Way back in May of last year I surprised Nate for his birthday. Well, I wasn’t the surprise, I was the distraction. While I was in the Manhattan area, I snapped a few photos: Some of the pictures were taken in Manhattan suburbs like Leonardville and Ogden and Shelbyville and… Read More »Happy Birthday Nate!
The world wasn’t ready for these ABSTRACT images on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them, but I can’t hold them back any longer: Most of these pictures are of Story Street in Boone. A few are of Nora’s birthday cake. A few are of a snowman… Read More »I’ve Been Through Hell All My Life Though; But I Know Where Heaven Is
The following images are from the folder titled 03-12-08: By restoring this pictures to the Photography 139 Photo Gallery, I was able to restore the following blog post to its original glory: MMMM…. EEL! These pictures were taken one night with Jay, Baier, and Dre. Next Saturday’s walk down memory… Read More »03-12-08
Hitting up the backlog, here are a few pictures I took on Christmas: The tree pictures were taken for consideration for my Merry Christmas post.
Pages 50-51 in the PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT are “A record of missed photo opportunities”. I think that the actual intention is to write down missed opportunities, but I translated it to mean times when the only camera I had on me was my phone. Sometimes that resulted in serviceable pictures… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Pages 50-51
Thought I would share a few cruddy cell phone pictures from my recent trip to Memphis with Russell and Jesse to watch Iowa State’s 21-20 beatdown of Memphis in the Liberty Bowl: You know you’re in Memphis when you walk into a hotel lobby and there is a musician setting… Read More »Refreshed from Time to Time with the Blood of Patriots and Tyrants
The world wasn’t ready for these LOW PERSPECTIVE pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now. But I can’t hold them back any longer: Most of these pictures were taken in Memphis. Others were taken in my backyard. One was taken in my kitchen. You’re… Read More »That Last Album Was Heavy, That Last Album Was Gritty, How You Gon’ Match That?
I just wanted to take a moment to wish all my friends, family, and subscribers a very Merry Christmas! To quote Linus: And there were in the same country shepherds, abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night. And, lo, the angel of the Lord came upon… Read More »Merry Christmas!
A friendly reminder that today is the last day to order a 2018 Photography 139 Calendar! The price of the calendar is still $10. A veritable bargain in this climate of rising prices! I’m sure you are ready to plunk down $10 or $20 or $30 based on the high… Read More »Final Day to Order – 2018 Photography 139 Calendar
The following images came from the folder 01-31-08: The main takeaway from this collection of photos to me is that I hope I still have a full resolution photo of the Rambo Platoon somewhere. RAMBO is a horrible movie, but that was a great night! The quarter picture was from… Read More »01-31-08
I’m pleased to announce that the 2018 Photography 139 Calendar is now on sale! It will be in stock on December 13th and available for delivery following that date. The price of the calendar is still $10. A veritable bargain in this climate of rising prices! I’m sure you are… Read More »2018 Photography 139 Calendar
Last Thursday was the Christmas Lighted Parade in Boone. My church started (hopefully) a new tradition by entering a float in the parade. I went down to the parade with the thought of photographing it, but in the end, I ended up on the church float. Here are a few… Read More »Maybe Christmas Doesn’t Come from a Store
The following images came from the folders called 01-09-08 and 01-15-08: I don’t really know a good way to describe most of these images, so I’ll just let it be. By adding these images to the Photography 139 Smugmug Gallery, I was able to restore these old timey journal entries… Read More »01-09-08 & 01-15-08
A pretty decent week of submissions. TRANSPORTATION really motivated a few people to get out there with there camera! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions: Becky Parmelee Becky Parmelee Cathie Raley Kim Barker Christopher D.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 114 – TRANSPORTATION
The pictures from the album called 12-30-07 are more experiments with projection. I might need to get back into that in the near future. It is a good thing to play with when it is -7 out and the sun goes down at 4:05 PM. By adding these pictures to… Read More »12-30-07
These are images from the folders called 12-09-07 and 12-28-07: The pictures of Nader were taken at Ada Hayden Park in Ames. The pictures of me were taken by Jay around various parts of the mean streets of urban Boone. The beanies I am wearing were a Christmas gift from… Read More »12-09-07 & 12-28-07
Happy Halloween! I hope all of you had a wonderful Halloween! To cap it off, I want to give you my personal candy bar power rankings. Best Candy Bars in the World 1. Whatchamacallit 2. Peanut M&M’s 3. Twix Caramel 4. Snickers 5. Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups Worst Candy Bars… Read More »Happy Halloween!
Most of the pictures in the folder called 12-07-07 were taken at Bandshell Park in Ames. There is a Swift Stop gas station in the bottom 2 pictures. In another life when I ran the campus outpost of the Evil Clown Empire there was a guy that worked for me… Read More »12-07-07
I have a rather shocking confession. I have never done LSD. However, if I had tried LSD, I imagine the experience would be something like walking across the High Trestle Trail Bridge on a dark night. Several weeks back my cousin Sarah and my Aunt Linda were in town and… Read More »LSD the Bridge
Most of the images that are located in the folder 11-29-07 were all taken at Iowa State: Man! I miss being able to turn out the lights at work! Those were the days! By adding these pictures to the SmugMug Gallery I was able to restore the following gallery: HOPE… Read More »11-29-07
ART is one of my favorite themes. I love seeing what kind of ART that people have in their lives. This was a solid week of submissions. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submissions. You came here to see the submissions: Angie DeWaard… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 108 – ART