NASTY! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 9, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Charlie DeWaard – 2 weeks2-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks3-Sarah Karber – 3 weeks4-Sara Lockner –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 544 – NASTY
LEADING LINES! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 2, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Charlie DeWaard – 1 week2-Mary Green – 1 week3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week4-Sarah Karber… Read More »WPC – WEEK 543 – LEADING LINES
PLACES! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, January 26, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Sarah Karber – 1 week2-Sara Lockner – 1 week*3-Alexis Stensland – 3 weeks4-Deanna Peters –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 542 – PLACES
ARCHITECTURE! A great theme! But was it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, January 19, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Brandon Kahler – 1 week2-Charlie DeWaard – 3 weeks3-Alexis Stensland – 3 weeks4-Deanna Peters –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 541 – ARCHITECTURE
Today we recognize and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day here at Photography 139. At a time where the United States has fallen under the control of a particularly rabidly racist regime that is actively trying to erase the contributions of minorities out of the history books, it is particularly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 540 – CONTRAST
Now that I’ve revealed all of the 2026 Photography Calendar I’m going to put together a super long post. I’m not joking, this is a SUPER long post. You might want to stretch out your scrolling finger before diving in to this one. Normally I might make this into 2… Read More »Let’s Talk 2026 Calendar!
Time to reveal the November image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. NOVEMBER – 2026 The subject of the November image is a water lily I found at the Des Moines Botanical Garden. I am a proud member of the Iowa Arboretum and with that membership I can get in… Read More »WPC – WEEK 539 – ENTERTAINMENT
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 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
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
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
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
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
FRIENDS! A great theme! But did enough people at least get see acts of friendship to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, November 24, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 533 – FRIENDS
Hey you! Are you looking for a Thanksgiving meal that is absolutely free! Have I got news for you! Check out the flyer below: On Thanksgiving Day the Boone First United Methodist Church is providing FREE Thanksgiving meals to absolutely anybody that wants one! And as an added bonus, you… Read More »WPC – WEEK 532 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
Hey you! Are you looking for a Thanksgiving meal that is absolutely free! Have I got news for you! Check out the flyer below: (I don’t like our flyer, so I had it redesigned – Thanks Monica! – and am efforting to replace our flyer, if not this year, next)… Read More »WPC – WEEK 531 – STICKERS
THE WINDOW FOR SUGGESTIONS FOR NEXT YEAR’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE HAS CLOSED. So many great suggestions, it will be hard to winnow the list down to 52. Here is the list of suggestions: Angie DeWaard Lowell Davis Deb Powers Shannon Bardole-Foley Joe Duff Alexis Stensland Scott Degeneffe Andy Sharp… Read More »WPC – WEEK 530 – ANIMAL
REMINDER! This is it! The second of 2 weeks where you can make suggestions for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THIS BY (AND ONLY BY) LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS SECTION ON THIS POST AND LAST WEEK’S THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE POST. NO EMAILS.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 529 – SPOOKY
There aren’t many cruddy cell phone pictures from Day 6, the last day in Ireland to share. One of the things we did was far too dangerous to have a cell phone out. It wasn’t dangerous for us, but a cell phone would have definitely gotten lost. Plus I definitely… Read More »Ireland Day 6
REMINDER! This is it! One of 2 weeks where you can make suggestions for Year 13 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THIS BY (AND ONLY BY) LEAVING YOUR SUGGESTIONS IN THE COMMENTS ON THIS POST AND NEXT WEEK’S POST. NO EMAILS. NO TEXTS. NO PHONE CALLS NO… Read More »WPC – WEEK 528 – #INSTAGOOD