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
The images below come from the following folder: Backup/My Pictures/People/Display Pictures These pictures were mostly old IM profile pictures or pictures from our pregnancy blog. Next week’s folder will be: Backup/My Pictures/People/Family/Bennetts
Can Upset Stomach If Eaten in High Quantity This week’s project was to photograph some of my grandma’s chives. More pictures from the Can Upset Stomach if Eaten in High Quantity Series:
Rebels This week’s project was to photograph my Mom’s columbines. More from the Rebels Series: Columbines are a very photogenic flower. I’ll have to revisit them again next year.
Shannon contacted me about contributing some photos to the wall near her desk at the United Way of Story County office a couple months back. I was able to get those pictures ordered for her and she got them on the wall a couple weeks back. I don’t have a… Read More »United Way Wall
Art is Art This project was simply to do some macro photography of my rhubarb patch. My rhubarb patch did come back a bit stronger this year, then Naima started tromping on it. But it was still good enough for my grandma and aunt Annie to get quite a bit… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #103
Still Laughing 2012 There are a lot fewer tulip pictures this year, both the obvious and the weather played a big part in that. In fact, due to the fact that almost all flowers are blooming a month early this year, I’m pretty sure I will miss out on most… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #100
I only had time last year to make a handful of calendars. If you didn’t get a calendar this year, I am sorry. I only had one left and I gave it to Nader because he actually called and asked for one. If somebody begged I suppose I could print… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #99
The remainder of the pictures from my Grandma’s flower beds. Although I’m sure some of her flowers will show up again in a future Personal Photo Project. Next week’s Personal Photo Project will involve roses.
More pictures of my Grandma’s flowers… More pictures from the Whispering Beauty Series tomorrow.
Whispering Beauty This actually started out to just be pictures of my Grandma’s peonies, but it encompassed several of her flowers at the time I photographed them. Here are more pictures from the Whispering Beauty Series. More pictures from my Grandma’s garden tomorrow.
The rest of Jen’s birthday iris pictures. These last two images are clearly not irises, but I took them at the same time. So enjoy! Remember, you can vote for Jen’s birthday present in the comments section below.
Mad with Joy There can be no doubt that there are certain subjects that I photograph for certain people. For example, I photograph tulips and roses for my Mom. I photograph daisies and lilies for Jill. (A fact that lead to a rather embarrassing phone call recently that the story… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #75 Alpha
The final pictures from the Plant Happiness Series. The last few pictures were taken of the lilies I purchased and planted in my lily patch when I got home from the excursion with my Mom. The very last picture is of an an archaic creature that can no longer be… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #74 Gamma
More pictures from my trip to the Northwest Greenhouse with my Mom.
Plant Happiness The Plant Happiness Series comes from a trip I made to the Northwest Greenhouse with my Mom. Here are more pictures from the series: > More pictures from the Plant Happiness Series tomorrow.
The rest of the tulip pictures from my trip to Pella with my Mom. Next week’s Personal Photo Project involves the final piece or the endgame of the 9 Emotions Project.
More pictures of tulips from my trip to Pella with my Mom. More from the Still Laughing Series tomorrow.
Still Laughing I took a calculated risk this year and went to Pella with my Mom a full week before I did last year. I knew it was a risk because of the relatively cold spring and my risk did not pay off. Very few of their tulips were blooming.… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #69 Alpha