After Baby Got Rack dominated the Iowa State Fair barbecue competition I chose to hang back at the Iowa State Fair and meet up with my Mom and Carla. Here are a few pictures from the Iowa State Fair and that afternoon: I have plenty more pictures from my Iowa… Read More »Some Iowa State Fair
Don’t forget that tomorrow is the Rapid City Mission Trip Fundraiser at Pizza Ranch. 5-9 tomorrow at the Boone Pizza Ranch! +++++++ This is the final collection of 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show photos. Some cat pictures in here, so don’t let the smear campaign claiming I hate cats be… Read More »2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show: The Final Chapter
A few weeks back I was messing with some camera settings and decided it was a perfect time to crank out Page 49 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 49 – Take a photograph that shouts. By a photograph that shouts, it is a picture that is bold in its… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 49
Recently Carla texted me to let me know that there was a collection of egrets hanging out in a field she passes on her way to work. Shortly thereafter, I went out there looking for them. I really only got a couple decent egret pictures, but I did get a… Read More »High-fed; Long-lived; and Sociable and Free
It is Tuesday, so it is time for even more pictures from the 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show: There are still more pictures of the 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show on the horizon. Perhaps some from the 2018 Pet Show coming soon as well.
There are so many images in the folder called 07-20-08 that I’m going to split the next 2 folders into 3 posts, most likely. The images in this post are from Ames on the Half Shell with Kountertop, the Iowa Games, some softball, and the Boone County Fair. Kountertop was… Read More »07-20-08
More pictures from the 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show. The show is dominated by dogs. If my memory serves correctly, there are 2 dog categories. Best Trick and Best Tail Wag. I feel that there is one more category, but I can’t place it. Maybe it is best overall. There… Read More »2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show Part 2
A few weeks back Jay sent me an enigmatic message about archaeological photography. After drilling down, I figure out he was talking about taking pictures of a recently abandoned apartment in his building. An apartment that the former occupants left in less than stellar conditions. One Sunday after a post… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 55
I was going to go through quite a bit of older photos before I published photos of Shannon extracting honey from a few weeks back. Then, Satruday’s episode of SVENGOOLIE featured the bee movie TERROR OUT OF THE SKY, the sequel to the bee movie THE SAVAGE BEES. I was… Read More »What Do You Call a Wasp?
Now that Pufferbilly Days has passed, it seems like an apropos time to hit the 2017 backlog and start releasing photos from the 2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show. It was my first time at the Pufferbilly Day Pet Show ran by the Boone Area Humane Society. I completely enjoyed the… Read More »2017 Pufferbilly Days Pet Show I
This ends year 3 of the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE reboot. It still seems popular enough to head onto year 4. I’ve decided not divulge the 52 themes for year 4. You’ll just have to react as the come your way. There was a good amount of submissions for HOBBIES, but… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 156 – HOBBIES
As Pufferbilly Days wound to a close, I would like to share the photos that were selected by popular vote and how they did in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest: No Love. No Love. No Love. 3rd Place – Hidden Treasures of Boone County. 1st Place – Photojournalism. 1st Place… Read More »Them Degeneffe Boys – Volume 2
It is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is HOBBIES. A HOBBIES photo is any photo of somebody engaging in HOBBIES. A photo of tools used in HOBBIES. The results of HOBBIES. HOBBIES Happy photo harvesting! +++++++ Reminder that the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest is going on… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 77
It is your weekly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is CANDID PORTRAIT. A great theme! One of the best ever! But what is a CANDID PORTRAIT? A CANDID PORTRAIT is a portrait where the subject isn’t posed. They probably don’t even know that they are being photographed.… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 118
The grapevine beetle, Pelidnota punctata, also known as the spotted June beetle or the spotted pelidnota, is a species of beetle in the family Scarabaeidae (Scarab beetles), situated in the subfamily Rutelinae. Grapevine beetles are common in the north and central United States and Eastern Canada, but do relatively little… Read More »Pelidnota punctata
As I power through the 2017 backlog, there are several days that included a few pictures here and there. This entry is throwing some of those rando images together to bring the 2017 backlog into the homestretch. I think there are about 6 photo sessions from 2017 left to publish,… Read More »2017 Cleanup
ANIMAL seemed to really bring out the creative impulses of a lot of people. Plenty of ANIMAL submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates! You came to see the submissions! Kim Barker Micky Augustin Micky Augustin Shannon Bardole-Foley Tamara Peterson Michelle… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 153 – ANIMAL
By the time this gets published, I’ll probably be making the trudge up Expo Hill towards the Cultural Building to pick up my photos from the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. If you didn’t get a chance to duck into the Cultural Building to check out my photos, that is… Read More »The Howards: 2016 – Chapter 1
Before anything, I want to ask for your prayers for the Herrick family. Today we put to rest Earl Herrick. He was my Dad’s best friend, so we are close to the family. I would like to share the poem that the pastor read at the graveside service. You may… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 96
By the time this entry publishes, Baby Got Rack will already have competed in the State Fair Cookoff. Pictures from that will be coming in the future. I will remind you that I have two pictures on display at the Photography Salon in the Cultural Building. I’ll reveal what pictures… Read More »Iowa State Fair 2017 – Set 2
Don’t forget that tomorrow, Baby Got Rack will be competing at the Iowa State Fair Barbecue Competition. We can be found on the grand concourse somewhere. Also, I have 2 pictures on display at the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon in the Cultural Building. Both are worth supporting, at least… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 152 – FEAR