On the Sunday before Labor Day I hosted a little Bennett Family Reunion. Although none of the Fort Dodge Bennetts attended, I think it was a rousing success. It was the first reunion of its kind in at least 20 years. I hope that we can have another one next… Read More »Meet the Bennetts
Right before I went on vacation a month or so ago I did the 3 month photography for Scottie D. and Melissa’s new family member. I was still struggling from the equipment problems, but I think we did some good work. Here are a few of my favorites: Next week’s… Read More »Porter – 3 Months
A few weeks back I was commissioned to photograph Micky and Robyn’s progeny Katelyn. I was hampered slightly by some technical problems, I still think we did some good work. Here are some images from that photo shoot: I love how every portrait session I do is completely different. This… Read More »Katelyn Augustin
Sara graduated a few weeks back and to celebrate, she had a massive shindig. As my present to Sara, I set up a photobooth in her garage. here are a few pictures from that photobooth. Sara already was the most educated person that I know, but now the gap is… Read More »Sara’s Latest Graduation
Now that the State Fair has ran its inevitable course, I can reveal what pictures I entered in the State Fair Photography Salon. Drenched in Loneliness (Honorable Mention Iowa Places) I Recommend Pleasant Must Be Truth The Girl in the Blue Skirt (2nd Place Black & White Flower) I guess… Read More »State Fair Results
I took a few pictures of Dawn’s grandchild Kayelee a few weeks back. Here are a few of them: Despite the fact that I’ve never had a photo shoot so beset by so many technical problems, I think we did some good work. For the rest of the pictures, visit… Read More »Kayelee Ann Burns
I’ll just confess that my picture this week was not the intended picture. But I did what I could after I had some kind of memory card failure where I lost my original picture. Here are the submissions for NIGHT: Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause Mike Vest A Mike Vest… Read More »RWPE Y2 #30 – NIGHT
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
As everybody knows, Black & White will always be my first love, so I was happy to see at least a couple of submissions this week. Here are the submissions for BLACK & WHITE: Christopher D. Bennett Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Mike Vest of Waxen… Read More »RWPE Y2 #27 – BLACK & WHITE
I’m sure many people have already seen these images, but for those who haven’t, I took pictures for the Boone Challenger Program a few weeks back. Jesse and Lowell run the Challenger program and contacted me about doing their photography. Here are some of the images: There are many, many,… Read More »Challenger
These pictures come from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Master Wentworth Next week’s folder: Backup/Old My Pictures/McFriends
The submission wire was a little more active this week for PEOPLE. Apparently I know some people that know PEOPLE besides me. Here are the submissions: Mike Vest of Waxen Media Christopher D. Bennett Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey Shannon Bardole I’ve been down to the… Read More »RWPE Y2 #24 – PEOPLE
My Memorial Day was 1 of the more interesting days I’ve ever experienced. It was filled with violent ups and downs, but perhaps the highest peak was photographing Evie. Here are some of the pictures from that photo shoot. You can view a ton more Evie photos in the STORE… Read More »Evie
These pictures come from: Backup/Old My Pictures/Labels I once had an idea where I had my friends do a little exercise in self-realization. I asked them to pick a word. One word that they wanted the world to think of when the world saw them. Then I had them write… Read More »The Archives: Edition Twenty-One
Elainie graduated a couple weeks back. Here are a couple of pictures from the day. I didn’t take a camera to the Open House for some reason. I clearly now regret that. Next Wednesday’s randomness will feature pictures of Evie.
These pictures come from the following folder: Backup/Old My Pictures/Jones Soda These pictures might come as kind of shocking. So I better give a small bit of back story. If there was ever a chance for me to be a cult leader it was when I was the closing assistant… Read More »The Archives: Edition Twenty
Last week I removed and disassembled the Friend Wall. It is no longer in existence. No longer do I have friends on my wall. I replaced the Friend Wall with the 9 Emotions Project Wall. The centerpiece of this new “exhibit” is a 24×36 print of the picture below. A… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #70
This picture comes from the following folder: Backup/Old My Pictures/JCJanson Light Train This is a photo technique that Jay and I should really revisit in the future. I don’t know if we have done this since Portrait of an Artist as a Middle-Aged Man. Next week’s folder will be: Backup/Old… Read More »The Archives: Edition Nineteen
Although I’m sure most people have seen these pictures by now, I have yet to post them here. What was tragically not captured digitally was Jon (who did an awesome job as a photo assistant) turning into a ghost at one point to act as a background. It will definitely… Read More »Alice – 9 Months
A brief word to explain these pictures. These are pictures taken with a pinhole camera with a trio of different filters. Although most of my photography is somewhat experimental, these are extremely experimental. Often times I look at a picture and think, well that didn’t work. There are other times,… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #68
Must Be Truth This is kind of a simple concept for a photo, therefore there aren’t many variations, but here is what there is: Next week’s Personal Photo Project involves Jill and the pinhole camera. I’m not going to lie, there won’t be many (if any) fans of those pictures… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week #67