SPORTS was clearly not as popular as ARCHITECTURE, but that was to be expected considering the time of year and all that. Here are the submissions for SPORTS: Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Carla Stensland 1 Carla Stensland 2 Carla Stensland 3 Jodie Bennett Shannon Bardole Christopher D. Bennett… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 48 – SPORTS
There wasn’t much in the 04-29-07 folder. A couple photos of one of my Mom’s tulips. The next folder contains plenty of grainy photos of Alexis and swans.
I was recently tapped to do a photo shoot of the Junck family and their newest old timey firetruck. This photo of Gretchen is one of my favorites from the day: I’ll probably share a few more from this photo shoot at some point. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100… Read More »Jay Leno’s Jealousy
Quite a large selection of submissions this week. It is almost as if THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE has hit its stride. I hope that there is this much passion in the middle of winter! Dawn has made her first submission(s). I expect big things from her in the future! Here… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 47 – ARCHITECTURE
I recently presented The Trophy for winning the 12th year of the Roundball Oracles to this year’s champion… Michelle Haupt It was an exciting NCAA Tournament and an equally exciting Roundball Oracles NCAA Tournament Pool. If North Carolina would’ve won the NCAA Championship Game, Sara Lockner would’ve come home with… Read More »ROUNDBALL ORACLES – YEAR 12
A few of the regulars were missing this week, but there were still plenty of submissions for ART! The submissions for ART: Bill Wentworth Carla Stensland 1 Carla Stensland 2 Stephanie Kim 1 Stephanie Kim 2 Stephanie Kim 3 Shannon Bardole Christopher D. Bennett Sara Lockner Becky Perkovich Kim Barker… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 46 – ART
A few weeks back when Bethany and Nora were back for a wedding, we had a little impromptu photo shoot in Shorty’s living room. This is one of my favorite photos from that photo shoot: There might be a few more of these that I’ll publish at some point. PARTICULARS… Read More »Impromptu
This isn’t exactly new news, because it has been leaked to the social media realm, but here it is: Team Baby Got Rack cleaned up at the Boone County Fair Barbecue Contest. Baby Got Rack won all the categories except for two. Claiming the title for Turkey, Beef, Combination, and… Read More »Baby Got Boone County Fair
A look at the remainder of the default filters in the Silver Efex Pro 2 filter from the Nik Plugin Collection. Original Image Fine Art High Key Framed Triste 1 Triste 2 Wet Rocks Full Contrast and Structure Silhouette Dark Sepia Soft Sepia Cool Tones 1 Cool Tones 2 Film… Read More »Silver Efex Pro 2 Volume 2
There was a tremendous reaction to FLOWER. Lots of participation! How exciting! The submissions for FLOWER: Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Carla Stensland 1 Carla Stensland 2 Carla Stensland 3 Carla Stensland 4 Carla Stensland 5 Shannon Bardole Kim Barker 1 Kim Barker 2 Mike Vest 1 Mike Vest… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 45 – FLOWER
Last weekend I took a trip up to Minnesota with Jesse and Nader to visit Bethany, Dae Hee, Nora, Sarah, and Shawn. Most of the pictures are on my phone, which I won’t publish, but they are on Instagram if you are interested. I did take a few pictures at… Read More »The Twins vs. The Indigenous Persons of Cleveland
I was worried that this wouldn’t be a very popular theme, but it actually has garnered quite the response. How exciting! Looks like this theme will make the cut for next year’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. If you want to have your voice heard about next year’s themes, I’d advise you… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 44 – SMOKE
I recently took a Saturday afternoon and rode the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad with Shorty. Here is one of the photos I took on this trip: This picture was made possible by having long arms and tremendous faith in my hands. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH:… Read More »Bass Creek Valley
The remainder of my Mission Trip photos. Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of much of the remaining week. Jay painting the floor corner. Elizabeth and Megan painting the floor. On Tuesday, The Family House seemed to peter out of jobs for us to do. Late in the afternoon they brought… Read More »Milwaukee Mission Trip Vol. 2
I thought I was going to write a really long breakdown of my trip to Milwaukee with my church’s youth group for Mission Work. Instead, I think I’ll settle for a description with each photo. Maybe I’ll be more ambitious with Volume 2. Halfway between Madison and Milwaukee, we found… Read More »Milwaukee Mission Trip Vol. 1
Participation took a little bit of hit this week. I’m sure it probably had to do a bit with the fact that there are only 2 times a day somebody could take a picture for this theme. If they were taking the theme literally. Or maybe something else caused a… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 43 – SUNRISE/SUNSET
I hope many of you got out and celebrated Naima Day! It has now been almost 5 years since I drove home from a farm near Hubbard with America’s favorite dog. Here are a couple of pictures of her to help you celebrate! Mark your calendars! Only 365 days until… Read More »Happy Naima Day!
Here are a few daisies from the Iowa Arboretum. I was surprised how spry their daisies still are considering that my daisies went the way of the dodo bird almost a month ago. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm APERTURE: f/5 EXPOSURE: 1/100 DATE: 07/03/2016 – 20:01… Read More »Daisylicious
A few weeks back, while I was waiting for some people get ready for a photo shoot, I took a couple pictures of my Grandma’s rose bush. This rose bush is one of my favorite plants. A top 5 plant I tell ya! PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL… Read More »Time Killer
Took this photo of Naima as we were cruising for one of our walks on the backside of McHose Park. I don’t recommend you attempt this photo, unless you are as skilled of a driver as I am. Just sayin’… Great hands also help. Big hands wouldn’t hurt either. PARTICULARS… Read More »Car Ride!
Considering that today is a holiday of some note, I’m pleased with the number of submissions. Since today is a holiday of some note, I’ll make this quick. Here are the submissions for TRANSPORTATION: Kim Barker 1 Kim Barker 2 Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Angie DeWaard 3 Stephanie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 42 – TRANSPORTATION