It is the first day of 2023. I’m not really a “resolutions” person. Pastor Adam was on vacation today so we had a substitute seromizer in church this morning. He gave an impassioned, longwinded sermon on resolve. It took more than a bit of my resolve to stay awake during… Read More »Hello 2023.
It is time to reveal the August image for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar: August This picture is of the only fire watch tower in the state of Iowa. It is located in the Yellow River State Forest in northeast Iowa. It is only accessible via forest road. So if… Read More »I Know that You Loved Before
Time to reveal the January image for the 2023 Photography 139 Calendar. January I took this picture while harvesting the town signs of Appanoose County for THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT. It is the lighthouse at Lake Rathbun. I wish I could come up with a good reason why I picked… Read More »If I Looked Like the Other Prom Queens
No Formal Portrait Sunday this Sunday. I was in Kansas City for a good chunk of my weekend and busy the rest of it. So I didn’t want to even think about how I’m going to handle formal portraits going forward. That is clearly a decision for next Sunday. Or… Read More »Chickasaw and Howard County Aux – Vol. 3
This year was the first year I made it to the Pufferbilly Days Parade where I wasn’t in it, since I don’t know when. At least a decade. I decided I better photograph it. Here are some of my favorite pictures from the parade: There is generally nothing I find… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Parade – 2022
Another month done in the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. I have to confess that I spent some time on the struggle bus this month. I don’t know if I lost some steam or if I just want feeling some of the themes. Being sick for a few… Read More »Fat Mum Slim – September 2022
A few months back I cruised around Appanoose County harvesting their town signs. Found quite a few other things to photograph while I was there. Including, in this collection, a few outhouse pictures. I find the outhouse pictures to be poignant, moving, and funny. But some people might find them… Read More »Appanoose County Aux – Vol. 1
I headed up to Pufferbilly Days on the Friday Night to post the People’s Choice Standings. I thought I might get a funnel cake or check out the entertainment center, but I’m not even going to front. The band in there was so bad I had to check out after… Read More »Pufferbilly Days – Car Show
Was ODD CAMERA ANGLE oddly popular? I guess you will have to scroll down to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): + Sarah Toot – 1 week (3) + Willy McAlpine – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 359 – ODD CAMERA ANGLE
Time for the final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Osceola County. This trip was cut short in Lyon County while harvesting their town signs due to inclement weather. So many of the signs in this collection were taken in Lyon County and a… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 3
I have big news! Big, big news! I would say news of a comeback, but don’t call it a comeback. I been here for years. Rockin’ my peers. Puttin’ suckers in fear. Makin’ the tears rain down like a monsoon. Listen to the bass go boom. What I’m trying to… Read More »Osceola County Aux – Vol. 1
JUNK has not proved to be a fairly popular theme. Heading into the 5th week of Year 9 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, the following streaks were active: + Mike Vest – 1 week + Dawn Krause – 1 week + Joe Duff – 2 weeks + Layla Gorshe –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 334 – JUNK
A few weeks back a tooled around Monona County and part of Harrison County harvesting town signs. Here is a collection of the auxiliary images I took on that trip: The correct color tractor. Restaurant & Malt Shop. Goodtime Charlie indeed! They don’t make numbers high enough to count the… Read More »Monona County Auxiliary Images
Here is the final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Hancock County. Although I would say about 50% of these pictures were taken in other counties. Like Winnebago County or Cerro Gordo County or Worth County. Forest City Pilot Knob State Park Fertile Thornton… Read More »Hancock County Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
Here is a second collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Warren County with Shannon. Medora New Virginia Couldn’t quite figure out what this was… This is one of the most enigmatic things I’ve come across in my travels. It was just there. No explanation.… Read More »Warren County Auxiliary Images Vol. 2
This is the third and final collection of images I took while harvesting the town signs of Sac County and Ida County. However all of these pictures were taken in Pocahontas County, Webster County, and Hamilton County. Varina Fonda Palmer Fort Dodge Stanhope I have a feeling that werewolves drive… Read More »Sac County and Ida County Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
So many of the folders 2010-10-04, 2010-10-11, 2010-10-12, 2010-10-15, and 2010-10-16 had so few images, that I decided to make a mega conglomeration. There are pictures here that were used for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (back then known as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT) and pictures used for the program… Read More »2010-10-04, 2010-10-11, 2010-10-12, 2010-10-15, and 2010-10-16
There aren’t many pictures in the folder 2009-04-11, so I’m publishing photos from the folder 2009-04-20. The pictures from the folder 2009-04-11 are from when Derrick and Jen moved into their new house. They moved about a month after I moved. They have since moved again. I have not. They… Read More »2009-04-11 & 2009-04-20
The pictures in the folder 2009-04-07/Electric_Car are from a trip I took out to the Junck Farm with Sara. We went out there shortly after her parentals had purchased an electric car from 1925. I had no clue that they made electric cars in the 1920s. It seems weird that… Read More »2009-04-07/Electric_Car
WARNING: THERE ARE BOTH LEGITIMATELY DISTURBING IMAGES AND DEPICTIONS OF THE FEMALE BODY IN THE NUDE. IF THAT ISN’T YOUR CUP OF TEA, FEEL FREE TO SKIP STRAIGHT PAST TODAY’S BLOG NO SERIOUSLY. NORMALLY WHEN I PUT SOMETHING LIKE THIS UP, THE DISTURBING IMAGE IS A PICTURE OF AN IOWA… Read More »Rajon Rando
Sometime in late 2008 my organizational process of my photos went all FUBAR. The result is that it appears that I have actually lost several images from late 2008 and early 2009. None of the lost pictures are of much consequence, but it is annoying nonetheless. Part of this breakdown… Read More »12December2008