Day 5. The last day I spent in Austin for the bi-annual CMC. This is the best day because it is only a half day of work. Then there is the rest of the day basically free. This was the best half day I’ve had at the CMC. Joe lives… Read More »Austin Day 5: River Walk
… than to be loved for what you are not.” Thursdays are for flowers. This flowertography session took place in my yard. It was kind of a first pass at trying to get a picture that I ultimately entered in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I hope you like… Read More »Better to Be Hated for What You Are…
The first day of October! No better day to share THE SELFIE PROJECT images from September. I freely confessed that I struggled with the project this month. Often forgetting to take my selfie until the last minute. I was insanely busy for parts of September, but I didn’t really go… Read More »Selfie Project – September 2025
Since we’ve cleared up the entire 2024 backlog, time to start hammering away at the 2025 backlog. Here is a collection of images from January that never fit into any previous “An Artist’s Notebook” posts. Some of them are just of my outdoor Christmas tree decorations, but others are alternates… Read More »And I Showed You Stars
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS – WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE What skill level photographer can participate? THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is open to photographers of all skill levels. From award winning photographers to professionals to the highly ranked amateurs to those that are just beginning to those who don’t even know how to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 524 – WET
After we left Giant’s Causeway we briefly made a stop in a village nearby and then beat it to Carrick-a-Rede which is a park with a rope bridge that goes over the Atlantic Ocean. 98 feet above the Atlantic Ocean to be exact. After that we headed to Belfast for… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Part 2
Last Saturday was the annual Pufferbilly Days Parade. I was able to participate this year with Boone First United Methodist Church. I snapped a few pictures of the process. Have a looksie: Something I just noticed in the pictures. Whomever picked out the white flower to put in the stack… Read More »Parading with Boone FUMC
Day 4 of the CMC is kind of a brutal affair. It is a 12-14 hour day. First there is the convention itself. It is followed by a mandatory party which, well if you have to be paid to be there… you get the idea. The only time I was… Read More »Austin Day 4: Balloons
“I’m not a romantic, but even I concede that the heart does not exist solely for the purpose to pump blood.” Time for another collection of flowertography images. This collection was taken in my yard: Next Thursday’s flowertography session will also take place in my yard.
Back in January I took a few pictures of Bokeh running around after some snow and some pictures of my Nativity covered in snow. Here are those pictures: That dog sure loves the snow!
STATUE! What a great theme! But did enough people find something sedentary to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 15, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Ben Baier – 1 week2-Suzie Brannen – 1 week3-Sarah Karber – 1 week4-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 2… Read More »WPC – WEEK 523 – STATUE
I took a lot of cell phone pictures on Day 2 of Ireland. So many, that I’m going to split them in 2. The first part will consist of cell phone pictures I took at Giant’s Causeway. One thing about Ireland is that every day I saw something that was… Read More »Ireland Day 2: Part 1
For the first time ever, Big Noon came to Iowa State for their game against the Iowa Hawkeyes. It was hard to get many picture of the pregame show because it ends right before the game. However, Barstool Sports was there and also did a show right next to where… Read More »Cyclone State: Big Noon
On Day 3 of Austin, I was able to get away from work enough to do a quick little walk around our area and do some night street photography. Here are some pictures: The next day in Austin, there wasn’t much of anything, as far as photography, but I’ll share… Read More »Austin Day 3: Night Street Photography
Thursdays are for flowers! This flowertography session took place in my yard. Have a peek: Next Thursday’s flowertography collection will also take place in my yard.
This is the final collection of 2024 images (besides the Howard Family Photo Shoot) I have to share. Then the 2024 backlog will be all but clear! Have a look: Feels good to have that 2024 backlog all but cleared.
Going to wipe out the rest of the 2024 images (with the exception of the Howard Family Photo Shoot) in the next 2 days. These are a bunch of images that I liked, but never really found their way into a previous “An Artist’s Notebook” entry. They are all over… Read More »We Sat on Your Roof
DAMAGED! What a great theme! But did enough people find something roughed up to make it a popular theme? As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 8, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1 week*2-Mary Green – 1 week*3-Sabas Hernandez – 1 week4-Jesse Howard –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 522 – DAMAGED
Last Sunday we left off basically when I was getting ready to get off the plane. We will continue from there. The first day in Ireland. It was my first time really going through Customs in over 20 years. Getting into Ireland was pretty simple. They asked why we were… Read More »Ireland Day 1
Time to clean out that 2024 backlog some more. This collection of mostly street photography images in downtown Boone. I think most of these were either alternate images for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme SYMMETRY and maybe some were images considered for a theme reveal image for REFLECTIONS. Have… Read More »Well, It was Nearly Summer
Day 2 in Austin really was all work. I’m not even sure if I left the hotel the entire day. Which means I took hardly any pictures. But what I got I will share. Hope you like pictures of a hotel! Here they are: On Day 3 I was able… Read More »Austin Day 2: All Work and No Play