Going to be a quick write up today, but excited that there were a plethora of submissions this week. Including a submission from first time submitter Jodie Bennett. Which is pretty sweet! Here are the submissions for COUNTRY: Becky Perkovich Bill Wentworth Jodie Bennett Kim Barker 1 Kim Barker 2… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 32 – COUNTRY
So the walk down memory lane now concludes. With a look at the images that were in the calendar that early this morning will be taken down from kitchen walls (most common place I’ve seen the calendar hung up), office walls, cubicle walls, and placed gently in the trash with… Read More »2015
I don’t think that it is a secret to anybody that knows me at all that black and white photography is my true photographic love. And we all know that true love is the greatest thing in the world – except for a nice MLT – mutton, lettuce, and tomato… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 14 – BLACK AND WHITE
A pretty fair amount of submissions this week. I hope the momentum continues next week with a subject matter many people are less familiar with than FOOD. There is also, not one, but TWO first time contributors in this week’s submissions! Hopefully they feel inspired to keep submitting, even though… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 9 – FOOD
I was a bit worried about this week. Early this morning there were zero submissions. I thought that this week might be strike 1 against the Weekly Photo Challenge, but slowly a few submission came in. Here are those submissions: Micky Augustin Michelle Haupt Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett Becky… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 8 – WATER
Admittedly, at this time of year, this is a hard theme to tackle. However, a fair amount of people were able to find a WILD ANIMAL. The challenge gets harder and harder as the weather gets colder and colder. This week’s submissions: Micky Augustin Michelle Haupt Mike Vest Christopher D.… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Week 5 – WILD ANIMAL
This was an awesome week of participation! Hopefully this continues. A quick note because I forgot to mention this last week. The photo needs to be taken the week of the challenge. This isn’t a I have this photo I took 3 years ago that fits the category challenge. This… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge – Week 1: Night
Wow! What an amazing season of College Basketball. Especially in the state of Iowa. Almost everybody has something to cheer about: The Iowa State Cyclones won the Big 12 for the second straight year. They are looking to make good on Hoiberg’s promise of a national championship. The UNI Panthers… Read More »ROUNDBALL ORACLES YEAR 11
A zinnia from the Iowa State Fair In honor of Micky’s last day in Hardware, I thought I would post his favorite: FLOWER PORN.
One of my coneflowers. A very healthy batch this year. Well, we did it. We made it to 100 Photos of the Day. I figured there was no better way to cap off the first 100 with what Micky would call “flower porn”. Somewhere Russell is shaking his head.
Russell is a HUGE fan of blimps and when he saw this blimp floating near his place of employment he sent it on to me hoping I would share it with the masses. So I have. Snaps for Russell. What Russell doesn’t know is that while I can claim a… Read More »Guest Photo of the Day 001
Micky just couldn’t keep his hands of the Alpha 65. This picture was taken in the HDR Painting: Mid setting. For those of you keeping score at home.
Brandon Kahler – 2014 Roundball Oracles ChampionI apologize for taking so long to reveal the champion of Year 10 of the Roundball Oracles. But I think my post college basketball season depression (or PCBSD as mental health professionals call it) was even greater this year than in years past. You… Read More »Photo(s) of the Day 0007
March Madness is once again upon us. That can mean only 1 thing! It is time for the Roundball Oracles to gather once again and make predictions about the outcome of the NCAA tournament. I would actually like to start this by quoting the predictions I made about this year’s… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 10
One of the most popular weeks at the Computer Mine is Customer Service Week. There are lots of theme days and people get to dress up in costumes. The week climaxes with the crowning of a Customer Service Week King and Queen. It reminds me of Spirit Week at dear… Read More »Spirit Week
Back in August I went on my 2nd ever work trip for the day job. I went to Corning, New York and Mansfield, Pennsylvania with Micky. We had enough down time to crack out the camera a little bit. Very few pictures are from Corning, Iowa. No pictures are from… Read More »Corning, New York
Watkins Glen A couple of months ago I went to New York State for the day job with Micky. On one of our free nights, we took the rental past a bunch of poorly spelled firewood signs to a beautiful park in Watkins Glen. The remainder of the Watkins Glen… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 199
A couple months back I was contracted to take the photos for the day job’s annual company Christmas card. Here are a few images of people you might know: Next week’s Wednesday randomness might involve
Time once again to look at some of my favorite Instagram work from the last couple of months. Of course, if you follow me on Instagram or Twitter, you have seen all of these before. Just act like you are surprised. I’m pretty excited by how far I got to… Read More »Instagram: July & August
“When I was a child, I caught a fleeting glimpse Out of the corner of my eye, I turned to look but it was gone, I cannot put my finger on it now, The child is grown, The dream is gone, I… have become comfortably numb” -Pink Floyd It is… Read More »Sadness Ensues…
March Madness is upon us once again. Which means it is that time of year when I call upon all would-be-basketball-prognosticators to compete in an NCAA tourney bracket pool for the chance at everlasting glory, immortality, and a trophy. As always, the Roundball Oracles is open to all interested parties,… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 9