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
Despite the busy holiday weekend, a handful of stalwart photographers managed to submit an image for UP IN THE AIR. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Elizabeth Nordeen Micky Augustin Kio Dettman Kio Dettman Kio… Read More »WPC – WEEK 298 – UP IN THE AIR
The pictures in the folder 2010-09-05 are of Shannon after she got a new haircut and of a turtle that was briefly in my custody in 2010. I don’t remember the exact details of the turtle, but it came from Dawn and then eventually was adopted by somebody else, but… Read More »2010-09-05
Once again, there was a healthy amount of submissions for LIGHT. Apparently many of you did see the LIGHT. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Micky Augustin Micky Augustin Elizabeth Nordeen Elizabeth Nordeen Kio Dettman… Read More »WPC – WEEK 296 – LIGHT
There was a decent amount of submissions for FACE this week. Apparently lots of you know a FACE or two that you like. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Kim Barker Kim Barker Kio Dettman… Read More »WPC – WEEK 295 – FACE
There was a decent amount of submissions for TRAVEL. It looks like several people left their house this weekend and had TRAVEL adventures. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Micky Augustin Elizabeth Nordeen Jodie Cue… Read More »WPC – WEEK 294 – TRAVEL
For those of you that haven’t heard, my Mom passed away about 10 days ago. Because of that, I have not been in a state to reveal the submissions for LOVE on time or reveal the new theme for last week. Because of that, I don’t know how steady my… Read More »WPC – WEEK 289 – LOVE
I’m not going to get into a big thing today about submissions. If you haven’t heard, my family experienced a medical emergency over the weekend. Please keep us in your prayers. I wasn’t sure I was going to post anything today, but I decided to and this way you can… Read More »WPC – WEEK 288 – STREET PHOTOGRAPHY
I need to start today by wishing my sister Carla a happy birthday. Happy birthday Carla! I hope your birthday is as wonderful as you want it to be! +++++++ I also need to wish Monica a happy birthday. Happy birthday Monica! I hope your birthday is as amazing as… Read More »WPC – WEEK 287 – PICTURE IN PICTURE
It is time once again for the greatest sporting event of year. It is that time known as March Madness. The NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament. Once again, I will be sponsoring a pool. There is not cost to enter the pool, except for pride. The winner gets a trophy. The… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 16
There weren’t many pictures in the folder 2010-07-05, so I decided to combine it with 2010-07-01 Skydive 2. The pictures in the folder 2010-07-01 Skydive 2 are from when Shannon did get to go skydiving. The pictures from 2010-07-05 Market are from when I did a quick spin around Beaver,… Read More »2010-07-01 & 2010-07-05
We did it! Again! 73 straight weeks of double digit submissions. More than a few of the submissions this week were attached to emails with people pointing out that they also like art that is heavy in SYMMETRY & PATTERNS. I immediately crossed these people off my Christmas Card List.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 284 – SYMMETRY & PATTERNS
This is a clearinghouse post. Grouping together some small collections of photos that might not be large enough to stand on their own. Plus getting multiple folders “finished off” and filed away to their forever homes. These pictures aren’t pandemic related, but they did occur in a pandemic. Like every… Read More »A Pandemic Menagerie
Well, we did it! Andy said it couldn’t be done, but we hit double digits with WIND like it ain’t no thing, but a chicken wing on a string. A phrase, that while I enjoy typing, don’t understand in the slightest. 72 weeks in a row of double digit submissions!… Read More »WPC – WEEK 283 – WIND
BLACK! Another theme. Another Monday. Another week of double digit submissions! 70 weeks in a row to be exact! WooHoo! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! Jesse Howard Kim Barker Jesse Howard Kio Dettman Carla… Read More »WPC – WEEK 281 – BLACK
HOBBIES! People seem to love them and it is no surprise that HOBBIES was the 69th theme in a row to crack double digit submissions! It did it easy as well. In fact, this might be the record for most submissions ever in one week. The problem is, I don’t… Read More »WPC – WEEK 280 – HOBBIES
August 9, 2006. That was the date where I first took keyboard in hand and began typing out the blog that I entitled “An Artist’s Notebook”. I entitled that first post “First Journal Entry”. The categories for that first post were “Blogging”, “Contests”, “Jay”, and “Sara”. This is the first… Read More »Post #4,000
I need to start by noting that today is the day we honor the legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. I’d like to share a teaching on The Good Samaritan from the last speech that King ever gave as my small part of honoring his legacy today: Let us develop… Read More »WPC – WEEK 279 – COMMERCIAL
There were a ton of pictures in the folder 2010-06-13. Some were from Johnathan’s Graduation Open House. Some were from Shannon’s Birthday Camping Trip. Others were of frogs. Even others were of insects. It is a truly great folder! By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was… Read More »2010-06-13
Here it is! The first week of Year 8 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. I asked people to submit a picture that showed what they think, when they think of FAMILY. For the 67th week in a row, we had double digit submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen… Read More »WPC – WEEK 278 – FAMILY
This is the final week of the Hall of Fame THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE themes. TRANSPORTATION is a good way to end it, I suppose. 66! That is the number of weeks in a row we have hit double digit submissions! WooHoo! But you didn’t come here to listen to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 277 – TRANSPORTATION