REMINDER that starting tomorrow, my 5 entries for the Boone County Fair should be on display. They usually put them out about noon. They will be displayed in the Community Building. Thanks to: Logan Kahler Jesse Howard Michelle Haupt Shannon Bardole-Foley Monica Henning For selecting the 5 entries. Special thanks… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 16
The images from the folder 11-1-08 are all over the place. They include pictures of Jesse and I exploring the disc golf course in McHose Park to pictures of Shannon before she made a donation to Locks of Love to pictures of my Hoosier before it got fixed up to… Read More »11-01-08
Happy New Year to people who celebrate such things. I like to look at some meaningless statistics every 250 posts and I also look at fairly meaningless year end statistics. Just so happens that I get to combine them today!! Here is both a year in review and a celebration… Read More »Post #3252 – 2018 Year in Review
This is the final collection of pictures from the Anderson-Degeneffe Wedding that I am going to share. This almost concluded the 2017 back log. It does conclude it if I decide not to share any pictures from the Computer Mine Holiday Card. I will make my decision on that before… Read More »ANDERSON-DEGENEFFE: SET 4
Here is another set of images from the Anderson-Degeneffe wedding: There is one more collection of pictures from the Anderson-Degeneffe wedding and then we will be completely caught up with 2017. Unless I decide to share some pictures from the holiday card photo shoot for the Computer Mine. But I… Read More »Anderson-Degeneffe: Set 3
It is upon us. The final collection of pictures from the Annual Degeneffe Boys Photo Shoot: The 2017 back log is almost complete! Can you believe it?
Here are some more of my favorite images from the Anderson-Degeneffe Wedding: Plenty more from this wedding still to come!
Closing in on being done with the 2017 back log. Here is another collection of the candid portraits of the Degeneffe boys. There is one more collection of Degeneffe photos in the hopper. Stay pumped! +++++++ Reminder that this Sunday is Movie Night. B movie is INCUBUS. Feature is SISTERS.… Read More »Them Degeneffe Boys 2017 – Beta
This is the last photo I need to tackle in the backlog. The Anderson-Degeneffe Wedding. Here is the first part of my collection of favorite photos from their big day: There are many more images still coming from this wedding. I mean, we haven’t even got to the wedding yet!
A few weeks back I published some photos from the 2016 annual Degeneffe boys photo shoot. Today I start publishing pictures from the 2017 photo shoot. Pretty much all the pictures from these photo shoots are candids. Since these pictures of Scottie D.’s progeny, it would be a good time… Read More »Them Degeneffe Boys 2017 – Alpha
As Pufferbilly Days wound to a close, I would like to share the photos that were selected by popular vote and how they did in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest: No Love. No Love. No Love. 3rd Place – Hidden Treasures of Boone County. 1st Place – Photojournalism. 1st Place… Read More »Them Degeneffe Boys – Volume 2
A tradition unlike any other is going to McHose Park with Scottie D. and his progeny for a photo shoot. They mostly play on the equipment and I take a bunch of candid photos. This photos then get turned into a Christmas present for Melissa. Here is a collection from… Read More »Them Degeneffe Boys – Volume 1
A reminder that today is the last day of the Iowa State Fair. If you are going, you should make your way to the Cultural Building to see the pictures that I had accepted for display. They will come down at approximately 8 PM. Also, I will be at the… Read More »Baby Got Rack Takes the Iowa State Fair
One of the things that stunk about the end of 2017 was the closing of The Legal Limit. Despite having an absolutely terrible name, The Legal Limit had great food. I ate breakfast there with my Mom about every Saturday. Sometimes I would go up there on Thursday nights for… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Boone Field Work
It is once again time for me (and by me, I mean you guys) to pick out my photos to enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Once again, I am going to leave it up to a popular vote. The Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest allows you to enter up… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Entry Selection Process
I was involved in 2 contests at the Boone County Fair this year. Now that the fair is in the past and I’ve had adequate time for reflection, I think it is a good time to share the results from the contests I entered. First, the Open Class Photography Contest.… Read More »Boone County Fair 2018 Results
There is a lot going on in the pictures from the folder 06-10-08! There is a sunset. There is FNSC. There is the first official outing of The Tenderloin Appreciation Society. There are pictures of the Ames Party Bus. Let’s get to it! The first tenderloining experience was at the… Read More »06-10-08
Welcome to a bonus “An Artist’s Notebook” blog. A couple things before we get into the meat of this blog. #1. Today Baby Got Rack will be competing at the Boone County Fair’s barbecue competition. They changed the rules from previous years. We are only allowed to enter to categories.… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Winterset Field Work – Solo Mission
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
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!
A couple Sundays back I met Suzie at the Des Moines Art Center to take in one of Des Moines’ most underappreciated attractions. The Des Moines Art Center is actually one of my favorite art museums that I have ever visited. It’s collection is surprisingly impressive and to top that… Read More »An Afternoon with O’Keeffe, Hopper, Basquiat, and Suzie