Time to reveal the April image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. APRIL – 2026 Technical Details The subject for the April image is a collection of tulips taken in the Pella town square. Every year I like to make a trip to Pella to photograph their wonderful selection of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 538 – BLACK & WHITE
A reminder that if you are looking for a Thanksgiving meal on Thursday, the Boone First United Methodist Church is hosting one. And it’s free! All the information you need to know is below: With turkey prices up 25% this year and the average Thanksgiving meal up 4.1%, there will… Read More »Baby, Time Meant Nothin’
Is there some freewheeling watcherShooting marbles in the sky?Holding your years between their fingersWatching it burn till the fire dies Why is it heroic to untether?How is alone some holy grail?And if we really come and go unknownCouldn’t I find myself in jail? Oh, keeper how I love youI love… Read More »Returning to Myself
Back on March 15, I ducked into Rieman Music to visit Derrick and his crew and take a few pictures for that week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The theme that week was MUSIC. One of these pictures actually became my submission, but the rest, well they were relegated to the… Read More »Babe, It Couldn’t Have Been that Easy
REMINDER THAT THE TIME IS FAST APPROACHING WHEN YOU CAN MAKE SUGGESTIONS FOR THE YEAR 13 THEMES FOR THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. YOU CAN DO THAT BY AND ONLY BY LEAVING A COMMENT IN THE LAST WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLNEGE POST IN THE MONTH OF OCTOBER AND THE FIRST WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »WPC – WEEK 526 – THREE
Time to clean up the January backlog. These images I took back in January, but they never really fit into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. Most of them are alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Some were taken in the Boone High parking lot. Some were taken in my… Read More »You Could Never See
Back in January I walked around the sanctuary at the Boone First United Methodist Church after worship service with the Sweet Spot Lensbaby lens I had purchased just a few days earlier. Most people won’t like the effect of the Sweet 22, but I am a fan. Have a look… Read More »Saccharine
Keep love in your heart. A life without it is like a sunless garden when the flowers are dead. The consciousness of loving and being loved brings a warmth and a richness to life that nothing else can bring. Today’s flowertography session was taken back in May. These are all… Read More »Richness to Life
COMMERCIAL! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices in motion? Keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 31, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: *1-Mary Green – 2 weeks2-Jesse Howard – 6 weeks3-Sabas Hernandez – 12 weeks4-Monica Jennings… Read More »WPC – WEEK 499 – COMMERCIAL
NOTE: There is a rule against screen captures. I did allow Suzie’s submission because of it’s sentimental meaning. MUSIC! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices going last week? Keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, March 10, this was the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 496 – MUSIC
If everybody had your shoulderTo lean their head onto once in a whileThen they’d know what it means to be lovedThey’d never feel alone in their miles They’d wonder why life was so kindWhen they close their eyes at the end of the day And in the darkness there would… Read More »If Everyone Had Someone
It has been a couple of years since I’ve done the Selfie Project, so I thought it was time to bring it back. Why? In addition to being a fan favorite, it helps me at the end of the year when I’m filling out my Ledger and when I’m thinking… Read More »Selfie Project – January 2025
It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. But as we are heading into a new year,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 489 – COMPETITION
This is the balance of sunflower pictures I took in the sunflower patch near the Harrier Marsh east of Ogden a few miles. Next Thursday’s flowertography session will go back to flowers from my yard!
Not actually using a song title for today’s journal entry for flowers. Almost every flower I photograph on the regular has a set title. Today I’m sharing only sunflower pictures, so I thought it would more apropos to use the name for all of my sunflower pictures. Painted without Instruction.… Read More »Painted without Instruction
Time to reveal the March image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: MARCH TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: 14-24 Sigma f/2.8 DG DN Art FOCAL LENGTH: 24mm APERTURE: f/8 EXPOSUER: 1/800 ISO: 400 DATE: June 12, 2024 I took this picture because I wanted a Bokeh picture to enter… Read More »Sweet 22: The Beginning
Time again to clear up some of the backlog. This is a collection of images from February, March, and April that just never found a home in a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. Some were take as theme reveal images for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. One was a test picture… Read More »You’re so Effing Special
On that road trip I took back in November, after I left Nevada, I ended up in Winterset. I started my trip by tooling around Winterset City Park. The only City Park I’ve ever seen that rivals McHose Park for excellence. I started by hitting up Clark Tower and then… Read More »Winterset City Park
Yum Yum, Yum Yum Yum Yum, Yum Yum Yum Yum, breakfast burrito Yum Yum, breakfast burrito Yum Yum, breakfast burrito Yum Yum, breakfast burrito Breakfast burrito, you’re hot and you’re yummy You fill up my tummy with hugs Breakfast burrito, you’re easy to eat When I’m driving a car or… Read More »Yum Yum Breakfast Burrito
I can’t fight this feeling any longer And yet I’m still afraid to let it flow What started out as friendship has grown stronger I only wish I had the strength to let it show I tell myself that I can’t hold out forever I said there is no reason… Read More »Can’t Fight this Feeling
I turned my back You were gone in a flash Like you always do You’ve always gone off Somewhere else And when the phone rang And I thought it was you And I sprung like a kid Who just got out of school But it’s almost Always never you Never… Read More »When I’m Alone