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
I have not seen a new movie in the last week, so there is no movie review for this week. Instead, enjoy some of Alice’s six month pictures… There should be more of these in another 3 months.
These pictures are from backup/Old My Pictures/Beaver Massacre I’ve try to come up with a good reason for why these pictures exist, but I can’t really defend them. I will just try to explain what the general idea was supposed to be. These were supposed to be “Production Stills” for… Read More »The Archives: Edition Five
SILENCE did not keep people from being silent. There were a healthy amount of submissions this week. Here are the submissions for SILENCE: Dawn Krause of Impassioned Versifier Geri Derner Christopher D. Bennett Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Carla Stensland Mike Vest Mike and I fired… Read More »RWPE Y2 #7 – Silence
Movie – The Illusionist Director: Sylvain Chomet (The Triplets of Belleville) Writers: Jacques Tati and Sylvain Chomet Starring: Jean-Claude Donda and Eilidh Rankin Theater – Fleur Cinema – Des Moines, Iowa Companion – Nader Food – China One International Buffet Intellectual Honesty I don’t know that I brought any positive… Read More »Movie Review: The Illusionist
I’m guessing that the holiday weekend might have curtailed the normal amount of submissions. Here are the submissions for GO!: Julie Johnson Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett I went down and visited the Random Theme Generator and it quietly spit out the theme for this week: SILENCE Here is a… Read More »RWPE Y2 #6 – Go!
Amy – 9 Emotions Of all the people I have ever met in my life, perhaps only Marla Gorshe hates having her picture taken more than Cousin Amy. So I was very pleased when Sara was able to talk her into posing for this latest Personal Photo Project. The fact… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #54
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
These pictures are from: backup/Old My Pictures/ Animals In retrospect, I don’t know why I named this folder Animals. There aren’t that many animal pictures in it. I guess I must have considered it witty at the time. IMAGE LOST Kalona For my 30th Birthday Party, I talked Andy and… Read More »The Archives: Edition Three
Here are this week’s submissions for MACRO: Julie Johnson Dawn Krause Carla Stensland A Carla Stensland B Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest I’ve been down to visit the Random Theme Generator. Without much hesitation, it spit out this week’s theme: GO! This is a new theme for this year. It… Read More »RWPE Y2 #5: Macro
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
These pictures are from: backup/Old My Pictures/2005 Calendar I’m pretty sure these are the files from the 2nd year of the calendar, although it is possible that it was the 3rd or 1st year of the calendar. My records on such things are spotty at best. In the early days… Read More »The Archives: Edition Two
If you have always wanted to own your very own copy of Hearts Beat High with Joy, here is your chance! Hearts Beat High with Joy I have donated an 11×14 copy of this picture to the Sacred Heart School Carnival. This picture is matted and framed. You can purchase… Read More »Hearts Beat High with Joy
Apparently there aren’t a ton of HARMONY lovers out there. I’m kind of surprised by the lack of participation this week, but what can you do. You buckle down and you carry on. Here are the few submissions for this week: Christopher D. Bennett Carla Stensland A Carla Stensland B… Read More »RWPE Y2 #4: Harmony
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 – The Dilemma Director: Ron Howard (Backdraft, Apollo 13, A Beautiful Mind, Cinderella Man, Frost/Nixon) Writer: Allan Loeb (Things We Lost in the Fire, 21, The Switch) Starring: Vince Vaughn (Wedding Crashers, Dodgeball, Old School, Swingers), Kevin James (I Now Pronounce You Chuck & Larry, Hitch, Paul Blart: Mall… Read More »Movie Review: The Dilemma
Movie – Country Strong Director: Shana Feste (The Greatest) Writer: Shana Feste (The Greatest) Starring: Gwyneth Paltrow (Se7en, The Talented Mr. Ripley, The Royal Tenenbaums), Tim McGraw (The Blind Side, Flicka), Garrett Hedlund (Troy, Four Brothers, Tron: Legacy), and Leighton Meester (Gossip Girl, Date Night, The Roommate) Theater – Cinemark… Read More »Movie Review: Country Strong
I think the technical aspects of this theme scared off some contributors this week. Although I am excited to have a submission from Jesse who was a founding member of RWPE who quickly dropped out. I should point out that I had some hiccups with my email system this morning.… Read More »RWPE Y2 #2: Long Exposure