I don’t get all jazzed up by this type of thing, but I’m sure Jesse will. I’m sure if you look hard at these pictures you will probably find me. You will probably find Jesse. You will probably find some of my other friends. Don’t ask me where. I don’t really care all that much.
These negatives were in pretty rough shape, so take these for what they are.
I did portraits as a Youth Group Fundraiser for my church about a month ago. Here are a few pictures from that night.
In unrelated religious fundraiser news, a photograph of mine will be included in a silent auction during the Sacred Heart Carnival.
I don’t really know many details about the event, besides that it will be on February 4 in Boone, I presume.
If you are around Boone on February 4 and want a chance to own a piece of my art, here is your chance. I will provide more information as more information becomes available to me.
Year 2 started out with a bang! Lots of submissions! First time submitter! Welcome aboard Alicia Vermeys!
Here are the submissions for REFLECTIONS:
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Alicia Vermeys
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Dawn Krause
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Julie Johnson A
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Julie Johnson B
Mike Vest
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Shannon Bardole
Dawn Poetry Submission:
Reflections
She can’t be too careful anymore,
Her memories have opened up that door.
Watching the tide bury her castle,
Wasted dreams are now just a hassle.Who she once was when she ruled the world,
That girl is gone, reality unfurled.
Demons in the people she has met,
Subdued emotion, hearts do forgetA bitter thought will eventually melt,
After all the suffering is dealt.
Time to build new castles in the sand,
Learn from the past, take time by the hand.
I’ve been to the cave that houses the new and improved Random Theme Generator. The new generator is fancy and shiny and… it doesn’t work. So I walked over to a different cave and fired up old reliable. It did not disappoint. Here is the theme for this week:
A look back at last year’s LONG EXPOSURE submissions:
This is more of a year long photo project, but I’ll file it under here any way.
I have this window in my entryway/dining room that I don’t really like. During the Christmas season I use it to display Christmas cards. I’ve decided to use it to display pictures of me and my friends and family on my adventures in 2011.
One of my favorite musicians is Brandi Carlile. I saw her in concert 3 times last year. One of my favorite songs by her is The Story. That song was the inspiration for this project.
The Story
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I’ve been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don’t mean anything
When you’ve got no one to tell them to
It’s true…I was made for you
I climbed across the mountain tops
Swam all across the ocean blue
I crossed all the lines and I broke all the rules
But baby I broke them all for you
Because even when I was flat broke
You made me feel like a million bucks
You do
I was made for you
You see the smile that’s on my mouth
It’s hiding the words that don’t come out
And all of my friends who think that I’m blessed
They don’t know my head is a mess
No, they don’t know who I really am
And they don’t know what
I’ve been through like you do
And I was made for you…
All of these lines across my face
Tell you the story of who I am
So many stories of where I’ve been
And how I got to where I am
But these stories don’t mean anything
When you’ve got no one to tell them to
It’s true…I was made for you
These are the first pictures to be displayed in The Story Project:
Baier and I Before the Raiders Humiliated the Chiefs
Sara and I Before The Tourist
I have set up a separate album in The Snapshots Gallery for The Story Project:
I hope to see many of you on my window this year!
It is the end of Year 1 for the Random Weekly Photo Experiment. The final theme was EYE. Here are the submissions:
Christopher D. Bennett
Shannon Bardole
Mike Vest
Becky Perkovich A
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Dawn Krause
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Scott Krause
The themes for this year have been slightly modified, but it remains mostly the same list. Here are a list of this year’s themes:
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Adventure
Calm
Colorful
Communication
Depth of Field
Diagonal Rule
Black & White
Dry
Explore
Eye
Face
Fast
Feet
Food
Framing
Hands
Harmony
Hope
Leading Lines
Light Placement
Long Exposure
Love
Macro
Market
Motion
Odd Camera Angle
Painting with Light
Panning & Camera Blur
Paths
Animal
People
Noise
Reflections
Night
Rule of Thirds
Self Portrait
Shadows
Signs
Silence
Silhouettes
Smoke
Soothing
Spiritual
Still Life
Strength
Symmetry and Patterns
Unfocused
Use of Space
Viewpoint
Wet
Games
The Random Generator has spoken for this week’s theme:
There is still only one rule. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. The deadline for submissions remains Monday at Noon.
Good luck this year!
I’ve finally distributed almost every last 2011 Photography 139 Calendar. Allow me to explain what images were used and I will include the briefest of notes on the pictures.
This year, the calendar was a little bit more of an adventure than usual. The printer from the last two years baled on me. I couldn’t find the kind of paper that I have used the last couple of years. The paper I used was too thick to duplex. In the end though, it all came together and a perfectly acceptable calendar has been produced.
Here are the pictures:
This picture was taken at the Iowa State Fair. I like to photograph one of the flower gardens at the Iowa State Fair every year. I have to confess to being a little disappointed with the garden this year, but I have no doubt it will be back to its full glory in 2011.
This picture was taken in my backyard. It is actually connected to the August picture. I purchased a bouquet of flowers for the August photo. Then I waited for the flowers to die and photographed them for the January picture.
I found this frog in my favorite frog finding spot – Lost Lake in Ledges. He was surprisingly brave for coming from a race of creatures that are notorious cowards.
Sara was with me when I took this picture down in the Papajohn Sculpture Garden. This is the only picture in the calendar that was taken with the aid of a photo assistant.
This lonely farm scene can be found between Boone and Ames on US30. There is a secret to how this picture was produced, but Photoshop isn’t that secret.
Even though I drove to Pella in a rainstorm to photograph their tulips, I found my best tulip picture in my Grandma’s front yard.
On a road trip with Mom and Teresa to State Center, I must have taken at least 300 pictures of roses, but it was this picture of a rose leaf that stood out as the most memorable image of the day.
I visited a couple different wild daisy patches, but the daisy image that made the calendar was found in my Mom’s yard. It was my belief that after “The Solace of Ordinary Humanity”, I couldn’t possibly take a better daisy picture, but I took camera in hand to photograph daisies to figure out a birthday present for Jill.
This is the only image from the Random Weekly Photo Experiment to make the calendar. This picture was taken in the middle of the Winter with a daisy bouquet. This image is hanging in Kelly’s salon – Salon 908.
This picture is meant to be parody. Nobody else in the world will understand that, but believe me, it is meant to be parody. This is also the only picture in the calendar that is manipulated by Photoshop in a meaningful way. This hibiscus grows in my Mom’s yard.
In retrospect, I’m not sure this picture belongs in October, but it is too late now. This picture was taken near the sewage treatment center in Boone. I hope that doesn’t take some of the romance away from it.
I photographed this lily in my Grandma’s flower garden. She planted so many lilies that she wasn’t sure what colors were even going to come up.
This is a picture of my Grandma Bennett’s Bible.
I have only 1 stated goal for the 2012 calendar. There will be a picture of an iris in it. Jen’s favorite flower is the iris and it is the one flower that I can’t figure out how to photograph. I will meet my adversary head on this year and 1 of us will fall.
It is my habit to not comment on the pictures I post in this project, but I’m going to make a small exception here.
In the first couple of pictures, Carla is sitting on the old abandoned well in the basement of our old house on 415 Greene Street.
I was never allowed to even go near this well because my Mom feared that I would fall in it and be lost to the ages.
The fact that Carla was allowed to sit on this means 1 of 2 things to me:
1. She was the favorite child.
2. She was the expendable child.
I’m not sure what is the correct answer, but I’m fairly certain that my Mom never saw these pictures.
A couple of more observations.
Usually there is always a ton of Alexis in Carla’s childhood pictures, but I’m struck in these pictures how much Johnathan there is.
Don’t be surprised when I steal some of these mirror ideas in the future.
There were more submissions for PEACE OF MIND than I expected with the business of the holiday season. That is pleasing to me. Here are the submissions:
Dawn Krause
Mike Vest
Shannon Bardole
So it has come down to one final theme. Then this project has officially ran its course. 52 weeks. 52 random pictures.
Here is the final theme:
I think this is a great theme to end year 1 of this project on. It is a very broad theme. Everybody has an eye or two. Everybody knows at least 1 person with an eye or two. There is a holiday this week, but it is a meaningless holiday, so I hope there are plenty of submissions.
Pictures from the Taize Worship Service at my church. We hold this the first Thursday of every month. Interested in attending? Let me know and we’ll go in January.
Merry Christmas!