One of the benefits of THE SELFIE PROJECT is that I can look back at a month and feel less worthless. Hey, I actually did go out and do stuff and see people in month X. I’m a winner! Speaking of winners, these are the photos I consider winners from… Read More »Selfie Project – August
This was going to be one of the hardest entries in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT for me to accomplish. Mostly because, it is a huge time commitment. Luckily, I recently did the thing that Page 100 asks you to do, sorta. Here is Page 110. Page 110 – Sit in… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 110
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
I haven’t made much progress on THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT lately. A disturbing amount of towns don’t have signs. That lack of town pride disappoints me. Gets me right in the feels. The negative feels. Here are 7 more town signs that I have reaped in recent weeks: Bouton Woodward… Read More »The Town Sign Project Vol. 2
It feels like I didn’t get off the couch much in July. I guess we’ll take a look. Here are some of my favorites from the month of July from THE SELFIE PROJECT: July 1 July 2 July 4 July 5 July 8 July 9 July 11 July 12 July… Read More »Selfie Project – July
For the second straight year, Baby Got Rack competed at the Boone County Fair barbecue competition. Sponsored by State Farm or Farm Bureau or some insurance company. Here are a few snaps from the very, very, very hot day: BGR needs to thank Jesse for bulling it up, Willy for… Read More »Baby Got Domination
SKY really did trigger the creative juices of many a person. A healthy amount of SKY submissions! That included first time participation by Tamara Peterson and the return of Brooke Milligan! They should be inspirations for those of you that are on the fence about whether or not to participate.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 98 – SKY
It is SAD. Participation rates took a bit of a dip with SAD. Maybe it is because it was 112 degrees in the shade in central Iowa last week. Maybe it was because people struggled to get in the mindset of SAD this week. Maybe people were just busy. I… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 96 – SAD
On Sunday, I redid Page 24 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. While I already did this page with Shannon, I decided to redo it because of the lighting conditions for that photo shoot weren’t ideal and it made those pictures very noisy. This time I used Naima as the model… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 24
These are the pictures that didn’t have what it takes to be be included in the PORTRAIT theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves, no telling what they could accomplish!
A good solid set of submissions for PORTRAIT as we head down the homestretch of this year’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submission rates. You came here to see the submission for PORTRAIT: BILL WENTWORTH 1 BILL WENTWORTH 2… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 91 – PORTRAIT
Since a few people have been asking, I am making a formal announcement. THERE IS NO CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA AKA BENNETT-FEST THIS YEAR! The reasons are multiple and complicated, but it is probably your fault. If you search your heart, you know it to be true. So there… Read More »Valley Lodge is Closed
Now would be a good time to check in on the Selfie Project. I’ve attempted and failed at this project 3 times now. The farthest I’ve ever made it is 116 days. I feel like this just might be the year. Here are some of my favorites from March: March… Read More »March
The folder called 07-12-07 starts with some softball and ends with some pop art: Next Saturday’s folder seems to be squirrel heavy.
Jesse and I went down to Kansas City last Saturday to watch Iowa State play West Virginia in the Big 12 Championship Game. Here are a few cruddy cell phone pictures from the day: It was a great day spent in Hilton South with 18,000 of my closest friends! Iowa… Read More »3 for 4
This is a good time to check back in with the SELFIE PROJECT. These are some of my favorite images from February: February 2 February 5 February 6 February 7 February 11 February 13 February 17 February 18 February 19 February 21 February 24 February 25 February 26 February 27… Read More »Selfie Project – February
This blog has hit a milestone. This is the 2500th post since I started “An Artist’s Notebook” on August 9, 2006. A lot of different things have went through these pages over the last 10+ years, but I hope I’ve stayed true to the original vision I laid down in… Read More »Post No. 2500
Back at the beginning of 2016, I had this dream of taking a selfie every day to document that growth of one awesome beard. Well. I made it a few days into April. As I’m going to rekindle this project for 2017, thought I’d look back at my favorite photos… Read More »The Failed Selfie Project of 2016
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!
The folder called 06-19-07 includes folders of killdeer that I photographed with Steph and Yin and that time Jesse and I met the man that will probably be recorded by history as the best president of my lifetime. I’m not sure where next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will go.… Read More »06-19-07
Once again, I did the photos for the Computer Mine Holiday Card. Here are a few of my favorite pictures, but probably not the ones that made the card: Always a pleasure photographing my super-cooperative co-workers!