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
A brief word to explain these pictures. These are pictures taken with a pinhole camera with a trio of different filters. Although most of my photography is somewhat experimental, these are extremely experimental. Often times I look at a picture and think, well that didn’t work. There are other times,… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #68
Must Be Truth This is kind of a simple concept for a photo, therefore there aren’t many variations, but here is what there is: Next week’s Personal Photo Project involves Jill and the pinhole camera. I’m not going to lie, there won’t be many (if any) fans of those pictures… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #67
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
Jill – 9 Emotions Jill was the final person to pose for the 9 Emotions Project. In case you can’t remember 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… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #65
Think Negative There were two points to this project. My first point was that I wanted to scan a negative. In this day and age, it is a borderline revolutionary act to use film. Unfortunately I have let too much time and space get between me and my film camera(s).… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #60
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
Not many submissions for MARKET. I have to confess that MARKET was one of the themes that was under consideration for termination. In the end we kept it because my MARKET picture from last year might have been my favorite RWPE picture from last year. Here are this year’s submissions… Read More »RWPE Y2 #8 – Market
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 – Exit Through the Gift Shop Director: Banksy Starring: Banksy, Shepard Fairey, Thierry Guetta, Space Invader and Rhys Ifans Theater – Bennett’s Union Street Theater – Boone, Iowa Companion – Flying Solo Food – I had dinner with Nader at Mongolian Buffet. Intellectual Honesty & Baggage Sometimes I feel… Read More »Movie Reviews: Exit Through the Gift Shop and Restrepo
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
Movie – Blue Valentine Director: Derek Cianfrance (Brother Tied) Writers: Derek Cianfrance, Cami Delavigne, and Joey Curtis Starring: Michelle Williams (Brokeback Mountain, Shutter Island, Halloween H20) and Ryan Gosling (Lars and the Real Girl, Half Nelson, Remember the Titans) Theater – AMC Southdale 16 – Edina, Minnesota Companion – Jill… Read More »Movie Reviews: Blue Valentine and The King’s Speech
There was a decent response to what I consider to be the most technically demanding (with the possible exception of PAINTING WITH LIGHT) theme of the 52 different themes. Here are the submissions for PANNING CAMERA BLUR: Julie Johnson Dawn Krause Jesse Howard Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest After two… Read More »RWPE Y2 #3: Panning Camera Blur
Movie – Black Swan Director: Darren Aronofsky (The Wrestler, The Fountain, Requiem for a Dream) Writers: Mark Heyman, Andres Heinz, and John McLaughlin Starring: Natalie Portman (The Professional, Garden State, The Other Boleyn Girl), Mila Kunis (Forgetting Sarah Marshall, The Book of Eli, Date Night), Vincent Cassel (Ocean’s Twelve, Eastern… Read More »Movie Reviews: Black Swan and The Tourist
I’ve finally distributed almost every last 2011 Photography 139 Calendar. Allow me to explain what images were used and I will include the briefest of notes on the pictures. This year, the calendar was a little bit more of an adventure than usual. The printer from the last two years… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #48
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
This week there is a submission from somebody I have never met. I think that is an exciting development. Here are the submissions for DIAGONAL RULE: Mike Vest of Waxen Media Shannon Bardole of Little White Lye Soap Christopher D. Bennett Julie Johnson of The Joy Is In The Journey… Read More »RWPE #45 – Diagonal Rule
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 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
Movie – Life As We Know It Director: Greg Berlanti (The Broken Hearts Club: A Romantic Comedy) Screenwriter: Ian Deitchman, Kristin Rusk Robinson (First movie for both) Starring: Katharine Heigl (The Ugly Truth, 27 Dresses, Knocked Up), Josh Duhamel (When in Rome, Transformers, Win a Date with Tad Hamilton!) Theater… Read More »Movie Review: Life As We Know It
I’m very excited to have Jason Baier as a first time contributor this week! Here are the submissions for FAST: Dawn Krause Jason Baier Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest Dawn’s Poetry Submission Fast Time seemed slow as the years flew past Now I struggle to make memories last For all… Read More »RWPE #39 – Fast