Here is the August image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar:
This picture was taken at the Discovery Garden of the Iowa State Fair.
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Here is the July image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar:
I found this collection of daisies at the Iowa Arboretum. The interesting thing is that I actually went there to photograph their lilies, but I my favorite picture from that evening was of their daisies.
Calendars are currently on sale at great vendors like… me… for a limited time. $10.
Here is the June image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar:
This image was taken in the world famous Photography 139 Lily Patch located in near the Photography 139 Garlic Patch.
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Here is the May image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar:
This macro image was taken on the world’s most beautiful campus. The campus of Iowa State University. Near Lake LaVerne and the 4 Seasons Fountain and the Memorial Union. Iowa State, so great that even its grass is beautiful!
Calendars are currently on sale at great vendors like… me… for a limited time. $10.
Here is the April image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar:
This picture goes into a category (it is a fairly stacked category) of, “I really love this photo but I’m not sure many other people will.” Different strokes for different folks. I love pictures of deterioration. Plus the license plate proclaiming Kansas “Land of Beautiful Girls” just kills me. Fits right into my wheelhouse of humor.
This particular picture of deterioration was taken in Strong City, Kansas. I went to Wichita to see the Zac Brown Band with Nate. The next morning after breakfasting at the International House of Pancakes (I know. Fancy!) we made our way back to Manhattan. Stopping every once in awhile to take some photographs. On one of these stops, I found this truck. The rest is Photography 139 history.
Before I let you go, the Photography 139 Calendar is now in stock.
This is a limited run and there will not be a second run. So if you wish to purchase a calendar, let me know. The price is $10. American.
Here is the March image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar:
This picture is of the Wagon Wheel Bridge west of Boone, Iowa. It collapsed after being hit by an ice flow. The remainder of the bridge was torn down just this week. I took this picture on the day of Grandma June’s funeral. The next day Jim, Nate, Laura, and I jumped in the car and headed north to meet Nora for the first time.
An incredible roller coaster of emotions.
Here is the February image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar:
This picture was taken in the Minnehaha Falls Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This picture and more specifically, all the pictures I took in this series are as close as I came to dying (as far as I know) this year. Worth it!
Here is the January image for the 2017 Photography 139 January Calendar:
This picture was taken in Peas Creek in Ledges State Park. Which is a few miles south of Boone, Iowa. This part of the creek is a few hundred yards south of where Davis Creek empties into Peas Creek.
I spent the last few days designing the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar.
The design of this calendar is different than the last several years in a few different ways.
1. This isn’t a flower photography only calendar. There are flower pictures, but they are the minority.
2. Gone is all the old ways I lined pictures up with certain months in the past.
3. Each picture is lined up with a month that the picture was taken in. For example, the January 2017 image was taken in January of 2016. December’s picture was taken in December of 2015.
4. The number format is the same as 2016, but I’ve added back some of the “holidays” from calendars past.
5. A price for this year’s calendar has yet to be determined. I haven’t quite figured out how much it cost me to make, but it will probably be in that $10 range again this year.
6. I didn’t include a “title” or location of the pictures, despite people requesting that. I didn’t find away to do it that I liked. Maybe in 2018.
So without further adieu, I present the cover of the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar:
This picture came from a THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE reject for the theme MACRO. I chose this picture because I decided not to include any portraits or animals on the inside of the calendar, I wanted the cover to include a self-portrait. This is my favorite self-portrait from 2016.
I will have ordering information in a future post. I’m sure.
Often times when I put calendars out into the world, I worry about what kind of home it will receive. Will it be loved? Will it be adored? Will it end up on a wall with tons of writing on it?
Recently I received a couple text pictures of Photography 139 Calendars in their new homes.
While it might seem that I’m soliciting such images, I am not, but I do love getting them.
Here are those 2 images, Photogrpahy 139 Calendars. Home.
I’m glad to see these calendars have found good, loving homes in Arizona.
