I told you that BLACK AND WHITE photography was my passion.
So…
Buckle up buttercup, this is going to be a long one…
Sometimes I forget that smack in the middle of Ames is the most beautiful campus in the world. I should really visit it more often.
GO STATE!!!
Time to take another stroll down memory lane. This was the last time I appeared in a calendar. Probably will be the last time I ever appear in a calendar.
February
March
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December
The last day to order a 2016 Photography 139 Calendar is approaching quickly. Very quickly.
This week was perilously close to the first strike for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But there was a lone submission.
This week’s submissions:
Carla Stensland
Maybe next week’s theme will ring more bells. Maybe next week’s theme will be the first strike.
Next week’s theme:
Should be a simple and easy theme. Take a BLACK AND WHITE picture. Of literally, anything.
As always, I’ll be excited to see the submissions.
All the Bennetts were actually here for Thanksgiving this year, so we had to get a picture!
It might be the last chance to get a picture like this for a bit. With Alexis leaving for the Navy. Elainie already in the Navy. Logan getting ready to graduate from Iowa State University. But hopefully it isn’t!
Now is probably as good of a time as any to share the rest of my pictures from Layla’s third birthday party.
Such great and sorta cooperative models!
Not everybody can be a winner. Like people who get really angry about Participant ribbons. Those people aren’t winners.
These pictures are the people-who-get-mad-about-Participant-ribbons of the FOOD theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Submitted with bits of commentary.
I’ve only been to corporate whore Starbucks once in my life, (Kim Barker made me go.) but this is what how I think about the cup “controversy”.
This picture was to suggest the size of the “Pile” Biscuits and Gravy. You’d be surprised to know how much Photoshop went into this image.
If loving chocolate milk is wrong, then I’m dropping this course and auditing a different one where my opinions are considered right.
I love sweet tea so much I should live in a place with a more moderate climate and have less of a work ethic.
Thanks Taco Bell! I was looking for a sign. Unfortunately she said “In what world?” and now I’m depression eating your disgusting tacos to feel… anything. You win twice.
The Condiment Basket.
I somehow doubt there will be so many losers next week.
There will be more photos from this event, but I wanted to set this photo of Layla off on its own because I like it so much.
I’m not a mentalist, a psychic, or even a psycho, but this is what I think Layla is thinking:
I can picture in my mind a world without war, a world without hate.
And I can picture us attacking that world, because they’d never expect it.
PARTICULARS
CAMERA: SONY-SLT-A65V
ISO: 1000
FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm (90mm – 35mm equivalency)
APERTURE: f/4
EXPOSURE: 1/100
DATE: 11/15/2015 – 14:55
PHOTOSHOP: Converted to Black & White.
NO GPS DATA
Over 4 years ago, I felt it was time to retire The Friend Wall and replace it with something else. After reading a book from THE DAILY SHOW I came upon the idea to have 9 people pose while conveying 9 different emotions.
Many times I’ve thought about bringing back THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT with more people. Not just 9 more people, but more people. I even had a false start with Dawn that resulted in a photo shoot where the images have since been lost.
However, I now have began the process of starting again. I’m not sure where this will lead. There isn’t a timeline or a plan. I don’t know if any of the original 9 will come back and recreate their original photo shoot. Anything is possible.
So meet Michelle, who has become the first person to pose for the next generation of THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT photos.
Read the 9 emotions left to right. Top to bottom. Take Tylenol for any headaches. Midol for any cramps.
1. Joy
2. Sadness
3. Anger
4. Amusement
5. Fear
6. Jealousy
7. Surprise
8. Sympathy
9. Boredom
I have even created a Gallery that is dedicated to housing the images from THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT.
The original 9 were:
1. Cousin Amy
2. Sara
3. Derrick
4. Jen
5. Jesse
6. Jay
7. Shannon
8. Willy
9. Jlll
If you want to visit that gallery, click on the link below:
Inside that gallery, for the first time for public eyes, I have released my photo shoot for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT.
A question you might ask is this:
Will this pathetic mining of the past lead to future past mines?
The answer is maybe. I have tentatively been thinking about bringing back THE LABELS PROJECT as well. However, I really need to meditate on that one. I’ll get back to you on that one.
Another question might be:
Will these new images go on the THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT WALL in my living room?
The answer is no. I have a plan for that wall, but it is extremely expensive. What is that plan? Donate to my Go Fund Me page and maybe I’ll tell you*.
*I don’t have a Go Fund Me page.
The theme SHADOWS must not have done it for many people. At least there was a new submitter this week. Welcome aboard Shannon!
Perhaps this week’s theme will be more to the liking of more peoples.
This week’s submissions:
Christopher D. Bennett
Angie DeWaard
So it is time to unleash this week’s theme. It is an easy one. I swear!
Water – noun – A colorless, transparent, odorless, tasteless liquid that forms the seas, lakes, rivers, and rain and is the basis of the fluids of living organisms.
As always, email your submissions to bennett@photography139.com by noon next Monday.
Here are a few of the losers that didn’t make the cut for my submission to THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
To think, I almost gifted that wig (that was a gift from Jen) to Willy. Still might.
