I’m still down in Houston on a Mission Trip with the Boone First United Methodist Youth Group. Hopefully I’m currently on a lunch break. Knocking down a sandwich that I prepared this morning shortly after breakfast. Due to my geographical location, I can’t publish all the great submissions for SELF-PORTRAIT.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE THEME REVEAL
Those of you that know me well or are paying attention to this here blog know that tomorrow at 7 AM I hit the road for a Mission Trip to Houston. We will leave Saturday morning. Stay a night at a church near Fort Worth on Saturday night and then… Read More »And What You Gon’ Be When You Grow up Chris? I Doubt They Will Get It!
Time to check back in with my favorite 2018 high school graduate Saydie. Thought I would start with more of my favorite bits of wisdom given at commencement speech: Success is like a mountain that keeps growing ahead of you as you hike it… Err in the direction of kindness.… Read More »Congratulations Saydie – Gamma
It is time for lap 2 in the Congratulations Saydie marathon. But before we get into the photo bonanza, I want to take a small quick time to take umbrage with one of the responses I received to the last batch of Saydie images. They pulled out the part of… Read More »Congratulations Saydie – Beta
The photos from today’s blog come from the folder 05-09-08. These pictures were taken during what historians have called THE BIG JESUS ROAD TRIP. It is hard to believe that 10 years have passed since THE BIG JESUS ROAD TRIP, but they have. Jesse and I embarked on THE BIG… Read More »05-09-08: The Big Jesus Road Trip
I’d just like to wish a full and hearty congratulations to all the Class of 2018 on their recent accomplishment of graduating from high school. I obviously don’t have any wise words about their future, but I can Google and find somebody that something wise once with the best of… Read More »Congratulations Saydie – Alpha
A few more pictures of the Badlands from my quick trip through their with my Mom: One last set of pictures from the Badlands sitting in the hopper!
More pictures of my brief trip through the Badlands with my Mom: More pictures from the Badlands in the coming days!
There was a healthy amount of MUSIC submissions for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. That is, MUSIC to my eyes. But you didn’t com here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Brooke Milligan Andy Sharp Kim Barker Christopher D. Bennett… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 139 – MUSIC
Every day is a good day to start a post with a quote from Malcolm X. Education is our passport to the future, for tomorrow belongs to the people who prepare for it today. I start with this quote because yesterday, Logan graduated from the finest university in all the… Read More »Tomorrow Belongs to the People Who Prepare for it Today
Time to hit the backlog again. Here are some family pictures we took when Elainie was in town… back in March… 2017. Unfortunately, the weather was terrible that day, so we were trapped inside. Hopefully, next time we do a family portrait, the weather will be more cooperative. +++++++++++++ A… Read More »One of Nature’s Masterpieces
I hurt myself today To see if I still feel I focus on the pain The only thing that’s real The needle tears a hole The old familiar sting Try to kill it all away But I remember everything What have I become My sweetest friend Everyone I know Goes… Read More »Roundball Oracles – Year 14
The world wasn’t ready for these SHADOW pictures on Monday. I’m not sure they are ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer. Here are SHADOW alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: These were all taken in various parts of the Photography 139 Studio. You’re welcome… Read More »Don’t Call Me A Sellout, That’s Something I’ve Never Been
I went up to Minnesota for the Super Bowl. Well, not really for the Super Bowl, but more for the activities surrounding the Super Bowl. I can’t afford a ticket to the Super Bowl. I work at the Computer Mine, not Goldman Sachs or some other place populated by white… Read More »I Left You by the House of Fun
I recently visited my nephew Logan at his internship at KWBG to check out his digs. Took a couple pictures too: It is possible that some of these photos were staged. It is also possible that some of them aren’t. It is Schrodinger’s pictures, only it isn’t.
Every once in a while, a photographer gets to take important pictures. It is rare, but it does happen. I was given such an honor recently when Amber contacted me to take family pictures of her family before Christmas because her Grandpa was being put in hospice care. Here are… Read More »Amber’s Family
It is over! The Selfie Project is over! But we should have a couple last looks at all that was “accomplished”! Here are my favorite pictures from December: December 2 December 4 December 6 December 7 December 9 December 11 December 12 December 13 December 16 December 17 December 18… Read More »The Selfie Project – Denouement
The world wasn’t ready for these PORTRAIT images on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: Most of these PORTRAITs were taken around the computer mine. Some were taken during communion at my church. Others were taken in… Read More »Strap a Grenade to my Head, Pull Out the Pin, My Photography is Mind Blowing, Ain’t Nobody Do It Like I Do It
The theme PORTRAIT was the least popular theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE in years. A bit surprising because usually I get quite a selection of pictures of children and grandchildren. A little disturbing to me that children have fallen so out of favor with this group of people. But… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 116 – PORTRAIT
I don’t know that I did much that was particularly interesting in November, but I do feel like I did get some interesting photos, even though it doesn’t feel like I did that much in November. Here are my favorites from THE SELFIE PROJECT from the month of November: November… Read More »Selfie Project – November
This is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is PORTRAIT: PORTRAIT Here is a good definition of PORTRAIT provide by the good folks at Wikipedia: Portrait photography or portraiture in photography is a photograph of a person or group of people that captures the personality of the… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – PORTRAIT