NATURE photography turned out to be in the NATURE of several people. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Elizabeth Nordeen Kim Barker Teresa Kahler Elizabeth Nordeen Tamara Peterson Michelle Haupt Christopher D. Bennett Shannon Bardole-Foley… Read More »WPC – WEEK 324 – NATURE
I guess I should start by wishing everybody a Black Friday. Not one of my favorite days. A tribute to consumerism. Or as my boy Tyler Durden might say: Advertising has us chasing cars and clothes, working jobs we hate so we can buy shit we don’t need, and the… Read More »Late Morning Lullaby
REFLECTION is starting out not that popular theme. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT CARLA STENSLAND Bill Wentworth Tamara Peterson Shannon Bardole-Foley Kim Barker Micky Augustin Elizabeth Nordeen Kio Dettman But enough… Read More »WPC – WEEK 323 – REFLECTION
Here is the final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Hancock County. Although I would say about 50% of these pictures were taken in other counties. Like Winnebago County or Cerro Gordo County or Worth County. Forest City Pilot Knob State Park Fertile Thornton… Read More »Hancock County Auxiliary Images Vol. 3
I took this collection of flower pictures on my birthday. It wasn’t my birthday recently, but I’m sure you know when my birthday was without Facebook telling you. These flowers and the dog were all found in my yard.
This is the final collection of auxiliary images I took while on a road trip with Carla to Butler County to harvest their town signs. Clarksville If you aren’t down with Mollie B, you aren’t down with me. Allison Greene Aredale Bristow Butler Center Ackley I plan in great detail… Read More »BUTLER COUNTY AUXILIARY IMAGES VOL. 2
A few weeks back I tooled around Butler County with Carla harvesting their town signs. I’ve already shared pictures from the beautiful garden in New Hartford. This is a collection of other images I took on the trip. I have so many questions. Aplington I have questions about the hours.… Read More »Butler County Auxiliary Images Vol. 1
A few weeks back Jesse and I toured Poweshiek County and harvested their town signs. Here are the auxiliary images from that road trip: Victor Brooklyn Guernsey Montezuma Barnes City Searsboro Malcom Grundy County is the next county I need to share auxiliary images from.
At least a few people were able to figure out what PATHS they are walking for the theme of PATHS. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions. Tamara Peterson Christopher D. Bennett Teresa Kahler Teresa Kahler… Read More »WPC – WEEK 307 – PATHS
A few weeks back was the Boone County Fair. I didn’t spend much time there, but even with what little time I was there, it felt good to be back. Last year was the first time I didn’t at least make a brief appearance at the Boone County Fair, probably… Read More »Boone County Fair 2021
The theme of ARCHITECTURE rang the bell of a few people. Quite a few people, actually. Anita Ward would be proud. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Logan Kahler Micky Augustin Micky Augustin Micky Augustin… Read More »WPC – WEEK 306 – ARCHITECTURE
Here is the final chapter in the storage of my Grandma Bennett’s brief third marriage: Handschin Killer Commits Suicide At Reformatory Sioux City, Feb. 15 Mrs. Martelle McPeek, 29 year-old blonde, who last January 11th shot her lover after being jilted, committed suicider early today in the woman’s reformatory at… Read More »Tama County Auxiliary Images – 2
There were hardly any pictures in the folder 2010-09-29 so I decided to combine it with 2010-09-30. This collection includes a picture of a buckeye. I really wish I remember why I took this buckeye picture. I never shared it on this here blog. Buckeyes have a deeper family connection… Read More »2010-09-29 & 2010-09-30
Today I’m sharing a collection I took over a couple days back in February or Naima and of an icicle. Some people say I don’t take enough pictures of Naima. Naima is not one of those people. She is a dog. +++++++ This your reminder that this week’s THE WEEKLY… Read More »Assemblage
Back in March I made a solo trip up to Franklin County to harvest the town signs that I was missing. Here are some of the auxiliary images I took while I was up there. Popejoy Bradford Hampton Chapin Sheffield Hampton Again Geneva Beeds Lake State Park Coulter Franklin County… Read More »Franklin County Auxiliary Images
When we left off, I had just won 1st Place in Black and White and 3rd Place in Color at the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest, but had been completely rejected by the Iowa State Fair for the 4th year in a row. Whatever I was selling, the judges were not… Read More »My (Sad) Photo Contest History – 2
This post is a collection of some macro (mostly) pictures I took across February. Most are of an icicle, but a couple are of a lilac bud from my lilac bush. I might get into the history of those lilacs at some point, but not today. And of course, a… Read More »Macrocicle
Here is another small collection of some of the first images I took with the Lensbaby Velvet 85 back in January: I’m still going to go into some detail about what makes the Lensbaby Velvet 85 such a special unique lens at some point. Just not today. +++++++ This is… Read More »More of that Velvet 85
The third new lens I purchased at the beginning of the year was a Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro Art Lens. I had a 50mm macro lens, but I needed a longer macro lens. Here are the first pictures I took with it: I might go into some technical… Read More »Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro Art Lens
I should point out that I messed up the coding in yesterday’s post. You should go to that post again to see the corrections in the code that allow you to see Kim’s and Shannon’s submissions. My Christmas present to my self was a Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8 lens. I… Read More »Lensbaby Velvet 85mm f/1.8
The pictures in the folder are from when the Creek formerly known as Squaw flooded Duff Avenue in the August of 2010. I’m not being sarcastic, I just know that they recently changed the name of Squaw Creek, I just have no clue what they changed it to. Ioway maybe?… Read More »2010-08-11