I read on Twitter once about a place claiming to be “the most photographed waterfall in Iowa”. Now I don’t know how they document that claim, especially when what they are referring to is actually a spillway, but I suppose water does fall over it.
Either way, this “waterfall” was the end destination for my black & white photo road trip.
Thanks for taking the time to help me mock this pathetic collection of losers!
I went on a rather extensive BLACK & WHITE road trip on Saturday. Here is the first collection of pictures that didn’t make the cut for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Taken in north Boone County.
Thanks for taking the time to help me mock this pathetic collection of losers!
A great week of participation, which has me all amped up, since BLACK & WHITE is my favorite theme.
But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You want to see the submissions. Here they be:
Christopher D. Bennett
Shannon Bardole
Stephanie Kim
Angie DeWaard
Bill Wentworth
Cathie Raley 1
Cathie Raley 2
Cathie Raley 3
Logan Kahler
Michael Augustin
Suzie Brannen
Mike Vest
Carla Stensland
One of the best weeks of submissions to date!
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:
I don’t feel like I need to define MUSIC. If you don’t have any MUSIC in your life, I feel bad for you. Really, really, really, really bad for you. You should get out there and get some music in you. Whether it is seeing a local band at a local dive, visiting a local music store, cracking out your old instrument from your high school days, cracking out your old vinyls, screen capturing a playlist on your phone, photographing that musician friend, or even just cracking out some sheet music. The possibilities are endless!
As always, feel liberated to define the theme as you see fit!
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.
Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.
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 verymusical Monday!
Mostly train photos in the folder they call 06-28-07:
Next week’s folder seems to be ground squirrel heavy.
Last Sunday Mom, Teresa, Vi, and I loaded up into the car and traveled to the great north to visit Andrea, Josh, Wesley, and Grace. It was a great time, but perhaps the highlight was going up into Andrea’s church’s dome with Josh.
Here are a few of my favorite pictures from the trip:
You can see the rest of the images by clicking on the link below:
I can’t wait to go back! Grace and I have big plans for hitting up Old Boston’s!
I took some photos of the Stenslands back in May. Probably should show you some of them at this point. Here are some of my favorites.
Not sure when this group of people will be together again. Alexis leaves for the Navy in the next few weeks. Elainie still has a year left in the Navy.
There are quite a few pictures that couldn’t make the cut for this week’s theme RELIGION:
Thanks for taking the time to help me mock this collection of pathetic losers.
The 9 Emotions Project Wall is no more. The 9 16×20 photos are gone. Technically they are stacked in the guest bedroom until I figure out what I’m going to do them.
I’ve replaced them with 9 16×20 canvases to diversify the pictures on my wall and I have this theory that they will be easier to dust. Or at least easier to put out the lie that I dust.
These are the 9 new photos you will see the next time you come visit the Photography 139 Studio:
Right now the 20×30 9 Emotion picture is still up, but that is going to come down sometime soon. I just need to figure out if I’m going to use that space for a giant canvas, or if I’m going to break that spot up with a few more 16x20s. I guess we’ll see what the future holds.
These are the images that didn’t make this week’s cut for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – HAPPY:
Thanks for taking the time to help me mock this pathetic collection of losers.
Not a ton of submissions for HAPPY this week. This makes me sad, how little happiness was out there this week.
But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about happiness. You want to see the submissions for HAPPY!
Kim Barker
Stephanie Kim
Angie DeWaard
Mike Vest 1
Mike Vest 2
Christopher D. Bennett
Sorry it was late this week. This morning was like getting kicked in the face. Helped up. Then kicked in the balls. But I digress.
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:
This should be an easy one. Everybody has one, whether they want to admit it or not. I know a guy who’s RELIGION is conspiracy theories. I know a guy who’s RELIGION is the Green Bay Packers. I think I know lots of people who worship at the idol of Facebook “Likes”. If you’re thinking of a more traditional RELIGION, there is one pastor that subscribes to this blog and another that is a youth pastor. Maybe you are going to Winter Jam on Friday. Maybe you live a few blocks from a church, synagogue, temple, or mosque. Get out there and have a religious experience of some kind.
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.
Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.
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 religious Monday!
