I had decided to shave all the way down to a dirty naked face last weekend. It had been over 3 years since my chin had tasted air and felt the rays of sunlight. My chin was dreadfully dry and desperately in the need of some moisturizing. Lots and lots… Read More »Punch Myself in the Face
Shattered Dreams My mom came over to my house a couple of days after I made this image and was horrified to find broken mirror all over my dining room table. She asked how the mirror got broken. “I hit it with a hammer. Well actually Jay hit it with… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 7
The Lovely Silhouette I finally found a use for this window that I like. Sara agreed to pose for this picture before we went to the movies one snowy Monday night. This pose was not without some danger. The lights behind Sara are extremely hot, but she managed not to… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 5
Daily Reminder Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ The theme for last week was ADVENTURE: Jesse Howard Michael Vest Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause It is my custom not to explain much about my RWPE photos and I will not break… Read More »RWPE #6 – Adventure
Daily Reminder Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ (500) Days of Winter This picture is an homage to one of my favorite scenes from my favorite movie of 2009 – (500) Days of Summer. Derrick posed for this picture when he… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 4
Those with good memories will remember a few months back when I wrote a series of blogs about groups that I am in that have matching shirts. The keenly observant will recall that I said there were 5 such groups, but I only posted blogs about 4 such groups. I… Read More »A Phenomenal Week
Funny Face Homage This is an example of completing two photo projects in one week. Long time fans of Jill and the keenly observant will note that she is wearing the same shirt as in Psyched Up (Not Out). That is because these pictures were taken moments apart. Another observation… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 2
My new Friday tradition is to post my Personal Photo Project of the Week. This is not to be confused with the Random Photo Project of the Week that is posted on Mondays. The Monday pictures are random. The Friday pictures are personal. One of the goals I developed near… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 1
On Carrie’s birthday she requested that I take a few pictures of the Baier clan. Here are my favorite pictures from that day. But before we got too deep into these pictures I need to point out a couple of things. First, the addition of these pictures to the Friends… Read More »The Baiers
The photo assignment for last week was “Soothing”. Dawn Krause Michael Vest Christopher D. Bennett The subject for this week is “PEOPLE“. That is a fairly easy subject so hopefully a couple more people choose to participate.
This picture of Sara is still untitled. For the story behind this image, click on the link below: Sore Feet
Funny Face Homage Inverse This is actually the first picture to ever be debuted in the calendar. Every other picture that has ever been in the calendar has been published in some way shape or form before being in the calendar. Jill was the only person to ever see this… Read More »June
Since I have almost finished distributing all of the Photography 139 calendars, it is time to start revealing what pictures made the calendar this year. The picture that made the front cover. Some Kind of Blue Train Series – Round About Midnight Riff The story behind this picture can be… Read More »Front Cover
Today is the birthday of my nephew and the eldest son of my eldest sister. So Happy Birthday Brandon! For more quality images of Brandon, you can visit the Family Album in the Snapshots Gallery. Or you can click on the link below: Brandon Brandon has his own car… Read More »Happy Birthday Brandon!
As the year is winding down and I am trying to set aside more time for photo projects I have decided to do something a little bit different with this Journal in the month of December. I’ve decided to reflect on the accomplishments and failures of this past year. The… Read More »Formulaic Catechism
On Sunday I descended into the depths of Missouri and Kansas on Sunday to watch Alexis compete in competitive cheerleading. I had spoken with our Associate Pastor Andrea about good barbecue joints in Kansas City and she recommended Jack Stack for ribs and Oklahoma Joe’s for sandwiches. I looked into… Read More »Be Aggressive!
This concludes the Johnathan series. Hopefully we will get some indoor photos taken in the near future.
The best part of these pictures is that around the time we started on this set of pictures, Johnathan said, “Hey mom, you are standing on a snake.” Carla looked down. She was indeed standing a living, breathing snake. She slightly overreacted. Poor thing. At least it wasn’t hurt. >… Read More »Johnathan – Day 1 Part D
Some pictures from Johnathan’s Senior Pictures Day 1 photo shoot. I didn’t exactly select pictures that I thought were great Senior Pictures, but pictures that I liked. Day 1 was productive and I look forward to Day 2.