REMINDER THAT THE TIME IS FAST APPROACHING WHEN YOU CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE YEAR 13 THEMES FOR THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY AND ONLY BY LEAVING A COMMENT IN THE LAST WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLNEGE POST IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THE FIRST WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »WPC – WEEK 525 – PORTRAIT
DAMAGED! What a great theme! But did enough people find something roughed up to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 8, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week*2-Mary Green – 1 week*3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week4-Jesse Howard –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 522 – DAMAGED
MEANINGFUL! What a great theme! But did enough people find something with meaning in their lives to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 1, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Willy McAlpine – 1 week2-Monica Jennings – 5 weeks3-Becky Parmelee – 5… Read More »WPC – WEEK 521 – MEANINGFUL
The second day of September! No better day to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from August. I managed to leave the state of Iowa in August. In fact August was an incredibly busy month. A month that I don’t think I will duplicate any time soon. I got to… Read More »Selfie Project – August 2025
WARNING: I’M LEAVING FOR IRELAND TODAY AND I WON’T BE BACK NEXT MONDAY. I DON’T KNOW IF I WILL EVEN HAVE CELL SERVICE IN IRELAND, SO DON’T EXPECT ANY KIND OF REMINDER FROM ME THIS WEEK. YOU ARE ON YOUR OWN! THINGS! What a great theme! But did enough people… Read More »WPC – WEEK 518 – THINGS
Time to share the second and final collection of images to the pro-democracy and pro basic human rights rally I attended with Jen. Here is the collection: There are future political rally pictures in our future. Just not from this rally.
Back on International Worker’s Day I went to a pro-democracy and basic human rights rally with Jen. I also ran into Angie there. I also ran into Dan from the old Patio Pros bowling team. I snapped a few pictures. Have a look: There is still one more collection of… Read More »International Worker’s Day Rally – I
The 2nd day of August! No better day to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from July. In July, I actually managed to leave the state of Iowa! Twice! I am planning to leave the country in August, so I am doing some travelling these days. I think July was… Read More »Selfie Project – July 2025
FLOWER! What a great theme! But did enough people get their green thumb going to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 30, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Adam Gordon – 1 week2-Mary Green – 1 week3-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks4-Jesse Howard… Read More »WPC – WEEK 515 – WORDS
As you know, I collect postcards that people send me from around the country. I don’t get many of them, but I get a few a year. Thought I would share some of more recent postcards I’ve received most recently. Here is that collection: From Harrison From the Gorshes From… Read More »Postcards I Collect
FAMILY! What a great theme! But did enough people make a familial connection to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 23, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jesse Howard – 1 week2-Monica Jennings – 1 week3-Brandon Kahler – 2 weeks4-Sabas Hernandez –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 511 – FAMILY
It’s a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from May. It was a decently busy month. But I never left the state. I mean why would you leave Iowa? We’re second to last in economic growth. 48th in personal income growth. Our education system, which used to… Read More »Selfie Project – May 2025
Today is Memorial Day. So let me wish you all a good Memorial Day. I hope it was a good weekend for all of you! I hope you had time to honor those who gave everything for you, in whatever manner that means to you. SIGN! What a great theme!… Read More »WPC – WEEK 506 – SIGN
This is the final collection of images from my State Fair trip with the Gorshes. We didn’t stay too late into the day because they had some kind of family camping trip they were leaving for the next day. When we last left off, Jen and Layla were on the… Read More »ISF: 08/10/2024: Final Images
Time for more pictures from my second day at the Iowa State Fair with Jen, Evie, and Layla. When we last ended photos from that trip Layla had just finished dancing and we were beginning our brief wondering around the fairgrounds. Here are the pictures: That seems like a good… Read More »ISF: 08/10/2024: Skyglider
Time for more pictures from my second trip to the Iowa State Fair with the Gorshes. Last time I started sharing pictures from Layla’s dance performance. This time I will share the rest of the dance performance pictures and start on the images from the rest of the day. Here… Read More »ISF: 08/10/2024: Irish Dance Party
Time for more pictures from my second trip to the Iowa State Fair last year. This trip was with the Gorshe. Last time it was all pictures I took while wandering around waiting for Layla to take the dance stage. This collection is more of those images and then some… Read More »ISF: 08/10/2024 – Irish Dance Party Begins
It time for the first collection of images from my trip to the Iowa State Fair with a few of the Gorshe. I went down to the fair with Jen and Evie to watch Layla do some Irish dancing. Evie was still on the IR recovering from a track injury.… Read More »ISF: 08/10/2024 – Pre-Irish Dance Party
It is time to reveal the June image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JUNE TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: SIGMA 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 395mm (but image is cropped) APERTURE: f/11 SHUTTER: 1/160 ISO: 800 DATE TAKEN: April 8, 2024 I drove in a caravan with… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Year 11 in Review
All of the 2025 Photography 139 Calendars have been distributed or mailed except for one. It is fair game now to start sharing the calendar images. This is the front cover image: FRONT COVER – 2025 Technical Details: CAMERA: SONY 7M4LENS: SIGMA 14-24 f/2.8 DG DN ARTFOCAL LENGTH: 20mmAPERTURE: f/8SHUTTER… Read More »Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Minutes
It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. But as we are heading into a new year,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 485 – HOLIDAYS