Today is Adam’s birthday so I have to with him a happy birthday: Happy birthday Adam! I hope your birthday is another big advance in your recovery and we will see you back in the pulpit soon! +++++++ This is a comprehensive sweep of all the pictures from 2023 (except… Read More »In a Beautiful World
There is a line at the end of “A Christmas Carol” about Scrooge that goes: And it was always said of him, that he knew how to keep Christmas well, if any man alive possessed the knowledge. May that be truly said of us, and all of us! It can… Read More »Merry Christmas from Le Mars!
I wasn’t foolin’ when I said there was a lot of Christmas coming up on this blog. I don’t know why, but last year I really had a bug to go see some Christmas Lights. On December 23 (and important date to me) Jesse and I drove 3 hours (which… Read More »Christmas Acres
For the first time last year, I finally went and checked out the Christmas light show at Reiman Gardens. It was definitely worth the price of admission and I took a few photos. Some more Christmas lights to share in the coming week!
Here is the 3rd and final collection of images from Day 1 of Jesse and I’s trip to Memphis to watch the Liberty Bowl back in December: Day 1 in Memphis was really only a few hours. Day 2 was a packed day. Did a ton of things and took… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 1 Gamma
I made it down to the State Fair briefly last night to see what 3 of my pictures made it. And I came home with the photo book: So if you are going to go to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon, here are your clues to what 3 pictures… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 1 Beta
Ooooh… starting to run out of 2023 images to edit and share. Well not really, but at least getting near the end of the year. But it feels good that maybe by the end of August (hopefully, but not necessarily likely) I will be only posting 2024 images for the… Read More »Boone Christmas Parade
Football season starts at the end of the month. So I probably should start sharing pictures from the road trip Jesse and I took to Memphis to watch Iowa State in the Liberty Bowl. It was a great trip even if the game ended up being somewhat of a dud.… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 1 Alpha
As fall camps are starting around college football in the coming weeks, seems like a good time to share my pictures from the last time the Texas Longhorns will ever play at Jack Trice Stadium. Texas and Oklahoma are leaving the Big 12 for the SEC. Arizona, Arizona State, Colorado,… Read More »Don’t Let the Door Hit You…
ABSTRACT! A great theme! But did enough people make the abstraction to make is a popular theme? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, July 22, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses): 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week… Read More »WPC – WEEK 463 – ABSTRACT
Today is Alexis’ birthday. So I need to wish her a happy birthday. Happy birthday Alexis! I hope it is a magical birthday! Dirty Slytherin… +++++++ Time to share the final set of BLACK & WHITE pictures I took on the 4th of July that were alternates for THE WEEKLY… Read More »And Now I’m Pickin’ Her Apart
Today is Logan’s birthday, so I have to wish him a happy birthday! Happy birthday Logan! I hope your day is filled with quality garage sale finds and a ton of photo opportunities! ++++++ Today is also Derrick’s birthday, so I also need to wish him a happy birthday! Happy… Read More »An Eternal Love BS You Know You’ll Never Mean
Can you believe that this is the 5,250th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 5,250
Day 7 in New Orleans was supposed to be relatively short. Tony and I had a 10:20 flight. So we would leave for the airport a little after 8. We would grab a connecting flight in Denver and be back in the Cyclone State by 3:30. But the best laid… Read More »The Big Easy – Day 7 Phone Pictures
Today is my mother-in-law Colleen’s birthday, so I need to wish her a happy birthday. HAPPY BIRTHDAY! I hope your birthday is magical! +++++++ I didn’t take many phone pictures on Day 2 and Day 3 in New Orleans, so I’m combining them into one post. Day 2 is when… Read More »The Big Easy – Day 2 & 3 Phone Pictures
For no real apparent reason, I thought I would start adding a little photography lesson into these things every month or so. And I mean a very little photography lesson. This month’s lesson is going to be on bokeh. What is bokeh? Bokeh (the Japanese word for blur) is the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 449 – TIME
So this is the final collection of images from my third trip to the Iowa State Fair. This might be my favorite collection as while I love taking pictures at any part of the Iowa State Fair, taking pictures at night is maybe my favorite. Although taking pictures before dawn… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Zeta
The Saturday after the Iowa State Women played for the Big 12 Championship, the Men did the same thing. The played the #1 team in the country, the Houston Cougars. The two teams had split the regular season games. Each team winning on their home floor. Both schools went undefeated… Read More »Big 12 Men’s Basketball Tournament Championship
I told you I would give you the info on as many local area fish fries as I could, on this the opening day of Catholic Fish Fry season. Here is the list I have compiled: St. Malachy, Madrid Feb. 16 & 23 & March 8 & 22 4:30-7 Prices… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 2 – Alpha
Time to share the rest of the images that were rejected for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. Some of these are similar to ones included in the calendar. They come from a wide range of projects. From auxiliary images from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT to alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO… Read More »2024 Photography 139 Calendar Rejects: The Ending
Time to share the final image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. The December image. It is an image of an abandoned (methinks) church I found in northeast Iowa on a THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT road trip: DECEMBER I chose this image for December because I usually like to either… Read More »2024 Photography 139 Calendar Rejects: The Beginning