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February

This picture was taken on the Lost Lake Trail. A place that is well documented to be one of my favorite photography retreats. I particularly enjoy taking frog photos in this locale. This picture was selected by Jill for the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest: Jill Selects Frog Although Jill liked… Read More »February

Front Cover

Since I have almost finished distributing all of the Photography 139 calendars, it is time to start revealing what pictures made the calendar this year. The picture that made the front cover. Some Kind of Blue Train Series – Round About Midnight Riff The story behind this picture can be… Read More »Front Cover

December

The final picture of the 2009 Calendar. This is a picture of the Downtown First United Methodist Church in Des Moines. The picture was taken from the top of a parking ramp across the street.

November

November’s image. I also added about 20 pictures to the Flora Album: Flora INFORMATION BELOW IS NO LONGER VALID I should point out that because my galleries were victimized by spam, if you decide to register as a user because: A. You want to comment on an image. B. You… Read More »November

Philosopher’s Wax

I thought about waxing philosophical on how indifferent I am to New Year’s Eve and all of it trappings, but as it turns out I’m to apathetic to even write about it. However, I am now intrigued by the concept of waxing philosophical. I know this is an old timey… Read More »Philosopher’s Wax

August

August’s picture. This picture was taken east of Ogden on US30 looking towards Boone.

July

July’s picture. This picture was taken during the Ames fireworks display.

June

The picture for June. I took this picture one summer night when I was having difficulty sleeping. I wandered the flowerbeds with a spotlight and a camera.

May

May’s picture. This picture is from the mission trip I took to Cedar Rapids to help clean out houses after the flood.

March

The picture for March. This picture of a flower was taken at the Iowa State Fair.

February

The picture selected for February. This picture of a fence was taken north of Boone in an old pioneer cemetery.

January

The 2009 Photography 139 Calendar went through quite a large metamorphosis this year. I wasn’t sure that I was going to produce a calendar this year. The amount of time involved in the designing, printing, laminating and binding the calendar was becoming a burden on me and my friends. I… Read More »January

Curious

So I’ve begun the task of creating the Photography 139 calendar. I printed out a few test images and hung them on my wall at the mine. I took some sticky notes and numbered them 1 through 12. Then I thought about my very general rules for selecting pictures to… Read More »Curious

A First Endorsement

I wish to begin with a quote by Henry Ward Beecher: The overweening self respect of conceited men relieves others from the duty of respecting them at all. Perhaps you don’t understand why now, but you will understand soon enough. You see my first endorsement is of myself. Well not… Read More »A First Endorsement

Score!

Some times it pays to show up for work. Usually whatever your hourly wage happens to be, unless you are on salary then you are consistently being robbed. There are times when it REALLY pays to show up for work. I’m talking about when you have a high quality converstaion… Read More »Score!

2007 Calendar

So most of the 2007 Calendars have been printed, laminated and bound. There are just a few left that need to be distributed. If you still want a calendar and didn’t get your order in, better let me know. Because 2007 begins in 13 hours and every day that a… Read More »2007 Calendar