A pretty decent amount of people had their creative bell rung by COLORFUL. At least that is what I will tell myself to get to sleep tonight. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: ANDY SHARP… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 124 – COLORFUL
After last week’s disaster of participation, participation rates took a slight uptick. Even as temperatures in central Iowa dipped to below -10. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot abut participation rates. You came to see the submissions: CATHIE RALEY CARLA STENSLAND KIM BARKER SHANNON BARDOLE-FOLEY… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 120 – LOW PERSPECTIVE
Finally getting a chance to sit down and go through the submission for the FLOWERS theme for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. You can tell that holiday season is upon us as participation rates continue to plummet. Therefore, let me make this announcement early: Next Monday is Christmas! While the… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 118 – FLOWERS
WATER. That was the theme. Here are the submissions: Becky Parmelee Dawn Krause Robyn Augustin Christopher D. Bennett Tamara Peterson Becky Parmelee Cathie Raley Cathie Raley Cathie Raley Sarah Karber Kim Barker A solid week of submissions! But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 117 – WATER
The theme PORTRAIT was the least popular theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE in years. A bit surprising because usually I get quite a selection of pictures of children and grandchildren. A little disturbing to me that children have fallen so out of favor with this group of people. But… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 116 – PORTRAIT
I wasn’t sure how participation rates would go for WEATHER. Here in central Iowa, the weather couldn’t have been more boring. Which is amazing for this late in November. Plus I’m sure that the holiday didn’t help much either. That being said, it wasn’t a terrible week for participation. But… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 115 – WEATHER
This is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is WEATHER: WEATHER! WEATHER! What a great theme! I could explain to you what a WEATHER photo might look like, but instead, why not show you some examples?!?! Cathie Raley Angie DeWaard Carla Stensland Kim Barker Stephanie Kim Sarah… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – WEATHER
A pretty decent week of submissions. TRANSPORTATION really motivated a few people to get out there with there camera! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions: Becky Parmelee Becky Parmelee Cathie Raley Kim Barker Christopher D.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 114 – TRANSPORTATION
A bit of a rebound in submissions this week for FRAMED. Let’s keep the positive momentum going! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions: Cathie Raley Carla Stensland Christopher D. Bennett Tamara Peterson Carla Stensland Angie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 112 – FRAMED
Usually when I start this weekly post with something about participation rates being kind of lax this week my email inbox suddenly gets several submissions. Not this week. LANDSCAPE didn’t ring the bell for many people. Maybe it was the cold weather this week. Maybe it was the excitement of… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 111 – LANDSCAPE
This is a reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is LANDSCAPE: LANDSCAPE! A LANDSCAPE photo is as simple as a photo of some land. Here are some LANDSCAPE photos to help fuel your fire: By Carla Stensland By Dawn Krause By Teresa Kahler By Kim Barker… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – LANDSCAPE
People weren’t exactly beating down my email’s inbox door for this week’s theme of REFLECTION. Yet, there was some really great 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 TAMARA PETERSON TAMARA PETERSON CHRISTOPHER… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 110- REFLECTION
MACRO might be the most technically difficult theme on the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Despite that, several people buckled up and gave it a spin! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the MACRO submissions! Sheri Farkhouri Sarah Karber… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 109 – MACRO
ART is one of my favorite themes. I love seeing what kind of ART that people have in their lives. This was a solid week of submissions. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submissions. You came here to see the submissions: Angie DeWaard… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 108 – ART
Another week of good submissions for this week’s theme of WHITE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Angie DeWaard Shannon Bardole Sheri Fakhouri Christopher D. Bennett Sheri Fakhouri Sheri Fakhouri Sarah Karber Tamara Peterson Tamara… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 107 – WHITE
I’m back from South Dakota, so it is time to reveal last week’s submissions for NATURE: ANGIE DEWAARD 1 ANGIE DEWAARD 2 CATHIE RALEY 1 JOE DUFF CATHIE RALEY 2 MICKY AUGUSTIN 1 MICHELLE HAUPT MICKY AUGUSTIN 2 SARAH KARBER SHANNON BARDOLE TAMARA PETERSON CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT KIM BARKER ELIZABETH… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 106 – NATURE
A pretty decent amount of submissions to ring in Year 3 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (REDUX). Including a submission from first time submitter Katelyn Augustin. She also might be the youngest to ever submit as well. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 105 – FAMILY
THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE rebounded a little bit in participation rates this week as people did get down and got a LOW PERSPECTIVE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions. Here they are: Carla Stensland… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 104 – LOW PERSPECTIVE
This week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE took the typical holiday in participation. That is to be expected. What wasn’t to be expected was that there was a first time participant. Joe Duff submitted his first ever (and hopefully not last) submission. He managed to do it while being in the heart… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 103 – RUINS
Here are the submissions for HUMANIZE for last week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: Bill Wentworth Kim Barker Micky Augustin Mike Vest Sheri Fakhouri Christopher D. Bennett Teresa Kahler Tamara Peterson 1 Tamara Peterson 2 Cathie Raley Hopefully you guys have already got to work on your interpretations for this week’s theme…… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 101 – HUMANIZE
YELLOW really got the old creative juices flowing. I’d reckon that there is close to a record number of submissions this week. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see this week’s submissions. Here they are: Angie DeWaard Brooke… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 99 – YELLOW