Most of the pictures from the folder 2010-11-22 are from when I took some pictures of the Baiers around Iowa State’s beautiful campus.
By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entry to its original glory:
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve a youth group fundraiser.
Back in early May I went down to Jester Park because I had heard reports that some baby bison were wandering around down there. It turned out that they were there, but they never really got near enough to the fence for me to get a decent picture of them. However, I did get plenty of pictures of the elk to make up for it.
Jester Park is definitely one of my favorite parks in central Iowa. The whole area around the buffalo and elk is awesome to visit. If you haven’t been, I’d recommend it strongly.
There was really only one picture in the folder 2010-11-15, so I decided to include 2010-11-18 in this post. The picture in the folder 2010-11-15 is a picture of Jill holding her flute that I took for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, back then known as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT. The pictures in the folder 2010-11-18 are from the 2010 Philanthropy Day.
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:
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve the Baiers.
A few weekends back I tooled around Humboldt County and harvested their town sign. Here is a collection of some of the auxiliary images I took on this road trip, including some I took as I went back south threw Calhoun County.
Renwick
LuVerne
Livermore
Ottosen
Rutland
Gilmore City
Pioneer
Somers?
Rinard
Lohrville
The next set of auxiliary images to share will mostly come from Calhoun County.
By the time this publishes, my entries in this year’s Iowa State Fair Photography Salon should be safely in my possession. It seems like a good time to share what pictures I entered and how they fared.
Class 22: Black & White People – Selected for Display
Class 17: Plants, Flowers & Trees – Honorable Mention
Class 13: USA Places & Landscapes – Not Selected for Display
I’m not going into the picture of my Mom that I entered, but probably will in a later post. I don’t think she would have liked to have a picture of her entered, but I also know she would have gotten over it pretty quickly.
I’ll just concentrate on the picture that didn’t get in. It was the one that I was most confident would get accepted for display, which meant it was doomed from the beginning. I entered it based mostly on the fact that it was the most commented on picture from the 2021 Photography 139 Calendar. I will never know why it wasn’t accepted for display, but I have a feeling it it because the highlights are overblown. Oh well, I guess it is time to start thinking on the 2022 Iowa State Fair Photography Salon.
A few week backs I ran up to Grundy County after work on a Friday and harvested their town signs. Here are the auxiliary images from that road trip:
Holland
Grundy Center
Morrison
Dike
I didn’t spend as much time exploring Grundy County as I do most counties since I was racing the light, but there are a few towns I’d like to visit again.
A few weeks back Jesse and I toured Poweshiek County and harvested their town signs. Here are the auxiliary images from that road trip:
Brooklyn
Guernsey
Montezuma
Barnes City
Searsboro
Malcom
Grundy County is the next county I need to share auxiliary images from.
The folder 2010-10-25 includes pictures of a vacation I took to Minnesota. It is mostly pictures of a trip I took to the sculpture garden in Minneapolis with Becca, but it also includes pictures of Bethany and an old beau. I will be sharing the sculpture garden pictures and not the pictures of the old beau.
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:
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve Iowa State Football.
There was really only one picture of consequence in the folder 2010-10-18, so I decided to combine it with the folder 2010-10-19. The pictures in the folder 2010-10-19 are from a road trip I took to Kalona with my Mom. We also stopped in Riverside and the Czech Village in Cedar Rapids. I do miss those trips to Kalona.
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:
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will involve Minnesota.
The theme of ARCHITECTURE rang the bell of a few people. Quite a few people, actually. Anita Ward would be proud.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions:
Micky Augustin
Micky Augustin
Micky Augustin
Cathie Raley
Michelle Haupt
Tamara Peterson
Christopher D. Bennett
Teresa Kahler
Teresa Kahler
Teresa Kahler
Kim Barker
Kim Barker
Carla Stensland
Carla Stensland
Carla Stensland
Carla Stensland
Jen Ensley-Gorshe
Shannon Bardole-Foley
Kio Dettman
Kio Dettman
Kio Dettman
Carla Stensland
Carla Stensland
Carla Stensland
A great week of submissions!
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
PATHS! What a great theme for Year 8 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
But what is a PATHS image? Simply put, a PATHS image is a picture of a route used by beings to get from one place to another. Trails are PATHS. Roads are PATHS. Railroads are PATHS. Sidewalks are PATHS. Aisles are PATHS. Of course, you don’t have to be literal. There are the PATHS we are on in our life. There is the faith PATHS that we walk.
In the theme reveal image, there is a literal trail from an observation tower back to the woods and eventually, back to my car.
When considering subjects for this week’s image, consider the following quote:
When the path ignites a soul, there’s no remaining in place. The foot touches the ground, but not for long.
-Hakim Sanai
Heed these works and there is no doubt your path will take you to a most intriguing PATHS image.
The picture has to be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch (unless you are taking your picture from the couch) and take pictures challenge.
You can send your images to either bennett@photography139.com OR you may text them to my Pixel 5.
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing our idea of PATHS in this place that like to think it is your trail to my soul next Monday.
