The submission wire was a little more active this week for PEOPLE. Apparently I know some people that know PEOPLE besides me. Here are the submissions: Mike Vest of Waxen Media Christopher D. Bennett Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Shannon Bardole I’ve been down to the… Read More »RWPE Y2 #24 – PEOPLE
This is a tradition that I have gotten away from for awhile, but I do wish to start it up again. This photo tribute is my way of saying Happy birthday to Shannon. I believe Jen Gorshe is up next for the birthday photo tribute.
Last week I removed and disassembled the Friend Wall. It is no longer in existence. No longer do I have friends on my wall. I replaced the Friend Wall with the 9 Emotions Project Wall. The centerpiece of this new “exhibit” is a 24×36 print of the picture below. A… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #70
Shannon assisted me with doing the photography for the Red Cross Young Heroes Banquet. Here are some of the images: There are a couple hundred more pictures in the Young Heroes Gallery in the Photography 139 Store: American Red Cross – Young Heroes It was a very interesting and inspiring… Read More »Young Heroes
It is time once again for me to to do a random look at some of the statistics on the website. First up is what are the 10 Most Popular Images in the Artistic Galler. This one is actually somewhat of a shocker. A picture of Brandon has went from… Read More »Post No. 1,101
The holiday weekend didn’t scare off everybody from submitting. Here are the submissions for HANDS: Cathie Raley Christopher D. Bennett Shannon Bardole I’ve been down to visit the Random Theme Generator for this week’s theme. This is what it gave me: MOTION A look back at last year’s MOTION submissions.… Read More »RWPE Y2 #16 – HANDS
Shannon – 9 Emotions Shannon was 7th person to interpret the 9 emotions for me. A closer at Shannon’s interpretations. Joy Sadness Anger Amusement Fear Jealousy Surprise Sympathy Boredom Willy was the 8th person to interpret the 9 emotions. Willy – 9 Emotions A closer look at Willy’s interpretations: Joy… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #63
Think Negative There were two points to this project. My first point was that I wanted to scan a negative. In this day and age, it is a borderline revolutionary act to use film. Unfortunately I have let too much time and space get between me and my film camera(s).… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #60
SILENCE did not keep people from being silent. There were a healthy amount of submissions this week. Here are the submissions for SILENCE: Dawn Krause of Impassioned Versifier Geri Derner Christopher D. Bennett Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Carla Stensland Mike Vest Mike and I fired… Read More »RWPE Y2 #7 – Silence
Year 2 started out with a bang! Lots of submissions! First time submitter! Welcome aboard Alicia Vermeys! Here are the submissions for REFLECTIONS: Christopher D. Bennett Alicia Vermeys Dawn Krause Julie Johnson A Julie Johnson B Mike Vest Shannon Bardole Dawn Poetry Submission: Reflections She can’t be too careful anymore,Her… Read More »RWPE Y2 #1: Reflections
It is hard to believe that this journal has reached entry 1,000. Since I enjoy rather meaningless statistics, I’m going to go over a few right now. According to how many times they have been viewed, these are the 10 Most Popular Pictures in the Artistic Gallery: 1. Gazing Ball… Read More »Journal Entry One-Thousand
It is the end of Year 1 for the Random Weekly Photo Experiment. The final theme was EYE. Here are the submissions: Becky Perkovich B Christopher D. Bennett Shannon Bardole Mike Vest Becky Perkovich A Dawn Krause Scott Krause The themes for this year have been slightly modified, but it… Read More »RWPE #52 – Eye
There were more submissions for PEACE OF MIND than I expected with the business of the holiday season. That is pleasing to me. Here are the submissions: Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause Mike Vest Shannon Bardole So it has come down to one final theme. Then this project has officially… Read More »RWPE #51 – Peace of Mind
Exactly the same number of people that love LOVE, loved RESTAURANTS. Here are the submissions: Christopher D. Bennett Shannon Bardole of Little White Lye Soap Dawn Krause of Impassioned Versifier Mike Vest of Waxen Media This is it. Only 2 themes left. Somebody with a really good memory and a… Read More »RWPE #50 – Restaurants
I Recommend Pleasant There is a long and elaborate story about how this rabbit came into my possession. The details that you need to know are that he was homeless so I opened up my home to him. To slightly elaborate, I borrowed him from Dawn to photograph. While he… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #46 Alpha
Turtle Thoughts are Turtle Special thanks should go to Dawn for loaning me this homeless turtle and to Shannon for acting as turtle wrangler on the inside photos of my stinky friend. More pictures from the Turtle Thoughts are Turtle Photo Sessions. My understanding is that this homeless turtle eventually… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #45
This week there is a submission from somebody I have never met. I think that is an exciting development. Here are the submissions for DIAGONAL RULE: Mike Vest of Waxen Media Shannon Bardole of Little White Lye Soap Christopher D. Bennett Julie Johnson of The Joy Is In The Journey… Read More »RWPE #45 – Diagonal Rule
There were a fair amount of submissions for last week’s theme HANDS. Here are the submissions: Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard Julie Johnson Mike Vest Shannon Bardole The Random Generator has been fired up and it has spit out an interesting theme for this week. Diagonal Rule This is a… Read More »RWPE #44 – Hands
Here is a copy of the journal I kept while I was on vacation last week. It covers parts of 10 days and over 1300 miles. While I doubt anybody reads this whole thing, it was an important exercise for me. There are no pictures, but I will post some… Read More »Vacation Journal
I think that at the aggregate level, this is the best batch of submissions to date. Here are the submissions for SHADOWS: Shannon Bardole Christopher D. Bennett Becky Perkovich Carla Stensland A Carla Stensland B Dawn Krause Michael Vest Julie Johnson Dawn’s Poetry Submission Shadows Something lurks beneath the bright… Read More »RWPE #42 – Shadows
Some of the formal pictures from Jeff and Monica’s wedding. Note the size of Monica’s family! Before I forget, I should thank Shannon for being my photo assistant on this day. Up next: Reception photos!!