The theme of ARCHITECTURE rang the bell of a few people. Quite a few people, actually. Anita Ward would be proud. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Logan Kahler Micky Augustin Micky Augustin Micky Augustin… Read More »WPC – WEEK 306 – ARCHITECTURE
The pictures in the folder 2010-10-17 is a collection of images from the fairly annual Howard Family Photo Shoot from 2010. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entry to its original glory: THE 2010 HOWARDS Next… Read More »2010-10-17
While we have been working on sorting things at my Mom’s house, we recently have come through a whole pile of genealogy stuff. While sorting through it, I thought I would share a bit of family history from my Dad’s side of the family. It is a story I’ve known,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 305 – MUSIC
The pictures in the folder 2010-10-17 are from a photo shoot with Alice DeWaard from when she was 3 months old. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entry to their original glory: 3 Months Next Saturday’s… Read More »2010-10-17
I was recently invited to Maven’s Birthday Party. It took place at a carousel! Yeah, all other parties are now ruined for me. You are going to have to step it up if you want this guy to make an appearance. Not entirely true. I will show up to any… Read More »Ain’t No Party Like A Carousel Party!
Lots of people decided to make HISTORY by taking a HISTORY image this week. I understand that it can be a bit difficult for people that aren’t like me. You see, it is easy for me cause I’m making HISTORY every day. But you didn’t come here to listen to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 304 – HISTORY
So many of the folders 2010-10-04, 2010-10-11, 2010-10-12, 2010-10-15, and 2010-10-16 had so few images, that I decided to make a mega conglomeration. There are pictures here that were used for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (back then known as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT) and pictures used for the program… Read More »2010-10-04, 2010-10-11, 2010-10-12, 2010-10-15, and 2010-10-16
Despite the holiday weekend, there was pretty good participation in this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. At least a few of you got out there and had an ADVENTURE last week. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see… Read More »WPC – WEEK 303 – ADVENTURE
On Wednesday night I completed another successful month of THE SELFIE PROJECT. I don’t know that is was a particularly exciting month, but I think there are some good pictures in the collection. Here are some of my favorites from June: June 1, 2021 June 2, 2021 June 3, 2021… Read More »Selfie Project – June 2021
The theme of COMMUNICATION did not communicate to a tremendous amount of people. That is fine. Maybe this week’s theme will be more popular. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Elizabeth Nordeen Andy Sharp Andy… Read More »WPC – WEEK 302 – COMMUNICATION
There were large collections of images in the folders 2010-09-20, 2010-09-21, or 2010-09-27 so I combined them into one post. These include pictures of an Iowa State-Kansas State football game, pictures taken shortly after Evie was born, and pictures of Elainie playing football. By adding these pictures to the Photography… Read More »2010-09-20, 2010-09-21, and 2010-09-27
I recently took a Friday off from the Computer Mine and Jesse and I spent the day tooling around Poweshiek County (and Benton County) harvesting their town signs. It was a very enjoyable trip, because it included ice cream! As all great road trips should. Here are some facts about… Read More »Town Sign Project: Poweshiek County
It appears that WHITE was not a super popular theme. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Shannon Bardole-Foley Christopher D. Bennett Micky Augustin Angie DeWaard Kim Barker Angie DeWaard Kio Dettman Kio Dettman Cathie Raley… Read More »WPC – WEEK 301 – WHITE
The pictures in the folder 2010-09-20 are from a block party at the Boone First United Methodist Church. It was supposed to be a mostly outside event, but bad weather forced it to be inside. It is weird looking at these pictures now, because these little kids are now in… Read More »2010-09-20
I recently took a Friday off from the Computer Mine and Jesse and I spent the day tooling around Benton County and another county harvesting their town signs. It was a very enjoyable road trip. Here are some facts about Benton County: + Population is 26,076. + The county seat… Read More »Town Sign Project: Benton County
The theme of RED did fire the passions of a few people as there were a healthy amount of submissions for RED this week. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Micky Augustin Carla Stensland Christopher… Read More »WPC – WEEK 300 – RED
The folders 2010-09-06, 2010-09-11, and 2010-09-13 were all fairly small, so I decided to combine them into one post. Two of the folders include images that were taken for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, which back then was known as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT. The other pictures are of Dawn’s… Read More »2010-09-06, 2010-09-11, and 2010-09-13
Despite last Monday being a holiday and a shorter week for some people, there were still a fair amount of submissions for WORDS. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Kim Barker Linda Bennett Tamara Peterson… Read More »WPC – WEEK 299 – WORDS
There is a wide collection of images in the folder 2010-09-06. Some are of Jen and Derrick when she was pregnant with Evie. The others are from a Labor Day cookout I hosted at my house for the family. Also, some pictures of a toad I found in my backyard.… Read More »2010-09-06
When we left off, I had just won 1st Place in Black and White and 3rd Place in Color at the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest, but had been completely rejected by the Iowa State Fair for the 4th year in a row. Whatever I was selling, the judges were not… Read More »My (Sad) Photo Contest History – 2
Recently I’ve been working on an organizational project as I prepare to get rid of a bunch of things in Boone’s annual Citywide Cleanup in a couple of weeks. Part of this has been organizing every (almost) picture that I have entered in a photo contest, both physically in a… Read More »My (Sad) Photo Contest History – 1