Category Archives: Black & White

Animals, Black & White, Boone FUMC, Kio, Naima, Nature, WPC - Alternate

200 Dollars Inside of My Bank Account, Woo, I Was Living on That!

April 6, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

The world wasn’t ready for these BLACK & WHITE pictures on Monday. It wasn’t ready on Tuesday. It wasn’t ready on Wednesday. It wasn’t ready on Thursday. I don’t think the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer:

Some of the pictures were taken downtown Des Moines. Others were taken at Ledges. Some at the First United Methodist Church in Boone. The pictures with Naima were taken at Dickcissel Park.

Just one small batch of BLACK & WHITE alternates left. You’re welcome world!

Art, Black & White, Street Photography, WPC - Alternate

I Wonder What Life Would Be Like If I Didn’t Stick Out My Neck

April 5, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

The world wasn’t ready for these BLACK & WHITE pictures on Monday. Wasn’t ready for them on Tuesday. Wasn’t ready for them on Wednesday. Not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer:

All of these pictures were taken in downtown Des Moines. Many while I was waiting for the Way of the Cross to start. A few while I was on the Way of the Cross journey.

There are more BLACK & WHITE pictures coming in the coming days. You’re welcome world!

Art, Black & White, Still Life, Street Photography, WPC - Alternate

They Like “Chris, What’s It Like to Be Famous?” Um… I’ll Let You Know if I Make It!

April 4, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

Here are some BLACK & WHITE photos that the world wasn’t ready for on Monday. Heck, the world wasn’t ready for them on Tuesday. Heck, I don’t know if the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer.

All of the pictures were taken in downtown Des Moines.

There are more BLACK & WHITE images coming in the coming days. You’re welcome world!

Animals, Art, Basketball, Bill, Black & White, Christianity, Flat Earth Joe, Jesse, Linda, Macro, Naima, Night, Street Photography, Work, WPC - Alternate, Youth Group

I’m a Mean Photog, Better Feed Me Fauxtogs or Feed Me Picts, Ah, Feed Me Both of ‘Em

April 3, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

As you may have guessed, I have a ton of alternative BLACK & WHITE images for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The world wasn’t ready for them on Monday. I’m not sure the world can handle them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer:

Some of these pictures were taken on the north side of Boone. Some in my coop in the cube farm at the Computer Mine. Some on the way to Dickcissel Park. Some at the sculpture garden down in Des Moines. The picture of me blocking Jesse’s shot was originally taken by Bill. Shortly afterwards, a defeated and downtrodden Jesse retired from basketball.

I would be remiss if I didn’t point out that I have added an additional photo from Linda Bennett to the original post on the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE on Monday. It somehow ended up in my spam folder. You can see the additional photo by clicking on the link below:

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 133 – BLACK & WHITE

There are plenty more BLACK & WHITE alternates coming your way in the coming days.

But, don’t forget to come out to the Boone Pizza Ranch tomorrow night between 5-9 to support the Boone First United Methodist Youth Group. Just bring one of these flyers:

For everyone of these we get with a paid meal, Pizza Ranch gives us $2. American. There will also be tip jars available for you to throw some additional scratch in.

I hope you’re as excited to see me there and I am excited to see you there!

Andy, Angie, Animals, Baier, Becky, Bill, Black & White, Carla, Cathie, Jesse, Kim, Linda, Micky, Naima, Pastor Sarah, Russell, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 133 – BLACK & WHITE

April 2, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

BLACK & WHITE turned out to be a very popular theme. I am pleased. The geographical range that the submissions covered was pretty impressive this week. As far north as Minneapolis. As far west as Easton, Kansas. As far south as Arkansas. As far east as Washington D.C. and Virginia Beach. The empire is immense this week.

But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the submissions:

Andy Sharp

Angie DeWaard

Bill Wentworth

Becky Parmelee

Carla Stensland

Christopher D. Bennett

Carla Stensland

Micky Augustin

Kim Barker

Shannon Bardole-Foley

Sarah Karber

Tamara Peterson

Mike Vest

Cathie Raley

Linda Bennett

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:

ROAD TRIP!

ROAD TRIP! What a great theme! But what is a ROAD TRIP photo?

A ROAD TRIP photo is any photo that has anything to do with going on a ROAD TRIP. From gas, to a car, to maps, to Funyuns, to the open road. A ROAD TRIP photo can be of the thing or person (for those of you social types) that you made the ROAD TRIP to see.

Personally, I already have a ROAD TRIP for Saturday to Marhsalltown (and most likely other places) planned for Saturday. If anybody wants the navigator seat, just let me know. ROAD TRIP!

As always, I look forward to seeing your interpretations of the theme.

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

1. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge. Don’t send me a picture of you next to the Eiffel Tower, when I know you were in Iowa all week. I will point out that I have let that slide some in the past. I will not in the future. Since it is literally about the only rule.

2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge due date. It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

The latest person to show taste, class, and sophistication and sign on for a Photography 139 Email Subscription is Linda Clark. I honestly don’t know much about her, other than she is a relative of Andy Sharp and he says she has an interest in photography. Welcome aboard Linda! If you see her, feel free to give her a knowing glance and teach her the super-secret Photography 139 Handshake.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 COMMENTARY DIVISION

Speaking of Mr. Sharp, Andy has become the latest person to get a Photography 139 Avatar by leaving an actual comment on a blog on the website.

He joined select company:

Angie DeWaard
Jason Baier
Jesse Howard
Russell Kennerly
Shannon Bardole-Foley
Mike Vest

As people with an official Photography 139 Avatar for leaving comments on the Photography 139 blog AKA AN ARTIST’S NOTEBOOK.

You want your own Photography 139 Avatar? It is simple to get one. Just leave a comment on a blog.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very travelled Monday!

Animals, Black & White, Laura, Nate, Travel

Still My Favorite Color – Vol. 2

April 1, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

Here are the remainder of the zoo pictures I took when I went to Manhattan to visit Nate and Laura:

The Sunset Zoo in Manhattan, Kansas isn’t the world’s best zoo, but I would recommend it. It is cheap and majority of animals don’t look suicidal. Two things that appeal to Christopher D. Bennett – Thrifty Animal Rights Activist!

Black & White, Christianity, Holidays

Happy Easter!

April 1, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

Happy Easter! Today we celebrate the good news of an empty grave. I’ve always kind of favored Luke’s version of the Resurrection. Here it is from The Voice:

24 Early on Sunday morning, even before the sun had fully risen, these women made their way back to the tomb with the spices and ointments they had prepared. 2 When they arrived, they found the stone was rolled away from the tomb entrance, 3 and when they looked inside, the body of the Lord Jesus was nowhere to be seen. 4 They didn’t know what to think. As they stood there in confusion, two men suddenly appeared standing beside them. These men seemed to glow with light. 5 The women were so terrified that they fell to the ground facedown.

NOTES:(This phrase, “Son of Man,” is very important in Luke’s story and may have many layers of meaning. It may mean “epitome of humanity” or “prime example of what a human can be.” But it also evokes a specific passage of Scripture that is very important to Jewish people, Daniel 7:13-27. There the phrase “Son of Man” refers to a king who receives an eternal and universal kingdom, and it also represents “the saints of the Most High”—the people of God. In light of Jesus’ central message about the kingdom of God, it is likely that the phrase suggests Jesus is the long-awaited Anointed One who launches a new era in human history and who creates a community of people who represent the eternal and universal kingdom of God. In this way, “Son of” suggests “new generation of,” and “Man” suggests “humanity.” Jesus is Himself the new generation of humanity (a second Adam, a new beginning), and the community He creates shares this identity (a new creation, a new humanity in Jesus). The two messengers here use this pregnant phrase in a way that shocks everyone: The way this long-awaited Anointed One receives His kingdom is not through conventional military victory where enemies are defeated and killed. No, this King receives His kingdom by suffering, dying, and rising again Himself. Amazing news—good news!)

Two Men: Why are you seeking the living One in the place of the dead? 6 He is not here. He has risen from the dead. Don’t you remember what He told you way back in Galilee? 7 He told you that the Son of Man must be handed over to wicked men, He must be crucified, and then on the third day He must rise.

8 The women did remember Jesus’ words about this, 9 so they returned from the tomb and found the eleven and recounted for them—and others with them—everything they had experienced. 10-11 The Lord’s emissaries[a] heard their stories as fiction, a lie; they didn’t believe a word of it. (By the way, this group of women included Mary Magdalene, Joanna, and Mary the mother of James, along with a number of others.) 12 Peter, however, got up and ran to the tomb. When he reached the opening, he bent down, looked inside, and saw the linen burial cloths lying there. But the body was gone. He walked away, full of wonder about what had happened.

Men. Am I right?

Animals, Art, Black & White, Blogging, History

03-29-08

March 31, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

The following photos are from the folder 03-29-08:

By restoring these photos the the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following blogs to their original glory:

TRIP TO JESTER PARK
MYSTERY

Restoring those 2 old-timey blogs finishes up a complete restore of blogs from March of 2008:

MARCH-2008

The goose-type pictures were taken in Jester Park. The weird artsy pictures were taken near the junction of Highway 17 and Highway 141.

Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will include pictures of one of the last times I played a video game.

Art, Black & White, Photoshop, WPC - Reminder

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – BLACK & WHITE

March 30, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

A friendly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is BLACK & WHITE:

BLACK & WHITE

A BLACK & WHITE photo can be a BLACK & WHITE photo of literally any subject you want. It also could be a color photo of something that is BLACK & WHITE. This is my favorite theme, so I hope there are lots of submissions!

Happy photo harvesting!

Art, Black & White, History, Mom, Photoshop, Railroad, Ruins, Travel

My Land is Where My Dead Lie Buried

March 29, 2018 Christopher D. Bennett

Time to hit the backlog again. Here are pictures from the my trip to the Crazy Horse Memorial with my Mom:

I loved the Crazy Horse Memorial. My one complaint is that I wish there was more about Crazy Horse there and a little less about the family carving the monument.