 3 WAY TIE IN 2 CATEGORIES. IN 2 OTHER CATEGORIES, 1 VOTE SEPARATES 1ST AND 2ND. 2 DAYS LEFT TO VOTE. It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 151 – TREE
FEET! Almost everybody has them! There was a decent amount of submissions for has to be one of the easier themes in this set of 52 themes. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! So without… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 150 – FEET
I was involved in 2 contests at the Boone County Fair this year. Now that the fair is in the past and I’ve had adequate time for reflection, I think it is a good time to share the results from the contests I entered. First, the Open Class Photography Contest.… Read More »Boone County Fair 2018 Results
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
This is your reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is NIGHT: NIGHT! A NIGHT photograph is literally any photo taken at NIGHT. Happy photo harvesting! +++++++ Back on Memorial Day I headed over to the Sharp residence to take a picture for Page 38 of THE… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 38
Naima turned 7 today! Here are some of my favorite pictures of her over the years: I hope Naima had a happy birthday! We will do some of her favorite things any way. Sleeping. Going to the park. Eating.
HANDS was a popular theme! I’ll mark that down and make sure it isn’t in the next set of 52. Oh, you don’t like that? Then you better get to suggesting themes for the next 52. The way to do that is in the “Comments” section of this here blog.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 147 – HANDS
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 7
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 6
With freedom, books, flowers, and the moon, who could not be happy? -Oscar Wilde Before we get into the meat of today’s blog, we need to start with… Happy 4th of July! I hope you had an continue to have an enjoyable 4th of July! +++++++ Time to hit up… Read More »Freedom and Flowers
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 5
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 4