Soul Expansion – 2012 I don’t think I need to go into detail about how moonflowers are my favorite flowers, but it should be noted that I had a weird crop of moonflowers this year. They didn’t flourish in their normal area, but they did do okay. A giant moonflower… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #140
The rest of the Digging for Gold – 2012 Series: Next week’s Personal Photo Project of the Week is still somewhat of a mystery to me.
More pictures from the Digging for Gold – 2012 Series: More from the Iowa State Fair tomorrow.
Digging for Gold – 2012 This week’s Personal Photo Project was to photograph the flowers of the Iowa State Fair. More from the Digging for Gold – 2012 Series: More from the State Fair tomorrow.
I only made it to the Iowa State Fair once this year. I went with Nader on the last day of the fair to pick up my entries for the Photography Salon. I’ll try to do better next year. I love the DNR Building! Nader Mmmmmmmmmm… Chocolate Moose! Sara has… Read More »Fairlicious
A few weeks back I spent a night on Lake Augustin trying to catch some fish with Micky. This was the first time I’ve been fishing in over 20 years. Last time I went fishing was with my grandpa. I got bored and wandered off. He wasn’t too happy. Here… Read More »Fishing Lake Augustin
The conclusion of the The Girl in the Blue Skirt Beta – 2012 Series: Next week’s Personal Photo Project will involve a train.
More pictures from the The Girl in the Blue Skirt Beta -2012 Series: More lily pictures on the morrow.
The Girl in the Blue Skirt Beta – 2012 Even though my lily patch didn’t take off quite like I had hoped this year (due to neglect and heat), all of these lily pictures are either my lilies or my Mom’s lilies. I didn’t go trolling for lilies any place… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #132 Alpha
Inferiority Complex – 2012 This week’s Personal Photo Project was to photograph my Mom’s hibiscus. The rest of the Inferiority Complex – 2012 Series: My goal is for next week’s Personal Photo Project to be lilies, but realistically it will probably be sunflowers.
The remainder of the Nature’s Amen – 2012 Series: Next week’s Personal Photo Project will be either lilies or sunflowers or hibiscus, depends on what I can get to for photo editing purposes.
Nature’s Amen – 2012 As Boone’s premiere hollyhock gardener I felt that I better take more photos of my hollyhocks this year than last year. The week’s Personal Photo Project reflects that commitment. More from the Nature’s Amen – 2012 Series: More hollyhocks tomorrow!
Happy Things – 2012 This week’s project was to photograph coneflowers. Coneflowers are probably a top 5 flower for me. Admittedly, they aren’t much to look at, but I find the transformation the flower makes over its total lifespan to be fascinating. The rest of the Happy Things – 2012… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #128
Unceasing Effort I’m sure that it is well documented that I love alliums. They are definitely in my top 5 favorite flowers. Probably top 3. This week’s project was simply to photograph alliums. The rest of the Unceasing Effort Series: I was fortunate to grow some alliums this year. I… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #127
More pictures from the The Girl in the Blue Skirt Alpha – 2012 Series: Not entirely sure what next week’s Personal Photo Project of the Week will involve. It all depends on what I can get edited. Best guess is that it will involve aliums.
The Girl in the Blue Skirt Alpha – 2012 This week’s photo project was to photograph daisies. More of the The Girl in the Blue Skirt Alpha – 2012 Series: More daisy pictures tomorrow.
I hung out with more creatures than just Lancelot and Elaine on my loop. Here is a look at the rest of the Tennyson Series: This insane graffiti that looks just like Bill was on the side of a generator near the lake. It still blows my mind! Would you… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #123 Beta
Use and Virtue – 2012 This project was to photograph some of the guys that live in my yard, not named Foster or Naima. The rest of the Use and Virtue – 2012 Series: I do find insects to be fascinating. I’ll definitely have to revisit them as subjects again… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #121
A few weeks back I posted about a collection of photos of mine that grace the wall of the United Way of Story County’s lobby wall. I finally got a chance to get down there to see the wall in its glory on Saturday before Shannon and I went to… Read More »United Way Wall
There has been a void in my computer bag since last August when my favorite lens went kaput. I finally got around to replacing it recently. Tamron 60mm Macro Lens This is the 1st picture I took with the new lens. Here are a few of the technical specifications of… Read More »Tamron SP60mm f/2 Di II 1:1 Macro Auto Focus Lens
Sorrow and Gladness – 2012 My annual trip to the State Center Rose Garden was kind of bittersweet. I went earlier than normal because of how early flowers have been blooming this year. As it turns out, I probably went too early and it was definitely too windy to get… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #110