Porter-6 Months
A few days after the brief Scottie D. Family photo shoot, Porter came in for his 6 month photo shoot:
A few days after the brief Scottie D. Family photo shoot, Porter came in for his 6 month photo shoot:
Way back before a trip to Colo to take on what I believe to be the state’s best tenderloin, I photographed the Scottie D. Family. Not everybody was super pumped for the photo shoot, but I think we got some work done.
Scottie D. and I are in constant search of the planet’s best tenderloin. As Iowa is home to the best tenderloins on the planet, we haven’t had to stray too far from our front door. Recent events have forced us out of those front doors as the BK’s in Ogden… Read More »Cololoin
Right before I went on vacation a month or so ago I did the 3 month photography for Scottie D. and Melissa’s new family member. I was still struggling from the equipment problems, but I think we did some good work. Here are a few of my favorites: Next week’s… Read More »Porter – 3 Months
These are the pictures I entered in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest and the person that selected the picture: Derrick Gorshe Jen Gorshe Russell Kennerly Dawn Krause Scottie D. Rebecca Peterson Thanks to everybody who took their time and energy to select pictures for me this year! The picture that… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest
The pictures are from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Real to Life/Color Apparently at one time I thought these were some of the most important color pictures I had taken. In retrospect, I have no clue why. Next week’s folder will be: Old My Pictures/Real to Life/Special Effects
I’d like to give a big thanks to my fence crew that over the course of 4 intense work days over the last couple of months built a fence for me. Thanks to: Jason Stensland Jay Janson Andree Jauhari Joshua Kraushaar Derrick Gorshe Scottie D. Here are a few pictures… Read More »Palisade
These pictures come from backup/Old My Pictures/Deg-Porter Wedding These pictures were taken at Scott and Melissa’s wedding. The last wedding I was in until Jen & Derrick’s wedding. IMAGE LOST Mr. Porter IMAGE LOST Scottie D. all tuxed up! IMAGE LOST Scottie D. in black and white. IMAGE LOST Scottie… Read More »The Archives: Edition Ten
Because I had such an incredibly packed weekend, I didn’t get a chance to post this until it was two days late. Happy Birthday Scottie D.:
“DOWN GOES NATURE! DOWN GOES NATURE! DOWN GOES NATURE!” -The voice of Howard Cosell inside my head At exactly 10 PM on July 29. 2010, I popped the top on two bottles of Virgil’s Micro-brewed Root Beer and Dawn and I celebrated the end of Hedgegeddon. We had just dumped… Read More »Megiddo
This past Sunday was Hedgegeddon (pronounced Yardegeddon in the Jansonian dialect) and it was a complete and utter disaster. It rained all weekend (or so it seemed) and the rain didn’t stop for Hedgegeddon. In the end Hedgegeddon Round 1 – You Win this Time Mother Nature! was a complete… Read More »Holy Hollyhocks!
I had my, what could theoretically become, annual Birthday Barbecue on Saturday. I would like to thank all of the people that attended and made the evening special: Bardole, Shannon Bennett, Charlotte Cousin, Amy Daniel, Jeffrey Degeneffe, Austin Degeneffe, Melissa Degeneffe, Scott Dill, Colby Dill, Dan Dill, DJ Gorshe, Derrick… Read More »A Small, Intimate Gathering
When I recategorized the entries in this journal, there is one category that was sorely aching to be added, but I decided not add it because I was a tad bit fearful. You? The Great Christopher D. Bennett was fearful? I know it seems an unlikely turn of events, but… Read More »Fount
Proust Quote: “Happiness serves hardly any other purpose than to make unhappiness possible.” Confessions Question: Your idea of happiness Confidences Question: My dream of happiness. Proust’s Answer: I am afraid it be not great enough, I dare not speak it, I am afraid of destroying it by speaking it. That… Read More »Proust Questionnaire Number Ten
The day before Halloween was a very special Friday Night Supper Club. It was special because I hosted it, The guest list was expanded, we had Casey’s taco pizza and Jay made the dessert. Why these special things occurred can be traced back to one thing. At that FNSC I… Read More »The Jupiter Chronicles
On Sunday Scott, Melissa, Austin and I loaded up into their truck and headed for Prairie City to visit Goldie’s Ice Cream Shoppe. The winner of the Iowa Pork Producers Best Tenderloin in the State of Iowa for 2009. This could very well be blog 5 of the 5 groups… Read More »Tenderloining It! 2009
I was dreadfully unprepared for this year’s Halloween. Including not buying pumpkins and candy until Saturday morning, not running firmware updates on my Blu-Ray player until Saturday night and not doing any decorating at all. Truth is that the lack of decorating was a conscious decision that I plan on… Read More »Samhain
Rarely when I publish pictures do I explain the thought process, the technical information or the inspiration. If somebody is confused by a picture or intrigued by a picture I want them to come to their own conclusions. I feel by telling people too much about a picture, it cheapens… Read More »Coltrane’s 1st Wife’s Middle Name
I want to dip back into the archives one more time. Tenderloin Quest: The Beginning Monday night, Scottie D. and I hit the open road on our first foray out into the backwaters of Iowa to find the best tenderloin in the state. We had a little pre-season hiccup out… Read More »What is He Getting At?
I had a housewarming/birthday shindig on May 23. I made individual invitations for those that were invited. I’d like to share some of them. Willy The Kahlers Nader Sara Shannon The Roberts Family The Hiatts The Howards Jay Jeff and Yin The Gorshes The Baiers Bethany and Rebecca Casy The… Read More »Housewarming Invites
I have one loyal subscriber that incessantly complains whenever I post too many posts without pictures. He often sends me an email that in essence “boos” me. I usually tell him that he is a big boy now and that he needs to use his words. But I’m quite certain… Read More »Saturday the 14th