This Formal Portrait Sunday comes from a photo shoot I did with the Stenslands. It was a pretty brief photo shoot, so I can include this in just one journal entry. Here are some of my favorites from the day: Next Sunday’s formal portrait collection will return to the photo… Read More »The Stenslands – 2021
It is time for another Formal Portrait Sunday. This Sunday we are featuring a collection of Kyle’s Fall Photo Shoot. Here are a few of my favorites: Kyle recently was crowned Winter Formal King. Making the latest person I know to become royalty. I think I know 4 people that… Read More »Kyle – Volume 2
The pictures in the folders 2011-05-01, 2011-05-09, and 2011-05-14 are mostly from a Mother’s Day celebration we held at my house. But there are also pictures there from the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT (now known as THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE) and Logan running track. By adding these pictures to the… Read More »2011-05-01, 2011-05-09, and 2011-05-14
I used to take a picture of every Computer Mine employee for the Computer Mine’s annual holiday card. It was a fun, little diversion from swinging the pick axe even if I could count on getting the same complaints from the same people every single year. “Why can’t you just… Read More »2021 Computer Mine Holiday Card
The pictures in the folder 2011-05-01 are from a photo shoot from when Alice turned 9 months old. I haven’t taken baby photos in a long time. Quick, somebody go get knocked up! By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic… Read More »2011-05-01
I lost the Howard account in 2020, but they did come back to me in 2021. We took a road trip up to Cedar Falls and did their annual family photo shoot on in a park which name now escapes me. Here is the first collection of images from the… Read More »The Howards 2021 – Volume 1
On this formal portrait Sunday, I’m going to share a collection of pictures from the Juncks 2021 Photo Shoot. Many of their pictures, are posed with an old time automobile that David build. It isn’t an original vehicle, but he built it based on the original. At least that is… Read More »The Juncks 2021 – Volume 1
The pictures in the folder 2011-04-27 are a collection of pictures that have mostly been forgotten by history. They’ve been mostly forgotten by me, but in actuality, they are not without significance. At least as they pertain to the history of Photography 139. The pictures are from a Young Heroes… Read More »2011-04-27
It is another formal portrait Sunday. This Sunday I’m going to share a collection of pictures from Kyle Sharp’s photo shoot(s). Kyle is a senior at Boone High School, was an active member in my church’s youth group and is the son of Andy, a frequent contributor to THE WEEKLY… Read More »Kyle – Volume 1
As I indicated last Sunday, Sundays are going to be about formal portraits I took in 2021 for the foreseeable future. For a little bit anyways. Today I’m going to share the first collection of images from a photo shoot I had with Jayton Poole. Jayton is a senior at… Read More »Jayton – Volume 1
The pictures in the folders 2011-04-12 & 2011-04-16 are of two varieties. One set will no doubt be very confusing to you. 98% (probably higher) will think that those picture are rubbish. They are more pinhole camera pictures. It has been months since I published pinhole camera pictures. What sets… Read More »2011-04-12 & 2011-04-16
As we are about to kickoff the 9th Year of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE (birthed into this world kicking and screaming as the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT) I thought we could look at what we accomplished as a community in Year 8. + There were 866 total submissions by 35… Read More »WPC – WEEK 330 – BLACK + WHITE
Looks like Sundays are going to be formal portrait time for a little bit. I haven’t shared really any formal portraits I took last year, so I better start doing that now. This collection is from pictures I took of Alexis’ family back in June. Carla was the baby wrangler… Read More »The Baughers 2021 – Volume 1
The pictures in this collection are in a folder called New York City. These pictures are from a trip I took with Jesse to visit my cousin Sarah and her beau Tim. They live in Manhattan. We made this trip in 2011 and I thought that I’d probably go out… Read More »NYC – One
As I’ve indicated before, the 2011 folders are a disaster. These images cover most of the March 2011 folders. These are mostly pictures that were taken for the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT (now called THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE), but a few were taken for a PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT. By adding… Read More »March Misc.
The pictures in the folder 2011-02-27 are from a photo shoot I did with Jill. Some are for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT. One was displayed at the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. Here are the pictures from the folder 2011-02-27: By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I… Read More »2011-02-27
Reminder this is the last day to submit ideas for next year’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme. Leave you suggestions in the comments section of today’s journal entry. It looks like a few people have people they consider to be a HERO. But you didn’t come here to listen to… Read More »WPC – WEEK 320 – HERO
The images in the folders 2011-02-13, 2011-02-17, and 2011-02-20 are mostly from THE NINE EMOTIONS PROJECT. Then there is also a picture I took for Valentine’s Day. Here are the pictures in the folders 2011-02-13, 2011-02-17, and 2011-02-20: By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able… Read More »2011-02-13, 2011-02-17, and 2011-02-20
The pictures in the folder 2011-02-11 are of Jesse and Jay posing for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT. Here are the pictures from 2011-02-11: By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An Artist’s Notebook” entry to its original glory: PERSONAL PHOTO… Read More »2011-02-11
The images in the folder 2011-02-09 are actually taken on film. They are double exposures. I love double exposures. Yes, you can certainly fake double exposures with Photoshop and some digital cameras will do them. In fact, I need to get back into that. In fact, I need to run… Read More »2011-02-09
I’m still trying to piece together a folder of 2011 images that make sense. The pictures in the folder 2011-02-06 are from when Jen and Derrick posed for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT. I still need to fire this project back up and get more victims… err models. Here are the… Read More »2011-02-06