Category Archives: Black & White

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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – PORTRAIT

December 1, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

This is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is PORTRAIT:

PORTRAIT

Here is a good definition of PORTRAIT provide by the good folks at Wikipedia:

Portrait photography or portraiture in photography is a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the subject by using effective lighting, backdrops, and poses. A portrait picture might be artistic, or it might be clinical, as part of a medical study.

Seems simple enough! Here are a few examples:

Micky Augustin

Angie DeWaard

Carla Stensland

Mike Vest

Kim Barker

That collection ought to get your creative juices flowing!

Happy photo harvesting!

9 Emotions Project, Animals, Art, Becca, Black & White, Christianity, Jen, Jesse, Macro, Naima, Nature, Railroad, Shannon, Travel

Dog Face

November 29, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

I have a considerable backlog of images that I need to edit. Part of the problem is that I edit photos in 2 separate distinct locations and it is often difficult for me to figure out what I have edited in one location, but not the other. I have begun the process of mirroring these images in both locations so that I can actually make real head way on my back log. Plus, it should free up some valuable hard drive real estate in both locations.

Not to bore you with too many details, but the first step in this process involves tons or robocopy scripts AND an external hard drive.

And with that, here are some backlog images of Naima from February.

In addition to trying to get a better organizational grasp on my images that are physically in my possession, I’m also trying to get a better organization to my images that are in the SmugMug Gallery.

While it doesn’t help that effort, it is part of a slight re-design of the website. If you’ve been on the website lately you may have noticed some slight changes.

*The base color remains purple. It will always be purple. However, I got rid of some gold and green accent colors and replaced those with a silver and a light blue.
*I completely replaced the old headers with new headers.
*On the homepage, gone is the slide show of recent pictures added to the SmugMug Gallery. It has been replaced with a slide show of images submitted for The Weekly Photo Challenge.

There are some more changes coming, eventually. I’m looking to re-design every page from the About page to the Products page. I might even add a services page where I quote my prices. Like $75,000 to do a wedding on a Saturday that is an Iowa State home game. I hope you don’t think that prices me out of the market.

Here are a look at the current rotating headers on the website:

In the end, I hope to add about 15 more rotating headers to the slight website redesign.

Black & White, Candid Portrait, Dae Hee, Nature, Travel

Any Photog that Say that they Runnin’ the Game I’mma Come in they Session and Cut Off They Legs, Woo!

November 28, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

The world wasn’t ready for these pictures on Monday, but I can’t hold them back any longer. Here are the alternates for WEATHER:

2 of the pictures were taken on Manhattan Hill in Manhattan, Kansas. 1 was taken on Old 30 east of Boone. The rest were taken down by the Des Moines River.

9 Emotions Project, Black & White, Dae Hee, Formal Portrait

The 9 Emotions Project – Dae Hee Yoon

November 24, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

Happy Black Friday! I hope you were able to get out there and adequately celebrate our nation’s self-destructive addiction to consumerism. I hope some of you hit it really hard to make up for the fact that I (most likely – I mean I know myself pretty well, but I’m not full on psychic) probably haven’t left my house. Unless it was to hustle up some breakfast. I mean, it isn’t like I keep food in my house.

If you are out an about in Boone though, you can swing by Boone’s very on Wal-Mart and greet me. I’ll be ringing the bell for the Salvation Army. As loud and proud and annoying as is humanly possible. You can check with my sisters, co-workers, and various friends. I can get pretty annoying.

Today’s blog post isn’t about consumerism though. It is about Dae Hee and THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT. Take a gander:

Dae Hee Yoon!

In case you have forgotten the emotions:

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Amusement

Fear

Jealousy

Surprise

Sympathy

Boredom

Nice work Dae Hee! I don’t know who will be the next victim… I mean subject for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT. I have my eye on a few people. Could be you. Could be me… well it won’t be me, but it could definitely be you!

Black & White, Photoshop, Railroad, WPC - Alternate

They Told Me I’m Never Leaving. Why? I’m as Ill as It Gets!

November 22, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

The world wasn’t ready for these TRANSPORTATION pictures on Monday. I’m not 100% sure the world can handle them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer:

The night pictures were taken at McHose Park. The railroad bridge pictures are from west of Boone. There a couple photos from the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad. The final set of photos were taken at the Boone Airport at sunrise.

You’re welcome world.

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The 9 Emotions Project – Laura Miller

November 21, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

Laura recently became the 21st person (if you count me, but you really shouldn’t) to pose for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT:

Laura!

If you can’t recall, these are the 9 Emotions:

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Amusement

Fear

Jealousy

Surprise

Sympathy

Boredom

Next time we check in with THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT, we will check in with somebody very special to Laura. Just not as special to Laura as Laura is to Nate.

Angie, Bill, Black & White, Kim, Monica, Nature, Photoshop, Railroad, Steph, WPC - Reminder

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – TRANSPORTATION

November 17, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

This is your weekly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE THEME is TRANSPORTATION!

TRANSPORTATION!

TRANSPORTATION! An easy enough theme. Examples of TRANSPORTATION include a car. A train. A boat. A plane. Your feet. Roads. Railroad tracks. These are just the most literal examples.

Here are some examples of TRANSPORTATION photos:

Angie DeWaard

Bill Wentworth

Stephanie Kim

Shannon Bardole

Kim Barker

Monica Kewer

Happy photo harvesting!

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The 9 Emotions Project – Nate Miller

November 17, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

Nate recently became the 20th person (if you count me, but you really shouldn’t) to pose for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT:

Nate!

If you can’t recall, these are the 9 Emotions:

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Amusement

Fear

Jealousy

Surprise

Sympathy

Boredom

Next time we check in with THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT, we will check in with somebody very special to Nate.

Black & White, Formal Portrait, Willy, WPC - Alternate

I’m in Photography’s Hospital Bed with a Pad and a Pen and a Brace on My Neck

November 15, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

On Monday the world wasn’t ready for these pictures. They were too intense. But I can’t hold them back any longer. Here are the alternates for the theme PARTY from THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:

These pictures were taken in the Photography 139 Studio with the hat collection that is used for photo booth type purposes.

You’re welcome world.

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WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 113 – PARTY

November 13, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

I’m going to cut this short this week because I’m short on time. My department at day job is down to about 3 good hips, 1 good set of lungs, and 1 good neck.

Therefore, insert GONE WITH THE WIND reference here.

PARTY:

Shannon Bardole

Kim Barker

Sara Lockner

Stephanie Kim

Tamara Peterson

Dawn Krause

Christopher D. Bennett

Insert reference to PLAN 9 FROM OUTER SPACE here.

New theme is:

TRANSPORTATION!

TRANSPORTATION! Insert a definition of TRANSPORTATION here. Pretty sure everybody knows what TRANSPORTATION is. If not, rent PLANES, TRAINS, AND AUTOMOBILES.

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. 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

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

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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 transported Monday!