I made 3 trips to the Iowa State Fair this year. They were the same traditional trips I seem to make every year. 1 trip to see the O’Gorshes dance. 1 trip to assist a team with the barbecue contest. 1 trip to pick up my photo contest entries. My… Read More »ISF 2026 Food: Trip 1
It is the 5th day of September. Seems like a good time to share the THE SELFIE PROJECT images from August. I didn’t travel much in August. But that doesn’t mean it wasn’t a busy month. At least parts of it. Here are the August Selfies: August 1 August 2… Read More »Selfie Project – August 2026
I realize now that I never really announced how I did at the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon this year. Here is the card they sent: I got two in. If you are looking for them at the Fair, 1 is a Black and White Place. I think the other… Read More »WPC – WEEK 570 – I CAN’T EVEN
It has been almost a year since I shared any of the postcards that I have gotten in the mail from the people. As you know, I collect postcards that people send me from their travels. And admittedly, I have done a very, very poor job of keeping up with… Read More »Postcards I Collect II
It is Good Friday! If you are looking for a worship service to attend, I will be attending the Community Good Friday Service held this year at the Central Christian Church. It occurs tonight at 7 PM. The Central Christian Church is located at: Central Christian Church803 Greene StreetBoone, Iowa… Read More »ISF: 08/07/2025 – Snakes!
Last Friday I shared the pictures of some of the finest Irish dancing these eyes have ever seen… and I’ve been to Ireland! Today I will share the images of the activities that followed the dancing. Food. Cakes. Animals. Sky Gliding! Have a looksie: There is still one more collection… Read More »ISF: 08/07/2025 – Sky Gliding!
Last Friday I shared the pictures I took on my trip to the Iowa State Fair with the Gorshes while waiting for the dancing to commence. This Friday I’m sharing the pictures of the dancing! Here they are! Still plenty more left to share from my first trip to the… Read More »ISF: 08/07/2025 – Dancing!
It is time I start sharing pictures I took at the Iowa State Fair last year. I only went to the Iowa State Fair 3 times last year. Once with the O’Gorshes to watch Evie and Layla do their Irish dancing thing. Once with Tall & Meaty for their barbecue… Read More »ISF: 08/07/2025 – Before the Dancing!
Now that I’ve revealed all of the 2026 Photography Calendar I’m going to put together a super long post. I’m not joking, this is a SUPER long post. You might want to stretch out your scrolling finger before diving in to this one. Normally I might make this into 2… Read More »Let’s Talk 2026 Calendar!
Time to reveal the Mach image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. MARCH – 2026 Technical Details This picture is the ocean view looking back from the ocean view of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. If I was forced to pick my favorite part of the Ireland trip, I… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 1
Every last 2026 Photography 139 calendar has been distributed as of roughly 5:30 PM last night. So now is a good time to start sharing the images from this year’s calendar. We will start with the front cover. FRONT COVER – 2026 Technical Details The subject of the picture is… Read More »525,600 Minutes – 2025 Year in Review
This year I went to the Ames Independence Day Parade and snapped a few pictures. The Gorshe were in the parade and watching the parade, so I hung with them. The parade got interrupted as somebody on one of the floats had a medical emergency. I heard about 5 different… Read More »Ames Independence Day Parade
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
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
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
Time to reveal the July image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JULY TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 276mm APERTURE: f/14 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/6400 ISO: 160 DATE TAKEN: August 2, 2024 I took this picture on my trip to the Indianola National… Read More »I Don’t Care if it Hurts
It is time to reveal the June image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JUNE TECHNICAL DETAILSCAMERA: Sony 7M4LENS: SIGMA 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DNFOCAL LENGTH: 395mm (but image is cropped)APERTURE: f/11SHUTTER: 1/160ISO: 800DATE TAKEN: April 8, 2024 I drove in a caravan with the Gorshes all the way to Indiana… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Year 11 in Review
