The pictures from the folders 2009-01-02 and 2009-01-03 involved a trip to ACTORS theater in Ames. Plus a trip to Ottumwa to work on the house that Jen inherited. Plus there are some pictures of when I had winnowed down what house I would purchase down to two similar ranch… Read More »2009-01-02 & 2009-01-03
Immediately after the beautiful beard go its final photo shoot Jay and I trudged from the Photography 139 Basement Studio to the kitchen where the unpleasantness was set to be done. “O Fortuna” from Carmina Burana playing through my head. I still had time to back down. It was now… Read More »Shaving Says A Lot About A Man, Like, “I’m Not One”
I never meant for this to go so far. At a certain point, it felt like things got out of control and I was powerless to do anything about it. What started as laziness had grown to a point where it had a life of its own. I was supposed… Read More »Moments Before
March was a very Irish month for this man mostly descended from Scottish and Welsh ancestors and a splash of Cherokee. March Movie Night featured 2 of the most Irish movies around: LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD and MILLER’S CROSSING. In particular, LEPRECHAUN IN THE HOOD will definitely frame the way… Read More »Irish Dancing
The most recent filter I have tested from the super cheap filter kit was the green filter. The green filter is the last of what I would consider the standard black and white photography filters that I tested. What does a green filter do? According to hoyafilterusa.com: Less popular than… Read More »The Future
Yellow. Yellow is the most recent filter from the super cheap filter set that I cracked out and tested. I still took mostly pictures of Naima, but I actually left my yard and went out to Dickcissel. This, was perhaps, not the best plan. With all the space to roam,… Read More »It Stands for the Sun
Time to reveal another filter test from the super cheap Neweer filter set I purchased on Amazon several weeks back. This time the filter that is up is the blue filter. Here is a description of what a blue filter does in black & white photography from photographymad.com: Blue filters… Read More »It is Beyond Dimensions
A few weeks back I showed the results of test photos taken with a red filter from a new extremely cheap set of filters that I recently picked up. The most recent filter I’ve taken out and tested is the orange filter. Much like the red filter an orange filter… Read More »The Happiest Color
I believe that the submissions for FORMAL PORTRAIT are amongst the most solid collection of submissions we’ve had in a long time for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about the submissions. You came to see the submissions: Kim Barker… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 183 – FORMAL PORTRAIT
I feel it has been too long since I have had a post devoted to Naima. This is an error that I will correct today. These pictures come from an October trip to Dickcissel Park. Naima does enjoy getting in the water at Dickcissel, but she will only go as… Read More »The Driving Force
I think this is the final collection of pictures I took for the Boone First United Methodist Church Directory. I think these pictures were taken on Graduation Sunday. However, that isn’t the reason for the red balloons. I just can’t remember the reason for the red balloons. Might have been… Read More »Boone FUMC Church Directory: Chapter 5
Cleaning up some of the May 2018 backlog brings us to even more “reimaginings” of classic Photography 139 image “Blue Steel”. These pictures were taken when I was playing with extension tubes. Extension tubes are fun for the whole family. The family that loves super macro photography. And what family… Read More »Blue Steel Redux
As I have been trying to reorganize some old pictures, I do want to share another collection of images that pre-date the Photography 139 website. These are pictures from before and after the Knapp and Storm dormitories were imploded in 2005. Here are some pictures: Here is a low quality… Read More »Throwback Boom!
Reminder that tomorrow night the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group will be holding a fundraiser for their mission trip to Rapid City, South Dakota in June: Cost is a free will donation. Come eat some delicious spaghetti. Throw a few ducats into the till. Heck, even stick around… Read More »I Know What I Did Last Mother’s Day…
Here in the greater metropolitan area of Boone, Iowa we got somewhat of a blizzard starting last Saturday night and going into Sunday. While in Boone we didn’t get a ton of snow, we did get a ton of wind. On Saturday afternoon I went to watch the Iowa State… Read More »The “Great Blizzard” of 2019
I decided recently to buy a set of neutral density filters. I considered spending a good chunk of coin on some really nice filters, but while I was poking around looking for a set to buy I came across a set of 40 filters for cheap. Now I’m not a… Read More »That Doesn’t Mean It Isn’t There
I took a few alternate TRANSPORTATION pictures for last week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. All of these were taken with the new drone. There will be a more comprehensive blog on the drone if it ever warms up and I get to actually make some videos and what-not. I don’t know… Read More »Transportation – Alternate
Another week with subpar participation despite being perhaps the easiest theme of this set of 52. Weather I’m sure contributed. This week central Iowa is supposed to get two more snowstorms, so we’ll see how many people struggle through the elements for this week’s theme. But you didn’t come her… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 179 – SELF-PORTRAIT
Seems like another good time to release a collection of photos that I tooke for the Boone First United Methodist Church’s Church Directory. In this collection are pictures I took of a particular stained glass window that the committee wanted, a communion set that the committee wanted, some Youth Group… Read More »Boone FUMC Church Directory: Chapter 3
There is quite the collection of images in the folder called 10-13-08. I can’t possibly include all of them in this here entry, so I’ll just have to pick out a few that I like the most. The pictures range from Gyro Day at the Computer Mine to the Ames… Read More »10-13-08
I slept like a baby. Like an angel. Like a baby angel. I woke up in the morning ready to take on the world. After I got out of the shower I decided to walk the Motel 6 grounds to check out the lay of the land. I carried the… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: Magnolia