Last week was an insane week and I didn’t get out in my element much. Therefore, there aren’t many NATURE alternates I didn’t use. But here they are: The newspaper photo was taken in a garage stuffed with old Buicks about a mile north of the terrible town of Gilbert.… Read More »Yeah, Real Photography
I’m back from South Dakota, so it is time to reveal last week’s submissions for NATURE: ANGIE DEWAARD 1 ANGIE DEWAARD 2 CATHIE RALEY 1 JOE DUFF CATHIE RALEY 2 MICKY AUGUSTIN 1 MICHELLE HAUPT MICKY AUGUSTIN 2 SARAH KARBER SHANNON BARDOLE TAMARA PETERSON CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT KIM BARKER ELIZABETH… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 106 – NATURE
This is your weekly reminder that this week’s theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is NATURE! NATURE! Get in your car and visit your favorite park or river or lake or stream or ocean or maybe your backyard. Meet back up with Mother Nature. Happy photo harvesting!
A few weeks back I took what I thought might be one of the more intriguing pages in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. Page 19. Page 19 – Take the best picture you can right now. How do you determine when is the “right now” from the page? What I did… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 19
A few weeks back I spent the weekend up in Minnesota. I went with Bethany, Dae Hee, Nora, Sara Karber, and Shawn Karber to The Irish Fair. Here are a few pictures from the event: You must be wondering, do you recommend The Irish Fair? The answer is no. Just… Read More »Here’s Scotland. Here’s Ireland. There’s the Bloody Sea!
Page 119 in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT probably isn’t one that would appeal to most people. Some people might even call it a hipster page. Page 119 – Turn a DSLR into a Pinhole Camera Some of you might be asking, “What is a pinhole camera?” A pinhole camera is… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 119
One of the benefits of THE SELFIE PROJECT is that I can look back at a month and feel less worthless. Hey, I actually did go out and do stuff and see people in month X. I’m a winner! Speaking of winners, these are the photos I consider winners from… Read More »Selfie Project – August
There weren’t many, but there were a few that didn’t make the cut for LOW PERSPECTIVE for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves… there is no telling what they might accomplish!
I recently picked up a new set of toys: Extension Tubes. I don’t have a picture of the tubes themselves, but I do have a collection of pictures from the from the first test run. Have a look: I don’t have a picture of the extension tubes, but if you… Read More »Yet Another New Toy
Once a year at my church we have Critter Sunday. On Critter Sunday people bring in their pets to get blessed. I took some photos and then after Naima got blessed Jaxon Schoff took over and finished up the event. Here are some photos from the event: Special thanks to… Read More »Critter Sunday – 2017
When I went to the Iowa State Fair, I had a goal of knocking out 2 or 3 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT images. I managed 2. Here is Page 41: Page 41 – Shoot one more image for Robert Frank’s “The Americans”. I actually struggled picking which image to… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 41
I recently made a trip to Ledges where I knocked out Page 65 for THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 65 – Take a picture that breaks your worst photography habit. I took a few more pictures. Here are a few I like, but won’t be taped into the physical photo… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 65
There is quite the mixture of nature and Iowa State football pictures in the folder called 10-20-07B: There are many more pictures of the Iowa State-Oklahoma game from 2007. You can see them by clicking on the link below: IOWA STATE CYCLONES FOOTBALL – 2007 Next Saturday’s walk down memory… Read More »10-20-07B
A picture from trip to the Iowa State Fair on Sunday: I have so many photos to edit from so many recent adventures. It is almost sickening. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY ILCA-77M2 ISO: 160 FOCAL LENGTH: 200mm APERTURE: f/5.6 EXPOSURE: 1/320 DATE TAKEN: 08/20/2017 – 15:09 PHOTO ASSISTANT: Nader Parsaei PHOTO… Read More »The World is a Vampire
These are the pictures that didn’t have what it takes for the SKY theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves. There is no telling what they might accomplish!
SKY really did trigger the creative juices of many a person. A healthy amount of SKY submissions! That included first time participation by Tamara Peterson and the return of Brooke Milligan! They should be inspirations for those of you that are on the fence about whether or not to participate.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 98 – SKY
These SAD pictures didn’t have what it takes for the SAD theme for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves. Who knows what they could accomplish!
I can officially announce now that I have unretired from “competing” in photography contests. For the first time in a couple years I entered photos in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I will have one photo displayed at the Iowa State Fair. Don’t ask me which one, because I… Read More »You CAN Call it a Comeback
These pictured didn’t have what it takes to be included for the theme WATER in the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves, there is no telling what they might accomplish.
A young Johnathan Stensland among the photos in the folder 09-09-07: Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will include what I’m sure might have been the wedding of the year in 2007!
The final NATURE stop I made was to Lake Augstin. Here are those pictures: Our run in with a snapping turtle reminds me of a story from my childhood. One day a snapping turtle showed up in the driveway of my first boyhood home. In my mind it was tied… Read More »Then I Wonder How Much I Can Spend