On the Sunday of Madrid’s annual Labor Day Festival, Teresa and I went to the food court after checking in with Tall & Meaty. They were competing at the barbecue contest. First thing I got was a grinder as it is well documented how much I love a good grinder.… Read More »Always Grindin’: Madrid Field Work
Time for the first collection of Day 4 of pictures from my work trip to Philadelphia. It starts with a collection of pictures I took while walking around the hotel and then bleeds into images I took while hanging out with Sarah and Tim. Here they are: It was a… Read More »Philadelphia Day 4: Murals
Time to clear up the March backlog. Here is a collection of pictures I took back in March, but didn’t really fit into any previous posts. Some are of a tank in Jefferson. Some are with a toy plastic camera I bought for a few bucks. Other’s involve Bokeh making… Read More »I’m A Loser
Today we recognize and celebrate Martin Luther King Jr. Day here at Photography 139. At a time where the United States has fallen under the control of a particularly rabidly racist regime that is actively trying to erase the contributions of minorities out of the history books, it is particularly… Read More »WPC – WEEK 540 – CONTRAST
I only made 3 trips to the Iowa State Fair in 2025. One with the O’Gorshes. Another one with Tall and Meaty. Then a final one on the last day of the Fair with Teresa and Valerie to pick up my pictures from the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. On… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 3
Now that I’ve revealed all of the 2026 Photography Calendar I’m going to put together a super long post. I’m not joking, this is a SUPER long post. You might want to stretch out your scrolling finger before diving in to this one. Normally I might make this into 2… Read More »Let’s Talk 2026 Calendar!
Time to reveal the December image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. The final image. DECEMBER – 2026 The subject of the December image is me holding a candle during the Candlelight Service at Boone First United Methodist Church. I’m kind of a man’s man. No collar worker with blue… Read More »Des Moining III
Time to reveal the November image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. NOVEMBER – 2026 The subject of the November image is a water lily I found at the Des Moines Botanical Garden. I am a proud member of the Iowa Arboretum and with that membership I can get in… Read More »WPC – WEEK 539 – ENTERTAINMENT
Time to reveal the October image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. The subject of the October image was taken of the Cliffs of Moher. The time of day we visited the Cliffs of Moher it was just crazy with people. You couldn’t throw a dead cat without hitting 20… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 2
Time to reveal the September image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. SEPTEMBER – 2026 The subject of the September image was Virgil the Owl. Virgil took up residence in a tree outside of Lagomarcino on the Iowa State campus this spring. So fortunately this owl was an easy owl… Read More »Des Moining II
EDITOR’S NOTE: i DID SOME WEIRD FORMATTING THAT MIGHT LOOK REALLY WEIRD IF YOU ARE LOOKING AT THIS VIA EMAIL. YOU MIGHT HAVE TO GO TO THE WEBSITE TO SEE THIS POST PROPERLY. Time to reveal the June image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. JUNE – 2026 The subject… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Year 12 in Review
Time to reveal the May image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. MAY – 2026 Technical Details The subject of the May image is a spider sculpture in the Pappajohn Sculpture Park in Des Moines. This is one of those pictures that when I distributed the calendars I learned that… Read More »Selfie Project – December 2025
Time to reveal the April image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. APRIL – 2026 Technical Details The subject for the April image is a collection of tulips taken in the Pella town square. Every year I like to make a trip to Pella to photograph their wonderful selection of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 538 – BLACK & WHITE
Time to reveal the Mach image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. MARCH – 2026 Technical Details This picture is the ocean view looking back from the ocean view of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. If I was forced to pick my favorite part of the Ireland trip, I… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 1
Time to reveal the January image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. JANUARY – 2026 Technical Details The subject for the January image is the rotunda of the Iowa Capital. It is a part of a series of the Iowa Capital photos called “Where Basic Human Rights Go to Die”.… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: I Didn’t Hear No Bell
Every last 2026 Photography 139 calendar has been distributed as of roughly 5:30 PM last night. So now is a good time to start sharing the images from this year’s calendar. We will start with the front cover. FRONT COVER – 2026 Technical Details The subject of the picture is… Read More »525,600 Minutes – 2025 Year in Review
Back in June I went down to Des Moines with Teresa. The ultimate goal was to hit the Greek Food Fair, but we also went to the Downtown Des Moines Famer’s Market and the Capital Pride Event. It was a pretty fantastic day. Here is the first collection of images… Read More »Des Moining I
DECORATION! A great theme! But did enough people get all decorated up to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 22, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Sabas Hernandez – 2 weeks*2-Jesse Howard –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 537 – DECORATION
We made it! We finally have gotten to the food adventure where Jesse got injured. This was a bucket list item for me this year and one of only a couple I actually managed to do. One was the Decorah pizza farm. Another was Stroud’s Chicken. Then there was this… Read More »#LakeLife: Jackson County Field Work
Back in March Russell and Andree and I supped at The Big Steer in Altoona. I took a few pictures of their amazing sign. Here are those pictures: It is a fantastic restaurant and if you ever have a chance to try it, I recommend you do it!
Last Friday Lowell and I were wandering around Eastern State Penitentiary. This collection will conclude the pictures from there. It is a pretty cool place to visit if you are interested in history or just want to see how cruel man can be to fellow man once they have convicted… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: Rest of Eastern State Penitentiary