Category Archives: Photography

2006

Looking back at my records, as near as I can tell, the first year I made a calendar for was 2001. That means this years calendar is the sixteenth calendar I have produced.

I don’t have templates or know what was on the calendar before 2005.

However, I thought it would be a fun little exercise to look back at the calendars from the last 10 years. Starting with the 2006 Calendar:



January


January Alternate


February


March


March Alternate


April


April Alternate


May


June


July


August


September


October


November


December

Remember, there is still time to order your 2016 PHOTOGRAPHY 139 CALENDAR. I know a guy that knows a guy that can hook you up.

2016

WARNING!

WHAT FOLLOWS IS A TRANSMISSION FROM PHOTOGRAPHY 139’S SHAMELESS COMMERCE DIVISION…

I did get a late jump on the calendars this year, but there is and will be a PHOTOGRAPHY 139 2016 CALENDAR for sale. I haven’t laid my hands on them yet, but the stash will arrive on Friday and be available for weekend delivery.

All the pre-orders will be fulfilled this weekend.

This year’s price is… $11.00… cheap.

The best way to order your calendar is to contact me via email bennett@photography139.com.

Here is a look at this year’s images.


Cover - 2016 Calendar
Cover

2016 Calendar - January“>
January

2016 Calendar - February
February

2016 Calendar - March
March

2016 Calendar - April
April

2016 Calendar - May
May

2016 Calendar - June
June

2016 Calendar - July
July

2016 Calendar - August
August

2016 Calendar - September
September

2016 Calendar - October
October

2016 Calendar - November
November

2016 Calendar - December
December

There were requests this year that the calendar to include a wider swath of my work besides just photos. Apparently, more than just Russell hate my flower photography. I took this under consideration, but it just didn’t work out this year. However, the 2017 Calendar will consist of more than just flower pictures.

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 13 – GAMES

This week was perilously close to the first strike for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But there was a lone submission.

This week’s submissions:


WEEK 13- GAMES - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

WEEK 13 - GAMES - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland

Maybe next week’s theme will ring more bells. Maybe next week’s theme will be the first strike.

Next week’s theme:


WEEK 14 - BLACK AND WHITE
BLACK AND WHITE

Should be a simple and easy theme. Take a BLACK AND WHITE picture. Of literally, anything.

As always, I’ll be excited to see the submissions.

Caustic

Time to share another image from my Aunt Linda’s farm:




I do need to return there and photograph the place when I have much more time.

PARTICULARS

CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V
ISO: 100
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (35mm equivalency – 90mm)
APERTURE: f/4.5
EXPOSURE: 1/125
DATE: 11/20/15 – 14:43
NO GPS DATA

Kansas Weed

Sharing another picture from a west(ish) Kansas sunset because Laura says that west(ish) Kansas has the best sunsets.




When I told people I was going to visit Manhattan, they usually say: “Cool!”

Then I say, “No, the one in Kansas.”

Then they say, “Oh.”

After a long bit of silence they say, “Why?”

I can’t say that the restaurants have as good of food as real Manhattan (but Nate’s food more than compensates) or the sites are as interesting as real Manhattan. But the people can’t be beat. Think I’ll go back in January.


PARTICULARS

CAMERA: Sony SLT-A65V
ISO: 320
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (35mm equivalency – 90mm)
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/100
DATE: 11/21/2015 – 16:33
LATITUDE: 39° 7′ 57.2″
LONGITUDE: 96° 32′ 22″
ALTITUDE: 404.91 meters

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 12 – STILL LIFE

If I didn’t already have an established protocol for the naming of the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE journal entries, I might have named this here entry: WHERE HAVE ALL THE DUDES GONE?

Male participation has declined dramatically in the last couple of weeks. I’m not complaining for personal reasons. I’ll never complain about being surrounded by such lovely ladies. I’m just saying its weak. Get on it men!

Here are this week’s submissions for STILL LIFE:


WEEK 12 - STILL LIFE - ANGIE DEWAARD
Angie DeWaard

WEEK 12 - STILL LIFE - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

WEEK 12 - STILL LIFE - KIM BARKER
Kim Barker

WEEK 12 - STILL LIFE - CARLA STENSLAND
Carla Stensland

WEEK 12 - STILL LIFE - MICHELLE HAUPT
Michelle Haupt

WEEK 12 - STILL LIFE - SHANNON BARDOLE
Shannon Bardole

WEEK 12 - STILL LIFE - LAURA MILLER
Laura Miller

Time to look to the future and reveal this week’s theme:


WEEK 13 - GAMES
GAMES!

But how does one define GAMES? I would define it like this:

GAMES – noun – a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decide by skill, strength, or luck.

Nothing new from Photography 139’s Shameless Self-Promotion Divison to report.

As always, I look forward to seeing this week’s submissions!