The pictures in the folder called 10-27-08 are from Brandon’s Senior Night playing football for dear old Boone High. Attending that football match against the worst town in Iowa (Ballard)* was the first time I had attended a Boone High football game since I graduated from the jewel of Iowa’s… Read More »10-27-08
There are 2 types of pictures in the folder called 10-26-08. Some are from Iowa State’s game with Texas A&M. The second type are pictures from a Suffrage Parade re-enactment that took place in Boone in 2008. Perhaps you don’t know that Boone was (possibly) the site of the first… Read More »10-26-08
Loyal leaders may recall that I started up the Selfie Project again in 2019. At the end of every month I will check-in with it to share some of my favorites from the month. If you don’t want to wait until the end of the month, you can follow me… Read More »Selfie Project – January
Last Sunday there was one of nature’s greatest shows. The lunar eclipse! I decided to check it out and photograph it because there won’t be another total lunar eclipse visible in Iowa for several years. Although I cut my photography session short because I was having severe tripod problems, I… Read More »Bloody Wolf Lunar Eclipse
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
The pictures in the folder named 09-07-08 are from the 2008 Iowa State-Kent State football game. Iowa State won the game to go 2-0 on the season. Here are some pictures from the folder: Looking at some of these old pictures from 2008 makes me really miss when Willy and… Read More »09-07-08
The pictures in the folder called 08-29-08 are from the Iowa State-South Dakota State game in 2008. Unlike this year’s South Dakota State game, it didn’t get cancelled due to weather. It wouldn’t go on to cost us wins over Iowa and TCU. But that is another subject! Here are… Read More »08-29-08
If you’re not in the parade, you watch the parade. That’s life. -Mike Ditka Last Thursday was the annual lighted parade in Boone. I’m sure it has a proper name, but I don’t know what it is. As a member of the Outreach Committee, I was part of the team… Read More »That’s Life
I took Page 78 of the PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT on the morning of the Barbecue Contest of the Iowa State Fair. I came back to the Iowa State Fair on the last day of the fair to take the companion picture. Page 78 was to “Photograph a place that’s nondescript… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 79
Seemed like a good time to share some of my pictures from the Iowa State Fair this year. I made two trips to the Fair. 1 with Baby Got Rack. The other on the last day of the Fair with Jesse and Nader to pick up my 2 photos that… Read More »I Want My Mummies
Going to put two folders of images out there on this post. The folders 07-07-08 and 07-12-08 contain pictures of light painting of flowers and from Saucy Jack’s night at Ames on the Half Shell. I haven’t really done much light painting lately. It is something I need to try… Read More »07-07-08 & 07-12-08
The images in the folder call 07-05-08 involved a long day of Jaycee activities I engaged in on July 4, 2008. I began the day helping out at a special Ames on the Half Shell event involving the Burnin’ Sensations and The Nadas. Then I went and helped setup and… Read More »07-05-08
Participation for CANDID PORTRAIT took the usual holiday drop off, but there were still a few people loyal enough to the cause that made it worth the effort. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Carla… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 155 – CANDID PORTRAIT
There isn’t much to the folder called 07-02-08. A few pictures from a small road trip that I took with Becky. Then some flower pictures. No reason to dilly dally. Let’s get to it: I remember being so disappointed when I saw the design of the new “High Bridge”. 10… Read More »07-02-08
It is your weekly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is CANDID PORTRAIT. A great theme! One of the best ever! But what is a CANDID PORTRAIT? A CANDID PORTRAIT is a portrait where the subject isn’t posed. They probably don’t even know that they are being photographed.… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 118
This collection of Beale Street images is the last of my photos from my trip to Memphis with Jesse and Russell to watch Iowa State in the Liberty Bowl. I didn’t have overwhelming expectations for Memphis, but it ended up being one of my favorite cities I have ever visited.… Read More »Beale Street
There is a bit of variety in the folders 06-22-08 & 06-23-08. There are pictures of Elainie playing softball. There are pictures of an Ames on the Half Shell concert. Vivace I believe. There are pictures of Scottie D. and I tenderloining. Have a look: By adding these pictures to… Read More »06-22-08 & 06-23-08
I think NIGHT can be one of the tougher themes, but we still had plenty of submissions! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! So without further adieu, I present the NIGHT photos: Andy Sharp Becky… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 149 – NIGHT
The world wasn’t ready for these ROAD TRIP photos on Monday. The world still wasn’t ready for them on Tuesday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: After Jewell, I tooled through Ellsworth. From Ellsworth I moved onto Radcliffe.… Read More »I Get So Frustrated, Take A Look at What I Created, Time is Wasting and I Ain’t Waiting!
As you may have guessed, I have a ton of alternative BLACK & WHITE images for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. The world wasn’t ready for them on Monday. I’m not sure the world can handle them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: Some of these pictures were… Read More »I’m a Mean Photog, Better Feed Me Fauxtogs or Feed Me Picts, Ah, Feed Me Both of ‘Em
Hitting up that proverbial backlog. I took a few pictures back in September of the final firetub night of the year. Willy was there! I often think about replacing firetub and putting something classier there, but firetub just stands the test of time. Hoping 2018 is another good year for… Read More »You Don’t Care For Me. I Don’t Care About That!