We’ve been fighting a losing battle against the insects for fifteen years, but I never thought I’d see the final face-off in my lifetime. And I never dreamed, that it would turn out to be the bees. They’ve always been our friend. -Brad Crane Many of you might not remember… Read More »Houston on Fire
I must really like these flowers because I took lots of pictures of them. I threatened an all flower week a couple weeks back, but this might be that week. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency) ISO: 1000 APERTURE: f/4 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE: 08/22/15 18:24… Read More »Mo’ Better Oinge
There were a decent amount of submissions this week. Let’s have a look! Jerry Thilges Michelle Haupt Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard Mike Vest Time to reveal this week’s theme. It is an easy one! SHADOWS! Who wants a definition of SHADOWS? You are in luck! Keep reading… SHADOW (noun)… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 6 – FACELESS PORTRAIT
Although this undeniably falls into the category of posed photo, I still enjoy it as it shows flashes of truth. And we all know what Picasso said about art and the truth… right? The Howard Children and their Significant Others I should make a quick note that with this journal… Read More »Thug Life
Here are a few pictures I like that come from New Toy, but don’t fit into any particular narrative. Went to Hilton Madness with Willy and Derrick. Fizer and Frese mixing it up with the young pups. Youth Room Mike, John, and Tim at the Event Formerly Known as the… Read More »Incidental
It seems like a good time to return to the Iowa State Fair flower garden. This also isn’t the picture that got me kicked out of the flower garden, but that one is coming up soon. I swear. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency) ISO:… Read More »Realism
In honor of Tacoctober a few friends from the mine and I held a taco tailgate before the Iowa State-Texas Christian football match recently. It seemed like a good time to squeeze off a few shots on the new toy. Here are a few shots from Taco Tailgate 2015: Since… Read More »Taco Tailgate
Admittedly, at this time of year, this is a hard theme to tackle. However, a fair amount of people were able to find a WILD ANIMAL. The challenge gets harder and harder as the weather gets colder and colder. This week’s submissions: Micky Augustin Michelle Haupt Mike Vest Christopher D.… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Week 5 – WILD ANIMAL
I obviously couldn’t go through the entire week without posting 1 flower picture. Russell would leave the family out of protest, I have no doubts… Another flower picture from my trip to the Iowa State Fair. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONLY SLT-A65V FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (35mm equivalency – 90mm) ISO: 1250 APERTURE:… Read More »Side
It took many shots to get my submission for GREEN in this week’s Weekly Photo Challenge. Thought I would share some of the failures that are cool in their own right. Jay was the assistant-slash-balloon-smasher for this photo project.
We recently held an auction at the Computer Mine. The one thing in the auction that I really coveted was a blue Canon A4000 IS. I’m not a Canon guy at all. However, I’ve been sans point and shoot for a couple years now and there are times (like mission… Read More »New Toy
Actually, not coming soon. They are already there. Recently my sister Teresa came across a collection of theater seats at the Funky Rooster. She was able to negotiate a sweet deal and after borrowing a truck from the Petersons and getting Derrick to help load them and Willy to help… Read More »Coming Soon…
Pretty good participation this week. I have no complaints. The submissions for GREEN: Angie DeWaard Michelle Haupt Monica Kewer Monica Kewer Monica Kewer Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett It is time to reveal this week’s theme… WILD ANIMALS! Time for a definition… A wild animal is defined as an animal… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge Week 4 – GREEN
I’ve always said that my favorite pictures of people are when they are being real and not the posed holiday card variety. Perhaps this is why I have so few portrait accounts. Also perhaps why I don’t have a Christmas card. In between painting my house and going out for… Read More »You Lookin’ at Me?
It has been almost a week since I posted a flower picture and I’m sure that Russell was probably getting a little antsy, so I’ll post one of my favorite pictures that I took at the Iowa State Fair. I might even finish the week out back to back to… Read More »Oinge
Here are more painting pictures. YEAH!!! These are from my other sister Carla: Jesse, trying to break my window. Jeff watches on. Anders, painting away! Anders and Ian painting away! Melissa and Scottie D. painting the east side of the house. Anna painting! Teresa cutting some plastic as Willy and… Read More »Painting Vol. III
Participation took a slight uptick this week. Perhaps a promising sign. Here are this week’s submissions for CAMERA: Becky Perkovich Mike Vest Michelle Haupt Christopher D. Bennett So it is time to reveal next week’s amazing theme: GREEN! green – adjective1. of the color between blue and yellow in the… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge – Week 3 – CAMERA
A little return to my trip to the Iowa State Fair. Windmill This windmill is actually located in the same place as all the flowers. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONLY SLT-A65V FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm Equivalency) ISO: 100 APERTURE: f/4 EXPOSURE: 1/160 LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 41.9″ LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 5.3″… Read More »Back to the Fair
What lies below are a few pictures my sister Teresa took of the painting. Yep. That is Jesse trying to break my front window. More Jesse trying to break my window. Another angle of Jesse trying to break my window. There may be more action packed painting pictures coming your… Read More »Painting Vol. II
The great national nightmare, or maybe it was just my nightmare, is finally, virtually over. The 2 day house painting party this weekend is over and my house is painted! Just a couple splashes of paint here and there, and hanging a few things up and it is over. So… Read More »Painting!
Saw this spot of purple in my backyard so I figured I better photograph it. After all, somebody once said that “if you don’t notice a spot of purple in nature, it pisses God off.” Okay, that isn’t the exact quote, but I’m not feeling the motivation to look it… Read More »Weed