I am out and about and on the open road. Nowhere near a computer. Not in any shape to put together a collection of submissions for PATHS. I’m on my own PATH(s) right now. Probably somewhere in southeast Iowa. Depending on how good of time I’m making. I might be… Read More »Week 367 Theme Reveal
It is time for another formal portrait Sunday. Once again we will check-in with the Baugher Family Photo Shoot of 2022. Still one more collection of pictures from this photo shoot left to share. Next Formal Portrait Sunday we will check-in again on one of Jayton’s Senior Picture Photo Shoots.
Time for another collection of images from my road trip to Mitchell and Floyd County back in April. Most of the pictures were taken in Mitchell County. Saint Ansgar Mona Toeterville Stacyville Meyer McIntire Riceville New Haven Osage I really liked Osage. It is a town I would like to… Read More »Mitchell and Floyd Aux – Vol. 2
I headed up to Pufferbilly Days on the Friday Night to post the People’s Choice Standings. I thought I might get a funnel cake or check out the entertainment center, but I’m not even going to front. The band in there was so bad I had to check out after… Read More »Pufferbilly Days – Car Show
Have you ever wandered lonely through the woods? And everything there feels just as it should You’re part of the life there You’re part of something good If you’ve ever wandered lonely through the woods Thursday is for flowers and this Thursday showcases a fairly diverse collection of flowers. All… Read More »Have You Ever
Way back in April, I cruised around Mitchell and Floyd County harvesting their town signs. The weather and the lighting was great for photography and I took as much advantage of it as I could. There will be three collections of auxiliary images from this road trip. Here is the… Read More »Mitchell and Floyd Aux – Vol. 1
A few months back I made two separate trips to harvest the town signs of Clayton County. It was a great trip and I truly believe that Clayton County is one of the prettiest counties in Iowa. The whole region of Iowa is spectacular! Here are some facts about Clayton… Read More »Town Sign Project: Clayton County
I’m not sure GREEN is going to be a popular theme. I’m not sure it won’t be. You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, September 5, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses): + Derrick Gorshe –… Read More »WPC – WEEK 365 – GREEN
It is once again time for a Formal Portrait Sunday. This time we are checking back in with Jayton’s Summer Senior Picture Photo Shoot. After this, there will be only one collection of Jayton photos left to share. I know you will miss him as much as me. Next Formal… Read More »Jayton – Volume 8
This is the second and final collection of auxiliary images I took while harvesting the town signs of Dickinson and Emmet County. A few are taken in Humboldt County and the final picture is taken in Greene County. Some of the trips to harvest town signs are very long and… Read More »Dickinson and Emmet Aux – Vol. 2
Last Saturday was the first Iowa State football game of the season. Signifying the beginning of fall and the end of summer. Iowa State bested their FCS opponent 42-10. But I didn’t actually take any pictures of the game. I’m a littlestitious when it comes to taking a camera into… Read More »Iowa State 42 SEMO 10
Thursdays are for flowers and this collection is a collection of gazania (African daisies) from the flower pots of my yard. I might have gone overboard photographing them this year because I didn’t have any in 2021. Just kidding! There is no going overboard in the world of flowertography! I’m… Read More »The Girl in the Blue Skirt 2022 – Vol. 2
Another month done in the Fat Mum Slim Photo A Day Challenge. Think there is some good work in there this week. Having so much going on in August certainly helped. We’ll see how September goes. Here are the August images: August 1 – I AM… August 2 – I… Read More »FAT MUM SLIM – AUGUST 2022
A few weeks back I cruised around Washington County harvesting their town signs. It was a great trip as Washington County has a couple of my favorite spots in Iowa to visit. Here are some facts about Washington County: + Population is 22,491 making it the 27th most populous county… Read More »Town Sign Project: Washington County
Happy Labor Day! A day to pay tribute to the contributions and achievements of American works and the millionaires and billionaires that exploit them. COLORFUL could prove to be a very popular theme. Despite it being a holiday today, I have a good feeling about the participation rates for COLORFUL.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 364 – COLORFUL
It is time for another Formal Portrait Sunday. Checking in again with the Howard Family Photo Shoot from back in 2021 again. Getting actually kind of near the end of all the formal portraits I have taken. We might be switching Sundays to something else in the future. Or I… Read More »The Howards – Volume 5
Another month down and another month of THE SELFIE PROEJCT in the books. I think I had a pretty active August. At least in spurts. With Pufferbilly Days and the State Fair and some much needed vacation all in August, I did some things man. I don’t anticipate September being… Read More »Selfie Project – August 2022
Another Pufferbilly Days event that I photographed was the Pufferbilly Days Dog Show. Technically, it is a pet show, but the only pets that show up are dogs. I mean, it is pretty obvious why nobody enters a cat, but I would think that somebody would enter a guinea pig… Read More »Pufferbilly Days Dog Show
The rose and the thorn, and sorrow and gladness are linked together. -Saadi This is a quote attributed to the Persian poet Saadi Shirazi. He was a Persian poet that lived in the 13th century. I have tried to find the original context of this quote, but have failed miserably.… Read More »Sorrow and Gladness 2022 – Vol. 3
A few months back I made a trip up to and through Dickinson and Emmet County to harvest their town signs. I had already harvested a good chunk of Dickinson County earlier. I really need to do a better photo experience in the Okoboji area cause on this trip I… Read More »Dickinson and Emmet Aux – Vol. 1
I don’t want to get into too much of how much effort it takes on the backend of this website to make the part of the website you see. But for every picture that is submitted to THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, it takes about 5 minutes of work to prepare… Read More »Town Sign Project: Johnson County