These pictures come from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Labels I once had an idea where I had my friends do a little exercise in self-realization. I asked them to pick a word. One word that they wanted the world to think of when the world saw them. Then I had them write… Read More »The Archives: Edition Twenty-One
Last week I removed and disassembled the Friend Wall. It is no longer in existence. No longer do I have friends on my wall. I replaced the Friend Wall with the 9 Emotions Project Wall. The centerpiece of this new “exhibit” is a 24×36 print of the picture below. A… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #70
This picture is from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Filters Apparently, even though this picture is entitled “Fun with Filters #1”, I didn’t have all that much fun with filters. This picture of Derrick is the only picture in this folder. Next week’s folder is: Backup/Old My Pictures/Godzilla
It is time once again for me to to do a random look at some of the statistics on the website. First up is what are the 10 Most Popular Images in the Artistic Galler. This one is actually somewhat of a shocker. A picture of Brandon has went from… Read More »Post No. 1,101
These pictures come from backup/Old My Pictures/Deg-Porter Wedding These pictures were taken at Scott and Melissa’s wedding. The last wedding I was in until Jen & Derrick’s wedding. IMAGE LOST Mr. Porter IMAGE LOST Scottie D. all tuxed up! IMAGE LOST Scottie D. in black and white. IMAGE LOST Scottie… Read More »The Archives: Edition Ten
Derrick – 9 Emotions Derrick’s take on the 9 emotions. If you have forgotten, these are the 9 emotions. Left to right; top to bottom. 1. Joy 2. Sadness 3. Anger 4. Amusement 5. Fear 6. Jealousy 7. Surprise 8. Sympathy 9. Boredom A closer look at Derrick’s interpretation of… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #59
EDITOR’S NOTE: SINCE THE ORIGINAL PUBLICATION OF THIS BLOG IT HAS COME TO MY ATTENTION THAT MONICA AND JEFF WERE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DELICIOUS FRUIT PIZZA. MY APOLOGIES FOR GIVING THE CREDIT TO DERRICK. Movie – Hall Pass Director: Bobby and Peter Farrelly (Dumb & Dumber, Kingpin, There’s Something About… Read More »Movie Review: Hall Pass
The Finite is Not the Infinite I decided to start experimenting with multiple exposures again and when I got this roll of film back, I realized how rust I had become with this photo technique. This was a roll of 36 pictures and most of the multiple exposures came back… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #56
Movie – 127 Hours Director: Danny Boyle (Slum Dog Millionaire, Trainspotting, 28 Days Later…) Writer: Danny Boyle and Simon Beaufoy (The Full Monty, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day, Slumdog Millionaire) Starring: James Franco (Spider-Man, Milk, Howl), Kate Mara (Shooter, Iron Man 2, We Are Marshall), and Amber Tamblyn (The… Read More »Movie Review: 127 Hours
It is hard to believe that this journal has reached entry 1,000. Since I enjoy rather meaningless statistics, I’m going to go over a few right now. According to how many times they have been viewed, these are the 10 Most Popular Pictures in the Artistic Gallery: 1. Gazing Ball… Read More »Journal Entry One-Thousand
Becky Perkovich correctly gave 1 of the 4 possible correct answers to the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: What is Christopher D. Bennett’s favorite movie? A: Mr. Smith Goes to Washington. Proust Quote “Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.” Confessions Question Your idea of… Read More »Proust No. Seven
IMAGE LOST 7 of 6 When it comes to framing and matting pictures I am a horrible procrastinator. So when Jill invited me to Evie’s final baby shower so that “Derrick and Rob would have somebody to talk to”, it provided me with a deadline. I needed that deadline because… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #42
Here are a few pictures from Iowa State’s victory over Kansas that I watched with Derrick. Warmups Warmups The pre-game cheer thing was a disaster. Jeff Johnson showed up late and then didn’t seem to know what he was doing. Cy in the Tunnel. Sandvig on the Coverage Benton and… Read More »Cyclones vs. Jayhawks
6/6 This multiple step Personal Photo Project only has one step left for completion! Here are some alternates for 6/6: Here are just some bonus Evie images: Now the hard part of the project begins!
Here is a copy of the journal I kept while I was on vacation last week. It covers parts of 10 days and over 1300 miles. While I doubt anybody reads this whole thing, it was an important exercise for me. There are no pictures, but I will post some… Read More »Vacation Journal
Pictures from Monica and Jeff’s reception: There are many more pictures from Monica’s wedding in the Kewer Wedding album: Kewer Wedding It was an honor to do the wedding photography for Jeff and Monica’s big day. I thank them for giving me the privilege.
I did the photography for the Monica Henning-Jeff Kewerer wedding a couple Sundays back. Here are a few pictures from before the ceremony. More images to come. Next up…. The Ceremony!
Did I mention my weekend was busy! This is unfortunately 1 day late. Happy Birthday Sara! Sorry about being a day late Sara!
Cheaper than Therapy I co-hosted a Baby Shower for Baby G. with Sara a couple months back. Sara wanted a photobooth for the shower, so I made a makeshift one in her garage. It worked well enough and we were able to use the pictures in a book of baby… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #37
Ain’t Distributed Right Nader made this selection over Mongolian one night before we saw The Expendables. This picture had my favorite judge’s comment on it. “Nice try.” Hilarious! Nader also consider this picture over a bowl of noodles. 5 of 6 selectors have been selected for next year’s Pufferbilly Days… Read More »Nader Parsaei
Willy picked his picture over a hunk of salmon at The Colorado Grill during FNSC. Trouble Willy also thoughtfully considered this photo of Derrick. The reason I enter photo contests is that enjoy watching other people look at my pictures. I know that is slightly voyeuristic, but I can deal… Read More »William McAlpine