Truth is that I probably don’t have enough photos taken to fill out all the Random Wednesdays that I have missed over the last couple of months. I have had to turn down numerous gigs and it shows in my lack of photos that I have taken. Probably my best… Read More »Evie: 1 Yearish
Dissimilitude This project was to take some pictures with the High Contrast Monochrome setting on the Alpha 35. I probably don’t play with this setting enough. More pictures from The Dissimilitude Series: If you are wondering, I don’t know the chick in the last picture in front of Gaslamp. She… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #97
A few weeks back I went to watch Jen and her crew dominate the Des Moines Regatta. I used to have a bunch of statistics to back up this assertion, but they have since fleed from this old man’s brain. I do know that Jen’s crew got the gold medal… Read More »Regatta
Apparently there isn’t much love in the world I occupy. Oh well, here are the submissions for LOVE: Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett This week’s theme is: ANIMAL Hmmmm… that is going to be a hard theme to make about Naima or Foster. This is a new category for this… Read More »RWPE Y2 #43 – LOVE
A few weeks back I attended Evie’s birthday party. I didn’t take many photos as everybody else there had at least 1 camera and so my photo coverage of the event would have seemed excessive. Seriously, Evie has her own paparazzi. However, I did take a few photos of her… Read More »Birthday Number One
I made it to the State Fair twice this year. I went once on a Friday to see Maroon 5 with Jill. Then on the last day of the Fair I went with my Mom. I met up with Derrick, Jen, and Evie. We ran into Sara, Shawn, and Cousin… Read More »State Fairing It Up!
Sara graduated a few weeks back and to celebrate, she had a massive shindig. As my present to Sara, I set up a photobooth in her garage. here are a few pictures from that photobooth. Sara already was the most educated person that I know, but now the gap is… Read More »Sara’s Latest Graduation
As you may recall, I like to check in on some statistics every 100 posts or so to see how things are doing in popularity. However, this statistical check-in will mark the end of an era. I am officially retiring the Snapshots Gallery and the Artistic Gallery. The advent of… Read More »Post 1200
Back in early July, Jill came home to play piccolo and flute (on America the Beautiful) for the Boone Municipal Band during the Iowa Municipal Band Festival. Here are a few pictures from the event, but really they are just more pictures of Evie. As of the writing of this… Read More »Iowa Municipal Band Festival
For the first time in several years, I was back to where I am supposed to be on the Fourth of July: eating Derrick’s cooking. Here are some pictures from that day. Next week’s random pictures feature a few pictures from the Iowa Band Festival, but in reality, they are… Read More »Independence Day
Today is also Derrick’s birthday! Here is my photo tribute to Derrick! Wow! I photograph Derrick a lot! I hope this makes his birthday that much happier!
As everybody knows, Black & White will always be my first love, so I was happy to see at least a couple of submissions this week. Here are the submissions for BLACK & WHITE: Christopher D. Bennett Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Mike Vest of Waxen… Read More »RWPE Y2 #27 – BLACK & WHITE
Today is Jen’s birthday, so Happy Birthday to Jen!!! Looks like Jay is up next for the birthday photo tribute!
My Memorial Day was 1 of the more interesting days I’ve ever experienced. It was filled with violent ups and downs, but perhaps the highest peak was photographing Evie. Here are some of the pictures from that photo shoot. You can view a ton more Evie photos in the STORE… Read More »Evie
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
Here are this week’s submissions for MACRO: Julie Johnson Dawn Krause Carla Stensland A Carla Stensland B Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest I’ve been down to visit the Random Theme Generator. Without much hesitation, it spit out this week’s theme: GO! This is a new theme for this year. It… Read More »RWPE Y2 #5: Macro
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
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!