August 9, 2006. That was the date where I first took keyboard in hand and began typing out the blog that I entitled “An Artist’s Notebook”. I entitled that first post “First Journal Entry”. The categories for that first post were “Blogging”, “Contests”, “Jay”, and “Sara”. This is the first… Read More »Post #4,000
A couple months back I met Alexis at McFarland Park to take some pictures of her shortly before she gave birth to Anela. While 2020 was a cesspool of terrible, I did add two great-nieces to my family. In Anela and Dahlia. Here is the first collection of Alexis pregnancy… Read More »Alexis Prego Uno
There were a ton of pictures in the folder 2010-06-13. Some were from Johnathan’s Graduation Open House. Some were from Shannon’s Birthday Camping Trip. Others were of frogs. Even others were of insects. It is a truly great folder! By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was… Read More »2010-06-13
The subject for this week’s POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT is the Boone County Courthouse. Here is some information on the Boone County Courthouse from the Boone County Government website: Boone County was organized in February of 1847. It was named for Nathan Boone, the youngest son of Daniel Boone, who had… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Courthouse
I need to start this post off by wishing Lowell a happy birthday. Happy birthday Lowell! I hope it was as happy as you wanted it to be! +++++++ Here is another collection of pictures from when I travelled to Manhattan to take pictures of the Millers. These are mostly… Read More »Miller Time – 2020 – Vol. 3
There were a literal ton of images in the folder 2010-06-05. Nearly 700. So adding the pictures that belonged in the gallery to the gallery, was no small feat. Now, don’t worry, I’m not going to post all of those images. It would be well over 100. That being said,… Read More »2010-06-05 Part 2
Today I’m going to share a set of postcards of the Boone Post Office I recreated. A government building that wasn’t attacked by domestic terrorists who have brainwashed by a misinformation ecosystem that can’t handle that their messiah, got his ass handed to him in an election. Despite the fact… Read More »POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT – POST OFFICE
A couple weeks back I took Rodan139 for a flight around the Humpback Bridge. It was probably too late in the evening so some of the images have too much noise for my liking, but that doesn’t mean that there still isn’t plenty there for the liking. Here is some… Read More »Rodan139: Humpback Bridge
All the pictures in the folder 2010-06-05 are pictures of Derrick and Jen while Jen was pregnant with Evie. This was a part of a series of images we took to document Jen’s pregnancy as part of a PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT. Here are some of those images: By adding these… Read More »2010-06-05
The July picture for the 2021 Photography 139 Calendar was taken by Rodan139 of the High Trestle Trail Bridge looking east early one morning. This picture is the one that I’ve gotten the most feedback on from calendar recipients. It was taken on August 30, 2020. Here are some details… Read More »2010-06-01
I need to start by wishing everybody a Merry Christmas! Merry Christmas! Many of us (me included) aren’t having our typical Christmas, or even the Christmas that they remotely wanted. Remember it is okay to feel a mixture of feelings today, because this isn’t the Christmas you wanted. Maybe it… Read More »Merry Christmas – 2020
The January image of the 2021 Photography 139 Calendar was taken in lower Ledges. It was taken on January 4, 2020. It was taken shortly after a recent snow fall. One sad part about the printed version of this picture in the calendar is that the picnic table gets cut… Read More »Kanoa at 1!
As I’ve started to distribute the Photography 139 2021 Calendars, it is time to start revealing the pictures that made the cut: Front Cover The front cover image is an HDR image of Naima wading into the pond at Dickcissel Park while the sun goes down in the west. It… Read More »2010-05-30
Today’s THE POSTCARD RECREATION PROJECT subject is the Champlin Memorial Masonic Temple. It now houses the Boone Historical Center. I didn’t look to deep into the history of this building because I watch a lot of History Channel and I don’t want to get on the bad side of the… Read More »Postcard Recreation Project – Masonic Temple
Today I want to share a few photos I took of Amanda and Logan a couple weeks before Dahlia was born. These were taken out at Don Williams and They were definitely looking for some silhouette pictures. You’ll be able to tell that, I’m sure… There is one more collection… Read More »Amanda and Logan – Pre-Dahlia No. 1
All the pictures in the folder 2010-05-26 are of daisies. I believe they are from a daisy patch in Cap Erbe Park. They were taken for Personal Photo Project #24 – “The Girl in the Blue Skirt”. I’ve had mixed results growing these kind of daisies in my yard. Some… Read More »2010-05-26
There was a very large collection of images in the folder 2010-05-24. Most of them are flower pictures. Some taken from my yard. Others taken from Reiman Gardens. I’ll just get to it, because there is a ton of photos here: By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery,… Read More »2010-05-24
Today’s collection of pictures was taken in the middle of August. I was still playing around with photographing a flower frozen in a block of ice. I was still using a normal daisy. This is a concept that I will continue to play with in the future and this wasn’t… Read More »Girl Don’t Play the Fool Now
A few weeks back I took Rodan139 out to the Jay Carlson Wildlife Are for a quick flight around before the sun went down. It is a great place for flying the drone. I should really go out there more. At least before weather shuts drone season down for a… Read More »Rodan139: Jay Carlson Wildlife Area
The pictures in the folder 2010-05-07 were all taken in Brookside Park. Some during the day. Some at night. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entries to their original glory: PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT OF THE WEEK… Read More »2010-05-07
I need to start by announcing that my church is still having our free Thanksgiving Meal this year. This year it is a drive-thru meal. If that sounds like something that you could need or want, here is some information: First United Methodist’s Annual FREE THANKSGIVING MEAL You are invited… Read More »Matthew 25:35