Croutons This picture of an abandoned sign on the side of I-80 concludes the pictures from Shannon and I’s road trip. Originally there was planned to be a set of images from the Corning Opera House, but I don’t like them at all. I usually don’t run from my failures,… Read More »Personal Photo Project No. 187
Week 9 is down! Day 57: Entrance Day 58: 10 Minutes from Home Day 59: Corridor Day 60: Lucky Day 61: Cluttered Day 62: Dangerous Day 63: Together The next 7 Themes: Day 64: My Name Begins With… Day 65: Lines Day 66: Alone Day 67: Here Forever Day 68:… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 57-63
I’m going to rule this collection as fair. Day 29: Perspective Day 30: Friendship Day 31: Workspace Day 32: Something Beginning with N Day 33: Incomplete Day 34: Skyline Day 35: Fresh The next 7 themes: Day 36: Early Day 37: This Means a Lot to Me Day 38: A… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 29-35
$80 The first scheduled stop on Shannon and I’s road trip itinerary was the grounds of a former 19th century cult that had a colony near Corning, called the French Icarians. They had some pretty crazy beliefs like: Fraternity. As a rule of conduct, three principles summarize all: Love your… Read More »Personal Photo Project No. 181
I have to confess that I’m kind of pleased with this week’s collection: Day 8: Path Day 9: 3 Things Day 10: Smooth Day 11: I Wore This! Day 12: A Bad Habit Day 13: 4 O’Clock Day 14: Edible The next 7 themes: Day 15: Outside the Window Day… Read More »365 Day Photo Challenge: 8-14
I had the great honor of being a bridesman in Sara and Shawn’s wedding on Saturday. I didn’t have an opportunity to take many pictures, but here are a few that I did manage to snap off: I can’t think of a way I would have rather spent my birthday!
In addition to the flower calendar that was for sale last year, I made a small run of the traditional Merry Christmas calendars. The remainder of the Merry Christmas Calendars will be distributed on the morrow, so I don’t think their is any harm in sharing those images at this… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #151
Ran out of steam a little bit this week, so I’ll have to make a concerted effort this week to not let that happen this week. Day 78 – Glimpse Day 79 – Opposites Day 80 – A Battle Day 81 – Made You Smile Today Day 82 – Letters… Read More »365 Day Photo Project: 78-84
This week was more of a struggle, admittedly. Day 22 – Fowl Day 23 – At the Frame’s Edge Day 24 – From Your Car Window Day 25 – Pair Day 26 – Path Day 27 – Group Day 28 – Dream The themes for this week: Day 29 –… Read More »365 Day Photo Project: 22-28
Today’s pictures come from the following folder: Backup/My Pictures/People/Friends/Hiatts Next week’s folder will be: Backup/My Pictures/People/Friends/Howards
Unceasing Effort I’m sure that it is well documented that I love alliums. They are definitely in my top 5 favorite flowers. Probably top 3. This week’s project was simply to photograph alliums. The rest of the Unceasing Effort Series: I was fortunate to grow some alliums this year. I… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #127
Once again this year I did photography for the Boone Little League’s Challenger program. Once again it was very rewarding. Here are a few of the action shots from my two photo shoots: Lowell and Jesse administer the Challenger Program, which is the best part of the Boone Little League… Read More »Challenger
These pictures come from the following folder: Backup/My Pictures/People/Friends/Campusites What I see in these pictures was a call for help. Somebody needed to come over and uninstall my copy of Photoshop. It would have been for the betterment of mankind. Next week’s folder will be: Backup/My Pictures/People/Friends/Hiatts
Creative Control This week’s project was really more of an exercise. I took a picture of the same subject with all of my camera’s creative control settings. The picture above is the setting “Pop Color”. The rest of the Creative Control Series: Posterization Color Posterization BW Retro Photo Partial Color… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #122
The images below come from the following folder: Backup/My Pictures/People/Display Pictures These pictures were mostly old IM profile pictures or pictures from our pregnancy blog. Next week’s folder will be: Backup/My Pictures/People/Family/Bennetts
The final submissions for the failed Random Weekly Photo Experiment. SELF-PORTRAIT: Mike Vest of Waxen Media Christopher D. Bennett So what will replace this failure on Mondays? Perhaps another experiment destined to fail?
Jesse and I went on a road trip a ways back. Here are some images from that trip, provided with the occasional commentary. I love the fact that “Loafing” was prohibited. I had to have this picture taken as 1 of my favorite scenes from one of my favorite movies… Read More »Iowa Gothic
Submissions for VIEWPOINT: Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett Next week’s theme: WET
This week’s pictures come from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Photoshop Okay, maybe my Photoshop skills have increased slightly. Although I still kind of like the picture of Jay screaming. Next week’s folder will be: Backup/Old My Pictures/Project Universe
More pictures of my Grandma’s flowers… More pictures from the Whispering Beauty Series tomorrow.
I was contacted a few weeks back by Shannon about doing some photography for the United Way campaign. They had a pretty specific request that required a fair amount of Photoshop expertise. Because I had not the time or the patience to complete the project I talked Mike Vest into… Read More »Live United