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Carla, Kim, Pastor Sarah, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 18 – STORE

January 18, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

Some of the regulars weren’t out and about this week, but that is okay, because there was a first time contributor in Sarah Karber! I’m expecting big things from her in the future!

Here are the submissions for STORE:

Kim Barker

Carla Stensland 1

Christopher D. Bennett

Carla Stensland 2

Sarah Karber

But enough living in the past. Let’s look at this week’s theme:

GRAFFITI!

I know the weather is cold, but hopefully a few of us can get out there and find some GRAFFITI to photograph this week. Although I can think of lots of warm bathrooms that have graffiti. But maybe that is just a guy thing.

HOUSEKEEPING

Nothing new to report. No new email subscribers this week. No website changes. No movement by the Super Secret Handshake Team.

Ruins

Pre-Work

January 15, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett

I would hazard to guess that these buses are among the most photographed subjects in Boone County (adjusted for teenage-girl-selfie-inflation).

Right up there with the Kate Shelley High Bridge, the High Trestle Trail Bridge, the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad, and Ledges State Park.

I have a plan for photographing them, this photo is the result of a scouting trip.

You’ll be seeing these buses again.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONLY SLT-A65V
LENS: DT 18-70mm f3.5-5.6
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 70mm (105mm – 35mm)
APERTURE: f/7.1
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 12-27-2015 14:23
LATITUDE: 42.00823°
LONGITUDE: -93.89162
ALTITUDE: 319.2 me3ters above Sea Level

Formal Portrait, Scottie D.

Playground

January 14, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett

I was recently commissioned by longtime patron of Photography 139 Scottie D. to take some candids of his children for a Christmas present for his wife. I believe her name to be Wife.

We took a few hundred of them playing. This is one of my favorites.

I’m sure I will have a few more to share from this photo shoot.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
LENS: 28-80mm f3.5-5.6
ISO: 1600
FOCAL LENGTH: 20mm (30mm in 35mm)
APERTURE: f/5.6
EXPOSURE: 1/1000
DATE: 12-12-2015 – 10:34
LATITUDE: 42.03891°
LONGITUDE: -93.88699°
ALTITUDE: 348.3 meters above Sea Level

Becca, Bethany, Calendar, Dae Hee, Family, Laura, Nate

An Irrevocable Condition

January 13, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett

Often times when I put calendars out into the world, I worry about what kind of home it will receive. Will it be loved? Will it be adored? Will it end up on a wall with tons of writing on it?

Recently I received a couple text pictures of Photography 139 Calendars in their new homes.

While it might seem that I’m soliciting such images, I am not, but I do love getting them.

Here are those 2 images, Photogrpahy 139 Calendars. Home.

Colleen’s Calendar

Becca’s Calendar

I’m glad to see these calendars have found good, loving homes in Arizona.

Flowers, State Fair

Daisy Bush

January 12, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

Oh… why not take a look at another flower from the Iowa State Fair?

Don’t worry. I’ll be out of these by next year’s State Fair. I’m almost to the picture that got me kicked out of the flower garden.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
LENS: 60mm F2 MACRO
ISO: 1000
FOCAL LENGTH 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency)
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2015 -18:31
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 41.1″
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 4.5″
ALTITUDE: 242.22 meters

Angie, Blogging, Kim, Michelle, Russell, Shawn Karber, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 17 – TEXTURE

January 11, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 4 Comments

Considering that this week’s theme was the most accessible, I feel like the amount of submissions isn’t too shabby.

Let’s have a look at the submissions for TEXTURE:

Angie DeWaard 1

Kim Barker

Michelle Haupt

Angie DeWaard 2

Christopher D. Bennett

But what is this week’s theme? Scroll down:

STORE!

There are multiple definitions of STORE. When this theme was written, Humble Narrator was thinking about a place you go and buy things, but you can define the word in any way that speaks to you.

Since we are several weeks in, we should have a rules refresher.

RULES

1. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge.
2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by noon on the Monday of the challenge. It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.

That is it, them’s the rules.

HOUSEKEEPING

PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

There is a new email subscriber to celebrate this week. Sarah Karber has shown her keen intellect and sophisticated tastes by becoming a Photography 139 email subscriber. Sarah once worked for the Smithsonian and she got her Divinity degree from Vanderbilt. In short, she is one of the most fascinating people I know. So if you see her out and about walking the mean streets of Boone, feel free to give her the knowing glance and show her the super-secret Photography 139 handshake.

PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SUPER-SECRET HANDSHAKE DIVISION

I haven’t heard any reports from this division for quite some time. I think they’ve given up.

BLOGGING NEWS

A reminder that while I’m not posting these in AN ARTIST’S NOTEBOOK AKA The Journal AKA this here blog, the 2016 SELF-PORTRAIT PROJECT (or as Russell calls it THE SELFIE PROJECT) is ongoing and you can check in on it over yonder:

2016 SELF-PORTRAIT PROJECT

On Saturdays, I’m going to start publishing lists. This won’t be shared on any social media. It will be kind of a perk for being an email subscriber. Well, maybe a perk. Maybe a torment. I don’t really have real strong plans for it, but I’m sure you’ll be able to look forward to my opinions on things I know about (the best tenderloin spots in Iowa) and things I don’t really know about (I’m not really sure what qualifies here) to things I don’t really care about, but other people do (ranking the best STAR WARS movie to the worst).

Well, stop reading this and get out and take a STORE picture!

Basketball, Derrick, Evie, Iowa State, Jen, Layla, Naima, Photoshop, WPC - Reminder

With the Beefcake Pantyhose

January 8, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

You can look at this collection of losers for RED from the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE in a couple of different ways.

Either I just wanted an excuse more pictures of my dog.

Well that is interesting.

You see, there is a setting on my camera that drops out all other colors but red. It is far from 100%, but it creates interesting images.

Oh… also a picture of my trip to Hilton with Jen, Derrick, Evie, and Layla thrown in at the end there.

Linda, Road Trip, Ruins

Kobe

January 7, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 7 Comments

A picture of something broken down and old. From my Aunt Linda’s farm.

As you all know E’s here to rule… No wait that isn’t right.

As you all know, I love rusted out old stuff. I will need to photograph this farm more thoroughly at some point.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (35mm equivalency – 90mm)
ISO: 500
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/100
DATE: 11/20/15 – 14:44
NO GPS DATA

Black & White, Flowers, State Fair

Osteospermum

January 6, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

It has probably been too long since I posted a picture from the Iowa State Fair flower garden. Better remedy that:

Daisies have always been one of my favorites to photograph.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: Sony SLT-A65V
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (35mm equivalency – 90mm)
ISO: 1000
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/160
DATE: 08/22/2015 18:31
LATITUDE: 41° 35′ 41.2″
LONGITUDE: 93° 33′ 4.5″
ALTITUDE: 242.25 meters

Self-Portrait, Self-Portrait Project

Self-Portrait Project de 2016

January 5, 2016 Christopher D. Bennett 6 Comments

I’m starting a self-portrait project where I take a self-portrait every day for 2016 with New Toy*. At the end of 2016 I will compile these into a video and you can witness how time ravages this beautiful visage.

These photos are not meant to be particularly ambitious. Just me, in my ordinary backgrounds of my life.

It is possible that if you attend a party, wedding, mission trip, or sporting event with me, you could get drug into this project as well.

I should note that due to my history with point & shoot cameras, I will be surprised if I finish this project and don’t break New Toy before 2016.

Here are the first few images:

I won’t be posting these pictures on a regular basis, but if you feel so inclined, you can follow along as I post them to their gallery. Click link below:

2016 Self-Portrait Project

*Not really new at this point.