Happy Valentine’s Day from Photography 139! I love you all! Except those of you I don’t. While some like to dismiss Valentine’s Day as a “Hallmark holiday”, they should remember that Hallmark holidays don’t get banned in countries like Pakistan. I hope your Valentine’s Day was filled with exactly what… Read More »Happy Valentine’s Day
I would describe the amount of submissions this for the theme EYE as fair. People might be coming out of the winter doldrums even though winter weather doesn’t seem to be going anywhere for this week. Maybe next week won’t be so bad. But you didn’t come here to listen… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 178 – EYE
There is quite the collection of images in the folder called 10-13-08. I can’t possibly include all of them in this here entry, so I’ll just have to pick out a few that I like the most. The pictures range from Gyro Day at the Computer Mine to the Ames… Read More »10-13-08
Flowers. A staple of “An Artist’s Notebook”. I took these pictures back in July. I found them in my Mom’s yard Have a look: I figured that since it is going to warm up above negative temperatures soon, flowers would be a good subject for today.
Before we dive into the nuts and bolts of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, I want to acknowledge that today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. While the day is named after and honors Martin Luther King Jr. it is important to acknowledge that it also celebrates this country’s advancements (and… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 175 – MACRO
There are two types of pictures in the folder called 10-01-08. The first types are pictures taken during the restoration process of the Ames Party Bus. The second type is everybody’s favorite: flowers! Have a looksie! ON a future blog I will rehash the rise and ultimate demise of the… Read More »10-01-08
After paying our respects to “The Tall Chief”, we hit the open road. We headed south in Oklahoma and weren’t really sure what we would find. Several miles down the road we saw a sign for Muskogee. While I am personally devoid of musical talent, I do love music. I… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: USS Batfish
I would say that ART was about an average week for participation rates. I figured it would be a higher theme, but it was only average. C’est la vie! Hopefully some people made New Year’s Resolutions to get more ART in their lives, but of course, I am biased. But… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 174 – ART
Hitting the 2018 backlog. All of the pictures in this post were taken on June 26 in my yard. Except for the clematis. The clematis actually grows on the back fence of Stan and Noreen’s yard. Noreen is brilliant at growing clematis. A flower that is not easy to grow.… Read More »When I Walk with You…
Yes Virginia, there was a Photography 139 Calendar this year. However, I didn’t sell them this year. I just made a small run and gave them out to a very few small group of select people. Here are the pictures from the 2019 Photography 139 Calendar: The front cover is… Read More »2019 Photography 139 Calendar
Happy New Year to people who celebrate such things. I like to look at some meaningless statistics every 250 posts and I also look at fairly meaningless year end statistics. Just so happens that I get to combine them today!! Here is both a year in review and a celebration… Read More »Post #3252 – 2018 Year in Review
The images in the folder 09-21-08 run the gamut. There are pictures from Steve’s garden, pictures of my Aunt Linda, pictures of Brandon from his Senior Pictures Photo Shoot, and a picture of the table that became my kitchen table, eventually. The group pictures are from a Majors Family Reunion.… Read More »09-21-08
A few months back I went out into my backyard during a rainstorm and took a few photos of some raindrops. Here are those photos: You can’t beat fun in the rain!
Back in September I hung out in my backyard and took a few photos. Here are a few of those photos. There are more pictures of the cute little spider still out there for me to share!
The pictures in the folder called 08-19-08 are from a trip to the Iowa State Fair. Here are a few of them: There are many more pictures than this from my 2008 trip to the Iowa State Fair. You can check them out by clicking on the link below: 2008… Read More »08-19-08
I decided to make a few abstract images to commemorate the Blue Wave in the 2018 Midterm Elections. I was quite the historical night and a very successful night for the Democrats. Consider: Despite facing tremendous gerrymandering in many states, Democrats gained between 37-39 House seats. The most since the… Read More »#BlueWave2018
The day that I found out that I got 2 pictures in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon, I celebrated by taking a few pictures of flowers in the Photography 139 Flowerbeds. Here are a few of them: Not that I’ve given the matter much thought, but I think that… Read More »About the Sublime
Back at the end of August I had a free Saturday afternoon, so I decided to head out to Big Creek and tackle Page 40 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Create a playlist. Now listen to it while out taking pictures. It was hard for me to determine the exact… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 40
Back at the end of June, I went out into some sloppy rain and grabbed some macro flower photos. Some of hollyhocks. Some of lilies. Now that we are mostly trading in 2018 images, get ready for a flower deluge. Or not. Who knows what way the wind will blow.
There was a bit of drop in my collection of WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE submission this week. The collection of COLLECTIBLE isn’t too large. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Andy Sharp Christopher D. Bennett Angie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 162 – COLLECTIBLE
On Labor Day a (what I believe to be) hummingbird moth took up residence on my back patio. I took a few pictures of the cute, little guy. Thought I would share some: If this is not a hummingbird moth, let me know in the comments section of this here… Read More »Mothra!