As you know, I don’t do weddings very often. There is a wide variety of reasons for this and it isn’t just because formal portraiture falls well outside the realm of my passion and because of this, is very far from being a strength. Also, because I don’t know that… Read More »Clevenger Wedding
Shortly after Elainie and Sabas brought our newest family member into the world I went down to their place and photographed Elawyn. It has taken me an embarrassingly long time to share these images, but I wanted to make sure that everybody had a chance to see the birth announcement.… Read More »Elawyn
The final town I stopped in for the 2024 RAGBRAI was Milo. They had a fun theme of Milo-ritaville. They had all sorts of Jimmy Buffett themed decorations and activities. I’m not a fan of Jimmy Buffett (nobody tell Tim), but it was a fun setup. Here are the pictures:… Read More »RAGBRAI: Milo(ritaville)
Down to nearly the end of the New Orleans images. Day 6 was the second to last day of the trip. This is the last day of the Big Meeting and is usually 12 hour or so day. So there isn’t a whole of time for any photography. Plus the… Read More »New Orleans Day 6: Walkabout
Today is Bill’s birthday, so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Bill! I hope your birthday is filled with all the Star Wars and Batman you can handle! +++++++ FOOD! What a great theme! There are about 4 themes that I manipulate their place on the… Read More »WPC – WEEK 491 – FOOD
Back in June I got together with Alexis, Kanoa, and Anela to take some pictures of them. As always, it was a good time and one of the very rare times where the lighting for a family photo shoot was good! Here are some of my favorites: Elainie, Sabas, and… Read More »Alexis and Kids – 2024
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I need to start this entry by acknowledging him and all that he contributed to our nation. The true history of Martin Luther King Jr. has been sanitized recently to make him more palatable to white suburbanites. You will even see some of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 488 – COLORFUL
It is 2025, so I probably should have already shared all the 2023 pictures, but I haven’t. There is still one collection of images I have left to share. That is the 2023 Stensland family photo shoot images. After this, we can say goodbye to 2023. And just 2024 and… Read More »Stenslands 2023
All of the 2025 Photography 139 Calendars have been distributed or mailed except for one. It is fair game now to start sharing the calendar images. This is the front cover image: FRONT COVER – 2025 Technical Details: CAMERA: SONY 7M4LENS: SIGMA 14-24 f/2.8 DG DN ARTFOCAL LENGTH: 20mmAPERTURE: f/8SHUTTER… Read More »Five Hundred Twenty-Five Thousand, Six Hundred Minutes
GENERAL ANNOUNCEMENT: I am now on Blue Sky. If you are on Blue Sky and want to follow me there, go here: https://bsky.app/profile/photography139.bsky.social +++++++ GAMES! What a great theme! Did enough people find out the truth about the games that people play to make and make it a popular theme?… Read More »WPC – WEEK 479 – GAMES
Probably well past time I shared some pictures from the Howard Family Photo Shoot of 2023. As was traditional, the lighting conditions were super harsh. We went to McFarland Park to take picture near the lake and when we got there, the lake had been drained. So… everything went according… Read More »Howards – 2023
A reminder that this weekend is Pufferbilly Days and with that comes the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. Here is a map of where to find all the entries: Here is the flyer on how to vote for the People’s Choice Award: Or you can click on this link: People’s Choice… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 2 – Sun Records II
Today is Adam’s birthday so I have to with him a happy birthday: Happy birthday Adam! I hope your birthday is another big advance in your recovery and we will see you back in the pulpit soon! +++++++ This is a comprehensive sweep of all the pictures from 2023 (except… Read More »In a Beautiful World
Can you believe that this is the 5,250th entry in the blog known as “An Artist’s Notebook”? Every 250 posts or so I like to take a moment to reflect on where this post has been and post a lot of meaningless stats. As always on these posts, I like… Read More »Post 5,250
When we last left off from my trip around Omaha with Bill, we were wandering around the Union Station Museum. Plenty more from there to share. Still one more collection of images left to share. That time we will get out of Union Station. And not because we were almost… Read More »Get Right to the Heart of Matters
Today is Faust’s birthday, so I have to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Faust! Hope your day was filled with hockey and grilling out and all the Minnesotan things you can handle! +++++++ A couple of months ago I had the pleasure of taking some Senior Pictures for… Read More »Ben Baier – Class of 2024
On my third trip to the Iowa State Fair I started the day with Monica and Graham. Then at some point they disappeared and I finished the day with Sabas, Elainie, and Tiffany. Here is the first collection of images from the day: Hard to imagine a better kind of… Read More »Iowa State Fair – Day 3 – Alpha
A couple months back Jesse and I hit the open road and ended up at The Feed Mill Restaurant in Audubon, Iowa. It was the 9th stop (technically 10th – but I’ll cover that) on the Tenderloin Trail 2.0. Leaving me just one stamp short of earning my Tenderloin Trail… Read More »Tenderloin Trail 2.0: Audubon Field Work
A couple Sundays back my church honored our Building Engineer. He retired after 43 years with our church. Which is amazing when you think about it. Yesterday was my 18th anniversary with the computer mine. I can’t imagine working another 18 years there. Let alone another 25 years. Wow! I… Read More »And You’ll Be the One Who’s Crying
It is time to share the November image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar image. It is a picture of the redbud trees in Red Haw State Park. NOVEMBER I chose this picture for November because it had purple in it. TECHINICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M4 DATE: April 29, 2023… Read More »And They’ll Think that I am So Exciting
Time to share the January image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It was taken on a foggy morning on the High Trestle Trail Bridge: JANUARY Part of the reason I selected this image for January was it suggested the cold of January to me. Especially since it was taken… Read More »Sausage Fest