Was ODD CAMERA ANGLE oddly popular? I guess you will have to scroll down to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): + Sarah Toot – 1 week (3) + Willy McAlpine – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 359 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
Today is the last day to enter the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. I will be picking up the entries from the Chamber about 5 PM today. I’m excited to see how many entries we got this year. I know of at least 4 people that have told me they are… Read More »Baby Got Rack – Boone County Fair
A reminder that this Friday is the deadline for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Entries are to be submitted to the Chamber office by 5 PM. I hope there are plenty of submissions this year! Or at the least, more than there were last year. +++++++ Was WILD a WILDly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 358 – WILD
On Saturday Baby Got Rack competed in the Boone County Fair Barbecue Competition. The Iowa Farm Bureau Cook-out is the technical name I believe. The bad news is that we were definitely rusty. In fact, it might have been the worst performance in Baby Got Rack’s storied career. The good… Read More »Baby Got Rack – Boone County Fair Prep
WORK sure can be a lot of WORK. But how many people put in the WORK of getting a WORK photo? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 11, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):… Read More »WPC – WEEK 357 – WORK
It is time once again for another Formal Portrait Sunday. This time, we are checking back in with the Howard Family Portrait Shoot that was in some park in Cedar Falls. Here are some more pictures from the day: There is still more to come from the 2021 Howard Family… Read More »The Howards Volume – 4
Last week’s theme represented the 26th theme of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Thought I would share a few of those statistics that I like so much. Although, I don’t think these are as meaningless as the statistics I share during the milestone posts. 6 Month Statistics +… Read More »WPC – WEEK 356 – ROAD TRIP
I need to start this post by wishing Naima a happy birthday. I know most of you are thinking, a day late and a dollar short Bennett, but the reason I didn’t wish Naima happy birthday is because we celebrated it today. Here are some pictures of the 11 year… Read More »The Juncks 2021 – Volume 4
Last Monday was the halfway point in Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The halfway point is a good time to review a few things. Here are some Frequently Asked Questions. FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS Is there a limit to the number of submissions I can have each week? The… Read More »WPC – WEEK 355 – ENTERTAINMENT
On Thursday I completed another month of the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. For June, there was only one prompt. Grateful. Everyday, post a picture of something that makes you grateful. What I decided to do was every day take a picture with somebody that I am grateful… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – June 2022
I hope you are prepared for lots of pictures of me over the next couple of days. Today I’m sharing the pictures from the June Selfie Project. Tomorrow I’m sharing the photos from June’s FatMumSlim Photo Challenge. Those pictures are also all selfies. With the exception of one day, I… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2022
It is less than one month until the deadline to turn in your pictures for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. This is my second year running the contest, so I had time to make a few changes this year. But first, I actually had two flyers made for this year’s… Read More »Late Morning Lullaby
I though SELF-PORTAIT would be a popular theme. Do you think I was right? Well, you’ll have to scroll down to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 20, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): + Becky Parmelee – 1 week… Read More »WPC – 354 – SELF-PORTRAIT
It has been 5,795 days since August 9, 2006. 5,795 days since I first took keyboard in hand and started the blog portion of the Photography 139 website. The portion I pompously named “An Artist’s Notebook”. The part I started with the words: So here is the first journal entry.… Read More »Four Thousand Five Hundred
I want to start this post with the text of a text that Joe sent me last week. If I haven’t said, the WPC really helps me be present and look at the world a little differently. Thanks for facilitating! If there was a mission statement for THE WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »WPC – 353 – SERVICE
In this post I am going to share pictures I took with the A7II on Days 3 and 6 of my work trip to Miami Beach. I did not crack out the camera at all on Day 4. On Day 5, I actually got away for a bit and took… Read More »Miami Beach – Day 3 and Day 6 – A7II
A quick housekeeping note: for the last couple of months I haven’t been able to email people with a Gmail account. If you have written me and I haven’t written back, I have tried, just Gmail security has been dumb. However, on Friday, I believe I finally got all the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 352 – CHILDREN
FLOWER has proven to be a pretty popular theme. I’m always not sure how these things will go because I know more than a few people that just absolutely HATE flower photography or as my forthcoming book will be called, flowertography. Not only do they HATE flower pictures, they in… Read More »WPC – WEEK 351 – FLOWER
I thought this Sunday I would get back to Formal Portrait Sundays, but today didn’t unfold how I planned at all. Not even a little bit. Instead, I’m going to share some pictures I took with the real camera on the first day of my work trip to Miami Beach.… Read More »Miami Beach – Day 1 – A7II
A few weeks back I met up with Jen and the rest of the Gorshes (sans Derrick) to watch Evie dance at the Renaissance Fair. I took a few pictures of the event. Here are some of my favorites. At some point, I’ll share the rest of the pictures from… Read More »Celtic Dancing Fair
On Tuesday I completed another month of the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. It was month of random prompts and I think for the most part, there is some good work mixed in with mediocre work. The kind of thing you get with a Photo A Day Challenge.… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – May 2022
