It is your weekly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is CANDID PORTRAIT. A great theme! One of the best ever! But what is a CANDID PORTRAIT? A CANDID PORTRAIT is a portrait where the subject isn’t posed. They probably don’t even know that they are being photographed.… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 118
It is your weekly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is COMPETITION. A great theme! One of the best ever! But what is a COMPETITION photo? It is a picture that shows any kind of COMPETITION. COMPETITION can be between teams or individuals or with the self. A… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 52
First of all, thanks to everybody who voted to determine what pictures I will enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. I have the 6 entries determined and will be ordering them this weekend. Pufferbilly Days is September 7, 8, and 9 this year. You can see the photos at… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 86
Here is your reminder that you should get up on your FEET and take your WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE PHOTO, the theme this week is FEET: FEET! A reminder that a FEET picture is any photo that involves FEET! Happy photo harvesting! +++++++ A few weeks back I got together with… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 115
This is your reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is NIGHT: NIGHT! A NIGHT photograph is literally any photo taken at NIGHT. Happy photo harvesting! +++++++ Back on Memorial Day I headed over to the Sharp residence to take a picture for Page 38 of THE… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 38
“Up next, we have a little dedication here. This journal entry is dedicated to all the player hating people that won’t let a little gangsta shine.” -Uncle Chris Niece Alert! 4 non-biological nieces in this post! Page 95 for the PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT was one of the pages that I… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 95
On Good Friday I descended upon downtown Des Moines to take a picture for Page 105 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Take a photograph that could only be taken today, not yesterday or tomorrow. I took off from the Computer Mine early on Good Friday and went to Des Moines… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 105
Pages 50-51 in the PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT are “A record of missed photo opportunities”. I think that the actual intention is to write down missed opportunities, but I translated it to mean times when the only camera I had on me was my phone. Sometimes that resulted in serviceable pictures… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Pages 50-51
In early December I made a trip down to Des Moines with Anders to see THE DISASTER ARTIST. Before the movie we supped at the Jordan Creek Zombie Burger. I took the following picture for Page 29 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Imagine you’re Elvis. What was your final photograph?… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 29
Back in July while I was meandering my way to the computer mine, I came across a perfect photo opportunity for Page 62 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. I pulled the car over and took a photo. Page 62 – Make light the subject of your photograph. I did take… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 62
This picture for THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT was taken a couple months back during the annual Howard Family Photo Shoot: Photo Journal – Page 98 – Take a group portrait that captures the individuality of each subject. Here are some other I took during the same session that I like,… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 98
The other day when I was walking around at Ledges I came across what I thought would be the a good theme for Page 45 in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 45 – Take a beautiful picture that follows no compositional rules. Here are a few others I took at… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 45
A few weeks back I decided to tackle Page 93 for THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 93 – How close can you get to someone without your presence being felt? Because of my ninja like stealth, I decided that a fly would be the best thing to sneak up on.… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 93
On the last Saturday of my vacation I headed up to the downtown Boone area to stroll around and complete Page 33 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Cover your screen with black tape. Spend the day shooting and only remove the tape when you get home. This was a little… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 33
On the last Saturday of my vacation I corralled Jesse and we went out to McHose Park and took the second picture for Page 58 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 58 Beta – Take a picture of yourself pretending to be yourself. Here are a couple of others we… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 58 Beta
A few week’s back I went ahead and knocked out the first of 2 pictures for Page 58 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 58 – Alpha – Take a picture of yourself pretending to be somebody else. Maybe this concept is a little arrogant, but at least now all… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 58 Alpha
Now that I’ve been back to reality for 7 days, probably a good time to go over my vacation. FRIDAY Left work at 4 PM or so. Vacation starts. Had FNSC with Willy. Ate at Colorado Grill. After Colorado Grill. Started watching a new show, NARCOS. SATURDAY Breakfast at Legal… Read More »Remembered with Nostalgia
On the day of the Iowa State-Iowa football game, I was able to take a picture for Page 92 of the Photo Journal: Page 92 – Walk down a busy street taking pictures without stopping. I completed this page by walking with Derrick from our parking lot to the gate… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 92
On Labor Day I was able to take a picture for Page 59 of the Photo Journal: Page 59 – Take a picture of yourself as yourself. Logan assisted with the production by moving the camera here and there. Johnathan watched in a distance. While most people will disagree, I… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 59
A few weeks back I took what I thought might be one of the more intriguing pages in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. Page 19. Page 19 – Take the best picture you can right now. How do you determine when is the “right now” from the page? What I did… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 19
Page 119 in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT probably isn’t one that would appeal to most people. Some people might even call it a hipster page. Page 119 – Turn a DSLR into a Pinhole Camera Some of you might be asking, “What is a pinhole camera?” A pinhole camera is… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 119