Category Archives: Formal Portrait

Boone County Fair, Formal Portrait, Jesse, Kim, Linda, Maven, Sara, Shannon, Steph, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 96 – SAD

July 17, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

It is SAD. Participation rates took a bit of a dip with SAD. Maybe it is because it was 112 degrees in the shade in central Iowa last week. Maybe it was because people struggled to get in the mindset of SAD this week. Maybe people were just busy. I don’t know. But I do know one thing…

You didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came here to see the submissions for SAD:

Linda Bennett

Shannon Bardole

Kim Barker 1

Kim Barker 2

Christopher D. Bennett

Stephanie Kim 1

Stephanie Kim 2

Sara Lockner

Mike Vest

Michelle Haupt 1

Michelle Haupt 2

A solid week of submissions!

But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:

THE STREETS!

THE STREETS! What a great theme! Some of you know about THE STREETS. People like me that grew up indigent know all about THE STREETS. Some of us even know the Rules of THE STREET(S). You open you mouth, you pay the price. But what does this theme mean? It is my call to you to attempt street photography. What is street photography, you may ask… which is good, because I have the answer:

Street photography is a type of photography that features subjects in candid situations within public places. Street photographs are mirror images of society, displaying “unmanipulated” scenes, with usually unaware subjects.”

Well that sounds simple enough. Get in touch with your inner voyeur and hit THE STREETS!

I have a feeling this is going to go well!

HOUSEKEEPING

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 RULES DIVISION

1. The picture has to be taken the week of the theme. This isn’t a curate your pictures challenge. This is a get your butt off the couch (my personal experience) and put your camera in your hands challenge. Don’t send me a picture of you next to the Eiffel Tower, when I know you were in Iowa all week. I will point out that I have let that slide some in the past. I will not in the future. Since it is literally about the only rule.

2. Your submission needs to be emailed to bennett@photography139.com by 11 AM on the Monday of the challenge. It should be pointed out that this blog auto-publishes at 12:01 on Mondays. So it wouldn’t hurt to get your picture in earlier.

That is it, them’s the rules.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION

Nothing new to report. I’ll try to do better next week.

Want your own Photography 139 email subscription? Call, email, or text me and I’ll get you the hook up.

A MESSAGE FROM THE PHOTOGRAPHY 139 GALLERY DIVISION

Sometimes people send me descriptions of their photos. I’ve never done anything with that information in the past. However, if you send me a description in the future, I will add it to your image in the Weekly Photo Challenge Gallery that houses all the submissions.

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That’s all I got for today, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will commune right here again next Monday. Hopefully it will be a very streeteque Monday!

Flat Earth Joe, Formal Portrait, Photoshop, Work, WPC - Reminder

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – SAD

July 14, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

This is your WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE reminder that I will be SAD if you forget that this week’s theme is SAD:

SAD!

You don’t have to be SAD to take a SAD picture. In fact, a good SAD photo can make me happy!

Happy photo harvesting!

Andy, Candid Portrait, Formal Portrait, Mission Trip, Travel, Youth Group

Saint Paul Mission Trip – Day Home

July 11, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

Here are some photos from the day coming home from the Mission Trip:

And just like that, we were back in Iowa! The Cyclone State! A successful trip! Perhaps my favorite week of the year! One more set of pictures tomorrow and then you’ll have to track me down is you want to hear about the mission trip… or will you…

Andy, Candid Portrait, Formal Portrait, Jaxon, Mission Trip, Travel, Youth Group

Saint Paul Mission Trip – Day 4

July 7, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

Pictures from the last working day of the Saint Paul Mission Trip:

Day 4 of the Mission Trip is always highly emotional. The large group worship service ends with a foot washing ceremony. Then church time is usually very emotional as people begin to realize that the lives that they’ve touched and who have touched their lives, they won’t be seeing those people tomorrow. It is just an incredibly peaceful and serene evening. One of my favorites from the mission trip.

Andy, Candid Portrait, Formal Portrait, Jaxon, Mission Trip, Religion, Self-Portrait, Travel, Youth Group

Saint Paul Mission Trip – Day 1

July 4, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 9 Comments

Here are a few of the photos from Day 0 and Day 1 of the recent mission trip to Saint Paul (I didn’t take all these photos, even though I wish I could be at multiple places at the same time):

As usual, it was an incredible trip! If you have any questions, feel free to ask. I love talking about the mission trip, even though most people get sick of hearing about it.

Black & White, Formal Portrait, Logan

9 Emotions Project – Logan

June 30, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

A couple weeks back Logan became the latest person to sit for the 9 Emotions Project:

In case, you’ve forgot the emotions:

Joy

Sadness

Anger

Amusement

Fear

Jealousy

Surprise

Sympathy

Boredom

I still have my eye on several of you posing for this project… Andy, Scottie D., Nader, Baier, Alisa, Shawn, Russell, Alexis, Elainie, Johnathan, Brandon… the list goes on. Maybe this would be a good activity if I bring back the birthday party in 2018. Hmmmmm…

Alisa, Candid Portrait, Formal Portrait, Mission Trip, Pastor Sarah, Travel, Youth Group

@BOONEFUMCYG

June 25, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

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 on Thursday night. You’d have to text me for details if that interested you.

However, if you aren’t in Minnesota, the best way to follow this adventure is to get on your phone. Get on Instagram. Follow @boonefumcyg. If you don’t have a phone, but do have a computer, you can follow us at the following URL:

@BOONEFUMCYG

Now there isn’t a ton of time to be dinking around with the social medias when you are doing

All the good you can, in all the ways you can, to all the souls you can, in every place you can, at all the times you can, with all the zeal you can, as long as ever you can.

However, there will be a handful of pictures posted each day, I’d guess. You might even see sweet pictures like the following:

Also, on Sunday, July 2, in between services, the members of the mission trip will be giving their testimony about the mission trip. In Fellowship Hall. So if you’re interested, you should show up for that.

Black & White, Flowers, Formal Portrait, Nader, Nature, WPC - Alternate

When She’s Saying that She Wants Only Me

June 20, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 1 Comment

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 pictures were taken at McFarland Park, north of Ames.

Animals, Black & White, Candid Portrait, Formal Portrait, Jesse, Logan, Naima, Self-Portrait, Street Photography, WPC - Alternate

If She Keeps It Up I Just Might Tell Her So

June 13, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett 2 Comments

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!

Bill, Black & White, Carla, Cathie, Formal Portrait, Jesse, Johnathan, Kim, Michelle, Micky, Steph, Vest, WPC - Submissions

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 91 – PORTRAIT

June 12, 2017 Christopher D. Bennett

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

STEPHANIE KIM

KIM BARKER

CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT

MICKY AUGUSTIN 1

MICKY AUGUSTIN 2

CARLA STENSLAND 1

CARLA STENSLAND 2

MICHELLE HAUPT

CATHIE RALEY

MIKE VEST 1

MIKE VEST 2

What a great week of submission!

NATURE!

NATURE! What a great theme! I know getting out in NATURE might be outside of the comfort zone of some people, but trust me. It isn’t scary out there. Unless you go out to your favorite State Park and it is lousy with a bunch of posers. Only showing up when the weather is nice. Taking up space and getting in the way. But I don’t talk from personal experience. Lousy stinking posers!

But I digress. There is NATURE everywhere. Even people living in cities, have access to NATURE. That being said, there is more than one definition of NATURE. I’d tell you another one, but I bet you own a dictionary. If you don’t, they sell them at book stores. Field trip!

Good luck! I can’t wait to see the NATURE interpretations.