I was told this week’s challenge theme was really hard. That guarantees it will be back next year. Also, this week’s theme is even harder. So let’s get after it! But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about how hard things are, you want to see… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 72 – RELIGION
A slight post holiday uptick this week. Rumor has it next week we will get the New York Voice back in the fold. Woot! Woot! As the kids say. But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You want to see the submissions. Here… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 70 – ART
Pretend like I published this on January 1, just like I meant to do. It is that day at Photography 139 Headquarters where we take down our old Photography 139 Calendar and put it in the trunk with many of the other remnants of our past. We like to think… Read More »To a Great 2017!
Pretty good participation rates for MACRO. One of my personal favorites. But you don’t want to hear me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you want to see the submissions: Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Bill Wentworth Becky Perkovich Jeff Kewer 1 Jeff Kewer 2 Kim Barker 1 Kim… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 66 – MACRO
This was definitely a tough week for participation rates. It was even a little tough for me. The early sunset. The national depression. The busy holidays. It has been tough the last few weeks. I get it. Hopefully there will be a bounce back next week. But you don’t want… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 64 – TOWN
There wasn’t as much LOVE in the world this week as one would have hoped. I’ll just hope that when we get to HATE, it isn’t a more popular option. But it is the world that we live in. But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 63 – LOVE
Some of the stalwarts didn’t make it for LANDSCAPE. That’s okay. When one person falls, another person can pick up the torch and carry on. But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about torches. You want to see the submissions for LANDSCAPE: Bill Wentworth Cathie Raley… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 60 – LANDSCAPE
ROAD TRIP saw some of the regulars drop out, but the ones that did participate went all in. But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You just want to see the submissions. Here they are: Becky Perkovich 1 Becky Perkovich 2 Becky Perkovich… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 59 – ROAD TRIP
Maybe there was a slight dip this week, but that was to be expected, since CHILDREN are so very, very creepy. I mean, we’ve all seen the groundbreaking documentary CHILDREN OF THE CORN. We know what they’re capable of doing. Don’t get me started on the companion documentary VILLAGE OF… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 56 – CHILDREN
SIGNS is actually one of my favorite themes for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. I am pleased to see that it lit the creative fires of several other people as well. But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about SIGNS. You want to see the submissions. Here… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 55 – SIGNS
The week’s theme triggered an interesting and solid week of submissions. Here are the submissions for OLD: Shannon Bardole Becky Perkovich Stephanie Kim Kim Barker 1 Kim Barker 2 Kim Barker 3 Christopher D. Bennett Michael Augustin Cathie Raley 1 Cathie Raley 2 Cathie Raley 3 Cathie Raley 4 Carla… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 54 – OLD
A new year. Well, a new 52 weeks. I’m excited for what this new year will bring. But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about my aspirations for the next 52 weeks. You just want to see the submissions. Here are the submissions for BODY PART:… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 53 – BODY PART
Lots and lots of up close and personal submissions for MACRO this week. Don’t take my word for it, have a look: Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Micky Augustin Kim Barker Sarah Karber Stephanie Kim 1 Stephanie Kim 2 Teresa Kahler 1 Teresa Kahler 2 Teresa Kahler 3 Becky… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 50 – MACRO
I have to confess, I was a little worried about this week. As I crawled out of bed this morning to head to the Computer Mine, I had only received 1 submission in my email inbox. Despite one person telling me at the State Fair that they had just taken… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 49 – REFLECTIONS
A few of the regulars were missing this week, but there were still plenty of submissions for ART! The submissions for ART: Bill Wentworth Carla Stensland 1 Carla Stensland 2 Stephanie Kim 1 Stephanie Kim 2 Stephanie Kim 3 Shannon Bardole Christopher D. Bennett Sara Lockner Becky Perkovich Kim Barker… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 46 – ART
There was a tremendous reaction to FLOWER. Lots of participation! How exciting! The submissions for FLOWER: Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Carla Stensland 1 Carla Stensland 2 Carla Stensland 3 Carla Stensland 4 Carla Stensland 5 Shannon Bardole Kim Barker 1 Kim Barker 2 Mike Vest 1 Mike Vest… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 45 – FLOWER
I was worried that this wouldn’t be a very popular theme, but it actually has garnered quite the response. How exciting! Looks like this theme will make the cut for next year’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. If you want to have your voice heard about next year’s themes, I’d advise you… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 44 – SMOKE
A nice collection of submissions this week for HOMETOWN: Becky Perkovich Kim Barker Christopher D. Bennett Sarah Karber Stephanie Kim But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 41 – HOMETOWN
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
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
It looks like LETTERS AND/OR NUMBERS also wasn’t an extremely popular theme. Might have to put it on the chopping block if this little project continues into a second year. I guess we’ll see. On the positive though, it was extremely popular with first time submitter Sara Lockner. Hopefully this… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 36 – LETTERS AND/OR NUMBERS
