Turtle Thoughts are Turtle Special thanks should go to Dawn for loaning me this homeless turtle and to Shannon for acting as turtle wrangler on the inside photos of my stinky friend. More pictures from the Turtle Thoughts are Turtle Photo Sessions. My understanding is that this homeless turtle eventually… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #45
Jesse Howard correctly answered the Christopher D. Bennett Trivia Question: Q: Whenever Christopher D. Bennett goes to a buffet, what does he get to eat with his ice cream? A: Green Olives As a reward for Jesse’s knowledge of my culinary tendencies, he got to choose the next question I… Read More »Proust No. Two
Apparently the theme ACTIVE had the result of making everybody inactive. Then at least a few people should be pleased to know that ACTIVE has been eliminated as a theme for next year. Here are the submissions for a curiously inactive week: Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett I went down… Read More »RWPE #48 – Active
I don’t know if it was the theme or if it was the holiday, but once again submissions were somewhat anemic. Here are the submissions for DISCOVER. Christopher D. Bennett IMAGE LOSTDawn Krause Mike Vest There are only 5 themes left before this little experiment starts over. I went down… Read More »RWPE #47 – Discover
So I fell really far behind in my movie reviews, so I’m going to crank out a bunch of these in short order and without much detail. Movie – Conviction Director: Tony Goldwyn (The Last Kiss, A Walk on the Moon) Screenwriter: Pamela Gray (A Walk on the Moon) Starring:… Read More »Movie Review: Conviction & Unstoppable
Read this like I published it on Friday. Happy Birthday to the other remaining founding member of FNSC! I hope that you went out and completely “rented the moment” on your birthday.
Here are some pictures from the 2010 Howards Photo Shoot. It got dark really quick. I’m already looking forward to the 2011 Photo Shoot!
I took some pictures of Alice when she was 3 months. Here are a few of my favorites from that photo shoot: There will be Alice pictures at 3 month intervals, if you are scoring at home.
The theme of SPIRITUAL didn’t ring the bell of many people this week. It reminds me of one of my favorite Daniel Tosh jokes. “When people tell me, ‘I’m not religious, but I’m spiritual’, I tell them ‘I’m not honest but you’re interesting.’” Here are the submissions for SPIRITUAL: Dawn… Read More »RWPE #46 – Spiritual
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
Movie – Megamind Director: Tom McGrath (Madagascar, Madagascar: Escape 2 Africa) Screenwriter: Alan Schoolcraft & Brent Simon; Both their first film as a writer. Starring: Will Ferrell (Anchorman, Stepbrothers, Talladega Nights), Brad Pitt (Se7en, Fight Club, Babel), Tina Fey (Mean Girls, Date Night, 30 Rock), David Cross (Mr. Show, Run… Read More »Movie Review: Megamind
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
Movie – RED Director: Robert Schwentke (The Time Traveler’s Wife, Flightplan) Screenwriters: Jon Hoeber (Whiteout) and Erich Hoeber (Whiteout) Starring: Bruce Willis (The Sixth Sense, Die Hard, Pulp Fiction), Mary-Louise Parker (Weeds, The West Wing, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford), John Malkovich (Dangerous Liaisons, Being… Read More »Movie Review: RED
There were a fair amount of submissions for last week’s theme HANDS. Here are the submissions: Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard Julie Johnson Mike Vest Shannon Bardole The Random Generator has been fired up and it has spit out an interesting theme for this week. Diagonal Rule This is a… Read More »RWPE #44 – Hands
Movie – Hereafter Director: Clint Eastwood (Unforgiven, Mystic River, Million Dollar Baby, Letters from Iwo Jima) Screenwriter: Peter Morgan (The Last King of Scotland, The Queen, Frost/Nixon) Starring: Matt Damon (Good Will Hunting, The Bourne Identity, The Departed), Cecile De France (High Tension, Around the World in 80 Days, L’auberge… Read More »Movie Review: Hereafter
Not so many submissions this week for last week’s theme SMOKE PHOTOGRAPHY. I guess not as many people love fire as I thought loved fire. Mike Vest Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Dawn’s Poetry Submission: Smoke It’s all just smoke and mirrorsThe way you disguise your fearsWhat you keep hidden… Read More »RWE #43 – Smoke Photography
Here are a few pictures from Iowa State’s victory over Kansas that I watched with Derrick. Warmups Warmups The pre-game cheer thing was a disaster. Jeff Johnson showed up late and then didn’t seem to know what he was doing. Cy in the Tunnel. Sandvig on the Coverage Benton and… Read More »Cyclones vs. Jayhawks
6/6 This multiple step Personal Photo Project only has one step left for completion! Here are some alternates for 6/6: Here are just some bonus Evie images: Now the hard part of the project begins!
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
Pictures from Monica and Jeff’s reception: There are many more pictures from Monica’s wedding in the Kewer Wedding album: Kewer Wedding It was an honor to do the wedding photography for Jeff and Monica’s big day. I thank them for giving me the privilege.