Some TREE pictures I didn’t select for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE a few weeks back.
Man these pictures are pathetic losers. No offense.
With a Loser in the Cruise Control
Category Archives: Black & White
Matthew 28:6
I took a couple of other images before picking my Easter image.
Here are the other 2. One I actually sent out with Happy Easter text messages.
In the end, I found the Jesus statue to be a bit confusing and the cross on top my church to be derivative of my earlier work. Yeah, I’m that self-aware.
On a personal note, I’d like to take the time to thank Jason Baier for coming out and supporting the Youth Group Mission Trip Fundraiser at Panera last night. He got to enjoy some edible food, hear some harrowing tales of nearly lost Maroon 5 CDs, and meet some of my favorite people. Some of my other favorite people. I have several groups of favorite people. You might be in one of them. Play your cards right.
The fundraiser appeared to be a rousing success. The last count I saw was over 80 people came out and supported #Methodists2Milwaukee!* Even people who think Panera food is a bit on the gross side came out to support the Youth Group. That is commitment folks!
So thanks to Jason Baier (and everybody) else that will help fund our Youth Group’s mission of taking Jesus’ message of God’s love, forgiveness, and grace to The German Athens of America.**
*I might be jumping the gun on that hashtag.
**Marginally worse sounding than A Great Place on a Great Lake or Mil-town.
WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 28 – SILHOUETTE
This week being more of a challenging theme, it was expected that participation might take a dip. However, on the positive side, my nephew Logan became a first time contributor. I’m expecting big things from that guy in the future.
The submissions for SILHOUETTE:
Bill Wentworth
Logan Kahler 1
Logan Kahler 2
Logan Kahler 3
Angie DeWaard
Christopher D. Bennett
Kim Barker
Carla Stensland
But what is this week’s theme?!?!?
Look below this text…
SHAPES!
A quick shout out to the Baier clan for providing the blocks for the Theme Release Image.
So what does that SHAPES mean? You could almost take a picture of anything and submit it and say “that has a shape”, however what you really want to look for is a subject or scene where a shape or shapes are heavy in the composition. A tile floor. A pile of pipes. A brick wall. A bunch of street signs. You get the idea.
However, define the theme any way that you want.
We haven’t went over the rules lately, so here is a quick refresher.
RULES
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.
2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by noon 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.
Once again, no HOUSEKEEPING this week. I’ll try to do better next Monday.
Sculpture Garden
These images are still from January 2007. The come from a folder called SCULPTURE GARDEN.
They appear to be from a trip to the Minneapolis Sculpture Garden with Bethany.
Next week’s folder is called SNOW.
Minnesota
This collection images comes from a folder called “Minnesota”. It is also from January 2006.
These were taken on the Mississippi River in Saint Paul.
Next Saturday’s folder is entitled “Sculpture Garden”.
Words of Widsom, Lloyd My Man
When I stay with Bethany and Dae Hee, the guest bedroom is across from this crazy long and crazy thin hallway. It is something out of a nightmare. A took a quick snap of it last time I was up there. Well, last time I was at there place.
They are moving from this place at some point in the near future, so I might not ever get to photography it again. Sadness ensues.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 1600
FOCAL LENGTH: UNRECORDED
APERTURE: UNRECORDED
EXPSOURE: 1/60
DATE: 02/28/2016 – 08:37
NO GPS DATA RECORDED
The Bravest Act
As many of you may know, the historic Wagon Wheel Bridge recently collapsed after being damaged by ice dams.
Carla and I went out there to take a looksie. Here is one of the photos from that trip:
Some of you may be wondering why I’m not wishing you guys a Happy St. Patrick’s Day.
Listen, I’m for just about any holiday. Even one that is designed to mock the Irish for having the genetic predisposition for alcoholism. Mock away, I say.
But today, the Iowa State Cyclones battle the Gaels of Iona in the NCAA tournament.
I wish for nothing but sadness for anything that is remotely Gaelic.
I will mock (celebrate) the Irish tomorrow. By eating a Reuben. Which was invented by a Lithuanian in Nebraska, but is somehow now considered Irish food. Whatever.
GO CYCLONES!!!
No particulars today. I’m lazy.
Ice Storm
Yeah. This is late again. It has been crazy. What can I say.
These images are from January 2007. They are in a folder named ICE STORM. None of the pictures of the ice storm were worth saving though.
Next Saturday’s folder is entitled “Minnesota”.
More Ledges…
One of the last Ledges pictures in the hopper.
Maybe one more left.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 18mm
APERTURE: f/6.3
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 01/31/16 – 15:30
LATITUDE: 41.99542°
LONGITUDE: -93.88558°
Mini + 2(Ha)
On my recent trip to Minneapolis I efforted to photograph Minnehaha Falls.
Below is a picture from those efforts. (Waterfall not included)
Bethany and Tempe accompanied me on this trip. It was then that she revealed to me that her favorite way to break the law iS to illegally park. My favorite way to break the law is to trespass to take photographs. Although what really constitutes trespassing, really?
The trail to get down to THE falls was chained off, but since the area was already lousy with people, I pressed on. As soon as I got to the bottom of the stairs it became incredibly evident why this trail was closed down. The trail was a victim of the perfect storm of slippery. Packed snow, that had melted and then froze over. Then to add another layer of slick, the mist from the waterfall was falling onto the trail and freezing.
I managed to only bite it hard one time. Not on this picture though.
Don’t worry Bethany and Tempe stayed safe up top.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 26mm
APERTURE: f/25
EXPOSURE: 5 seconds
DATE: 03/26/2016 – 15:50
LATITUDE: 44.91524°
LONGITUDE: -93.21016°