The pictures in today’s collection come from the folder 05-10-08. These pictures came from a road trip to Fort Dodge I went on with Jason Baier. A road trip that ended with us coming face to face with a gypsum penis. What is more, that was the ultimate goal of… Read More »05-10-08 – A Tale of Gypsum Junk
Way back on my birthday I decided to make a solo tenderloining trip to Winterset. Scottie D. had been ducking the Winterset trip for several months now and everybody else seemed to have to work on my birthday, so I figured, why not fly solo and take a few pictures… Read More »The Town Sign Project Vol. 7
While it is true that Photography 139 doesn’t take holidays, it is also true that Photography 139, okay me, can try to rush stuff together and throw it all together because while they will still post on say Memorial Day, they don’t have all that much time. This lead me… Read More »I’m Feeling It; You Don’t Like It Then Deal with It; And if God Ain’t Real; Real Isn’t
Before I get into the business of the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, I need to point out that today is Memorial Day. Happy Memorial Day. Don’t forget what this day celebrates. Iowa Veterans Cemetery – Van Meter, Iowa The WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE took its customary holiday hit for participation rates. I… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 141 – STORE
The photos from today’s blog come from the folder 05-09-08. These pictures were taken during what historians have called THE BIG JESUS ROAD TRIP. It is hard to believe that 10 years have passed since THE BIG JESUS ROAD TRIP, but they have. Jesse and I embarked on THE BIG… Read More »05-09-08: The Big Jesus Road Trip
I’d just like to wish a full and hearty congratulations to all the Class of 2018 on their recent accomplishment of graduating from high school. I obviously don’t have any wise words about their future, but I can Google and find somebody that something wise once with the best of… Read More »Congratulations Saydie – Alpha
The world wasn’t ready for these alternate TOY images on Monday. Most of these pictures are taken in the Photography 139 Backyard Studio where photography was often disturbed by 2 raucous dogs that had a whole yard to play in, but seemed to want to only play right on top… Read More »You Know I’ll Leave ‘Em Changing; ‘Cause You Know I’m Real with It; Don’t Care if You Feeling It!
Several people decided to play around with the TOY theme for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. However, you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions: Cathie Raley Christopher D. Bennett Micky Augustin Tamara Peterson Kim Barker Andy… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 140 – TOY
The final set of pictures from my brief sojourn through the Badlands with my Mom: That is it. That is the last of the Badlands pictures. Still have plenty of pictures from my trip to South Dakota to publish though. I’ll get through them all, some day. +++++++++++++++ Actually that… Read More »Badlands Vol. 5
The images below come from the folder 05-07-08. The images range from a post supper photo shoot with an Ungs to pictures of painting Monica’s one-time Roland home to me showing off a fat stack of cash to some flowers from my Mom’s flowerbeds to one of the most fascinating… Read More »05-07-08
This is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is TOY! TOY A TOY photo is any photo that involves what you would consider a TOY (opinions vary). Happy photo harvesting! +++++++ I would be remiss, if I let a day such as this pass without wishing a… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – TOY
The world wasn’t ready for these MUSIC photos on Monday. Not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: The majority of the pictures were taken at Rieman Music in Ames. If you have any music needs, this is definitely the place… Read More »And I Wonder How the World Gon’ Take This; They Might Hate It, But You Don’t Know Anything About Me!
There was a healthy amount of MUSIC submissions for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. That is, MUSIC to my eyes. But you didn’t com here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Brooke Milligan Andy Sharp Kim Barker Christopher D. Bennett… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 139 – MUSIC
The images in this blog are from the folder 05-03-08: By adding these images to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following historical An Artist’s Notebook entry to its original glory: CARDINAL GYMNASTICS ACADEMY The pictures of Alexis doing gymnastics was at her gymnastics recital,… Read More »05-03-08
So here is the first journal entry. I felt like having as pretentious sounding name as possible for my journal. I have a few goals about this journal. My main goal is just to actually write in it. My second goal is to be as truthful as possible towards my… Read More »Mr. 3000
Not a ton of submissions for CITY and this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. I worry that many of my followers are country bumpkins that fell off the turnip truck before they could make it to a big city like say… Boone, Iowa. Despite the lack of submissions, they do range… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 138 – CITY
The following images (and this collection is all over the place) came from the folder 04-30-08: Karen One of the bitter parts of this collection is that Karen has passed away since this picture was taken. Many of these pictures were taken during Olivia’s Stitching Time. A sewing circle that… Read More »04-30-08
A good week of submissions for ARCHITECTURE. I have no doubt that my outhouse picture inspired many a person to submit this week. This week, the Photography 139 Empire extended as far east as Chicago. As far north as Roland, Iowa. As far west as the Des Moines Airport. As… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 137 – ARCHITECTURE
Time to hit up the back log. These pictures are from Russell, Jesse, and I’s trip to Memphis to watch Iowa State stomp the Memphis Tigers in the Liberty Bowl. I am a fan of Elvis. I get that from my Mom. From her I grew up listening to Elvis… Read More »Graceland
The following images are from the folders 04-22-08, 04-25-08, and 04-26-08: By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery I was able to restore these historic An Artist’s Notebook entries to their original glory: LITTLE WHITE LYE PRODUCT ENDORSEMENT PART 3 AMES JAYCEES SANDBOX FILL The soap pictures were… Read More »04-22-08, 04-25-08, 04-26-08
Since the weather outside has been turning less frightful, I’ve been trying to take Naima on a walk or at least an adventure about every day. At last week’s Friday Night Supper Club, I nearly nodded off after consume massive amounts of Casey’s Taco and Hot Sausage pizza, while watching… Read More »No! Not Bird Defecation AND Excretion!