Another Throwback Thursday. Throwing it back to pictures I took at the 2006 Iowa State Fair. These picture never appeared in “An Artist’s Notebook”. I uploaded them now because I am going through some nearly pre-Photography 139 photos and trying to get a grasp of a semblance of an organizational… Read More »Iowa State Fair – 2006
Way back in May of 2018 I went to the Boone Area Humane Society’s Dog Obedience School to take some pictures of the class for the Boone Area Humane Society newsletter. A publication of some note. I have no clue what picture they used, but here are some of the… Read More »Obedient Dog
There are 2 types of pictures in the folder called 10-26-08. Some are from Iowa State’s game with Texas A&M. The second type are pictures from a Suffrage Parade re-enactment that took place in Boone in 2008. Perhaps you don’t know that Boone was (possibly) the site of the first… Read More »10-26-08
I still need to circle back to the Alamo Bowl Trip, but thought I would share more from my project of re-organizing some photos that pre-date the Photography 139 website. I’m actually going through a big photography re-organization in general. One of the photographers I follow on Instagram recently shared… Read More »Iowa State Cyclones Football – 2005
This collection of pictures I took for Boone First United Methodist Church’s Church Directory were taken because the Committee (I feel like I’m in an Orwell novel when I write ‘the Committee’, but if the last few years have taught us anything, it is that Orwell was a bloody optimist)… Read More »Boone FUMC Church Directory: Chapter 4
The pictures in the folder 10-19-08 are from the Iowa State-Nebraska football game in 2008. One of the head coaches in the game would go on to win a national championship. The other coach… looks like he got exiled to someplace called Youngstown, Ohio. Looking through these pictures, it does… Read More »10-19-08
You might think this post really belongs on Saturday as it is a bit of a walk down memory lane, but these images were never really posted to “An Artist’s Notebook” until today. I came across this collection of photos when I was looking for different photos as I’m trying… Read More »Iowa State Cyclones Football – 2006
Seems like another good time to release a collection of photos that I tooke for the Boone First United Methodist Church’s Church Directory. In this collection are pictures I took of a particular stained glass window that the committee wanted, a communion set that the committee wanted, some Youth Group… Read More »Boone FUMC Church Directory: Chapter 3
There is quite the collection of images in the folder called 10-13-08. I can’t possibly include all of them in this here entry, so I’ll just have to pick out a few that I like the most. The pictures range from Gyro Day at the Computer Mine to the Ames… Read More »10-13-08
We loaded up the car and I punched the address of the Branch Davidians Compound into the GPS. I had absolutely no clue what we would find what we would find when we got to the place where 76 people died in the Waco Siege. You see, we had stayed… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: Branch Davidians
While I was preparing to write this entry I went down a rabbit hole on the origins of the term “swan song”. I have heard the term many times, but never really understood what it meant. Apparently there is a belief dating back to ancient Greece that swans stay mostly… Read More »The Proverbial Swan Song
I knew SURPRISE was a tough theme and participation took a predictable hit this week. This week’s theme is considerably easier, but you might have to go out in the -50 (wind chill) temperatures to get a picture. You don’t have to, but I know I will be! Probably. You… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 176 – SURPRISE
The pictures in the folder called 10-04-08 are from the Iowa State-Kansas football game in 2008. It is a little known fact to many (in the state of Kansas) that the University of Kansas even has a football team. They even had a brief amount of success when they were… Read More »10-04-08
I have a personal quest to meet, photograph, or see in person the politician that will take office as the next President of the United States in 2021. In my quest I will try to see every (major-ish) candidate seeking the nomination of the Democratic Party. This quest could take… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Kirsten Gillibrand
There are two types of pictures in the folder called 10-01-08. The first types are pictures taken during the restoration process of the Ames Party Bus. The second type is everybody’s favorite: flowers! Have a looksie! ON a future blog I will rehash the rise and ultimate demise of the… Read More »10-01-08
After paying our respects to “The Tall Chief”, we hit the open road. We headed south in Oklahoma and weren’t really sure what we would find. Several miles down the road we saw a sign for Muskogee. While I am personally devoid of musical talent, I do love music. I… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: USS Batfish
Jesse and I left for the Alamo Bowl at about 7 AM on Thursday, December 27. Our first stop was at a Casey’s in Peculiar, Missouri. It was noteworthy mostly because gas there was $1.75 a gallon. A good 20 cents cheaper than in the Cyclone State: Our second stop… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: The Tall Chief
One of the photo projects I worked on in early 2018 was grabbing miscellaneous pictures for the Boone First United Methodist Church Directory. The person in charge of putting the directory together wanted some pictures of the Bell Choir and some pictures of Doug sermonizing. That is why these pictures… Read More »Boone FUMC Church Directory: Chapter 1
I took Naima to Dickcissel back in May. Nader joined us on that day. Nader joined Willy as the only person to join Naima on our trips to Dickcissel Park. Most people are afraid of the snakes and the mud. Most people are soft: The last time I published pictures… Read More »Naima and Nader
There was somewhat of a rebound for FAMILY and this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. There is still hope! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! SPORTS/GAMES! What a great theme! But what is a SPORTS/GAMES picture?… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge – Week 169 – Family
A couple months back I stopped at Derrick and Jen’s house for reasons that currently escape me. While I was there, Evie and Layla asked me if I wanted to watch their next soccer game. I said sure, thinking that they were in some kind of organized soccer league where… Read More »My Great Shame