By the time that this publishes, I should be on the road to Saint Paul with 3 other “adults” and 14 youth from my church for a mission trip. If you are in the Minnesota, there is a chance you might be able to join us for a community dinner… Read More »@BOONEFUMCYG
I’m going to do this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE losers a little bit differently. I actually went out 3 or 4 times to take NATURE photos. I’m going to break them down into those trips. These are the pictures from the first trip that didn’t have what it takes: These… Read More »When She’s Saying that She Wants Only Me
These are the pictures that didn’t have what it takes to be be included in the PORTRAIT theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: If only these pictures believed in themselves, no telling what they could accomplish!
A good solid set of submissions for PORTRAIT as we head down the homestretch of this year’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submission rates. You came here to see the submission for PORTRAIT: BILL WENTWORTH 1 BILL WENTWORTH 2… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 91 – PORTRAIT
My new Wednesday Photo Project is to work my way through the book “Use This If You Want to Take Great Photographs. A photo journal” by Henry Carroll. I’m not sure how much I’ll do on each night, but I made my first foray into the book with Shannon’s assistance… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll
Here is a photo I took at my family’s Mother’s Day Barbecue of Logan. I need to play with some of these old timey filters more often! PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY ILCA-77M2 ISO: 1000 FOCAL LENGTH: 135mm APERTURE: f/5.6 EXPOSURE: 1/250 DATE: 05/14/2017 – 15:44 NO GPS DATA RECORDED PHOTO ASSISTANT:… Read More »Quiclops
A couple of Sundays ago was Confirmation Sunday in my church. It was a big day for the Youth Group as 5 members became full members of the church AND for the Methodist Men as we served a brunch in between services to celebrate their accomplishments. Here are a few… Read More »Confirmed!
Since a few people have been asking, I am making a formal announcement. THERE IS NO CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT BIRTHDAY EXTRAVAGANZA AKA BENNETT-FEST THIS YEAR! The reasons are multiple and complicated, but it is probably your fault. If you search your heart, you know it to be true. So there… Read More »Valley Lodge is Closed
This is your reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is FACELESS PORTRAIT: Happy photo harvesting!
Before Alexis took off for the Navy, Elainie came home. We used this as an opportunity for an impromptu family photo. Thanks to Ernie for taking the photo! More from this photo shoot coming at some point.
Looks like the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE went on Spring Break. Perhaps SILHOUETTE is too challenging of a theme. I’m not sure, but participation numbers this week are as low as they’ve ever been. Worries me that the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE might be on the way out. I guess we’ll see… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 78 – SILHOUETTE
I took some photos of the Stenslands back in May. Probably should show you some of them at this point. Here are some of my favorites. Not sure when this group of people will be together again. Alexis leaves for the Navy in the next few weeks. Elainie still has… Read More »Stensland Family Backlog Cleanout
These are the images that didn’t make this week’s cut for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – HAPPY: Thanks for taking the time to help me mock this pathetic collection of losers.
Once again, I did the photos for the Computer Mine Holiday Card. Here are a few of my favorite pictures, but probably not the ones that made the card: Always a pleasure photographing my super-cooperative co-workers!
A few weeks back I took Nader down to Des Moines for his birthday. We bummed around the downtown area and then met Jeff, Yin, and a couple of Baiers for lunch at Mad Meatball. Here are a few pictures from the bumming around phase of the day: We also… Read More »Nader Day
Last Sunday Shannon asked me to run a Photo Booth for her church’s party. It wasn’t exactly what I imagined, so I way over prepared, but that is cool, because it ended up being easier than anticipated. Here are a few pictures from the day: It was a very impressive… Read More »Harvest Vineyard Photo Booth
Happy Labor Day! Not so many submissions this week, but that was to be expected. Let’s get to it! Here are the submissions for ROAD TRIP: Bill Wentworth Dawn Krause 1 Dawn Krause 2 Dawn Krause 3 Christopher D. Bennett Jodie Bennett 1 Jodie Bennett 2 Angie DeWaard Shannon Bardole… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 51 – ROAD TRIP
One of the new things that our new pastor (Doug) brought to our church in an animal blessing ceremony. On Sunday, you could bring your pet to church or email a picture of your pet and the church blessed your pet. I took Naima to the service and she handled… Read More »Critter Sunday
I was recently tapped to do a photo shoot of the Junck family and their newest old timey firetruck. This photo of Gretchen is one of my favorites from the day: I’ll probably share a few more from this photo shoot at some point. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100… Read More »Jay Leno’s Jealousy
A few weeks back when Bethany and Nora were back for a wedding, we had a little impromptu photo shoot in Shorty’s living room. This is one of my favorite photos from that photo shoot: There might be a few more of these that I’ll publish at some point. PARTICULARS… Read More »Impromptu
The remainder of my Mission Trip photos. Unfortunately, I don’t have pictures of much of the remaining week. Jay painting the floor corner. Elizabeth and Megan painting the floor. On Tuesday, The Family House seemed to peter out of jobs for us to do. Late in the afternoon they brought… Read More »Milwaukee Mission Trip Vol. 2