I thought I would take a Friday off from regaling you with events from the Alamo Bowl Road Trip because, I do now own the drone that I have been planning to own for several months now. While admittedly, I only reached 9 of my 10 goals, nobody has seemed… Read More »Remember Tonight…
Loyal leaders may recall that I started up the Selfie Project again in 2019. At the end of every month I will check-in with it to share some of my favorites from the month. If you don’t want to wait until the end of the month, you can follow me… Read More »Selfie Project – January
It would appear that the polar vortex not only crushed the temperatures, it also seems to have squashed participation for RUINS. But at least a few hearty souls got out in the weather and found something decaying to photography. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 177 – RUINS
We loaded up the car and I punched the address of the Branch Davidians Compound into the GPS. I had absolutely no clue what we would find what we would find when we got to the place where 76 people died in the Waco Siege. You see, we had stayed… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: Branch Davidians
I slept like a baby. Like an angel. Like a baby angel. I woke up in the morning ready to take on the world. After I got out of the shower I decided to walk the Motel 6 grounds to check out the lay of the land. I carried the… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: Magnolia
Back in May of 2018 I did a self-portrait session to create a new avatar for my Instagram and Twitter accounts. It was also to create an image I might use if I were to order more business cards. I picked an image out that is my current avatar on… Read More »The Bearded Camera
Before we dive into the nuts and bolts of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, I want to acknowledge that today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. While the day is named after and honors Martin Luther King Jr. it is important to acknowledge that it also celebrates this country’s advancements (and… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 175 – MACRO
After paying our respects to “The Tall Chief”, we hit the open road. We headed south in Oklahoma and weren’t really sure what we would find. Several miles down the road we saw a sign for Muskogee. While I am personally devoid of musical talent, I do love music. I… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: USS Batfish
Jesse and I left for the Alamo Bowl at about 7 AM on Thursday, December 27. Our first stop was at a Casey’s in Peculiar, Missouri. It was noteworthy mostly because gas there was $1.75 a gallon. A good 20 cents cheaper than in the Cyclone State: Our second stop… Read More »Alamo Bowl Road Trip: The Tall Chief
One of the goals of 2019 is to bring back the SELFIE PROJECT. So far I am 8 for 8, including Day 0. I’ll share what I consider the best of the SELFIE PROJECT monthly. I’ll share the pictures daily on Instagram. Here are the first 8 pictures. Day 0… Read More »Selfie Project – 2019
I have to confess that this is one of the saddest blog posts I’ve ever had the solemn duty to post. It seems that next to nobody out there has any FRIENDS. At least not any FRIENDS that they would be willing photography. Or perhaps the fault lies in me… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 172 – FRIENDS
I took Naima to Dickcissel back in May. Nader joined us on that day. Nader joined Willy as the only person to join Naima on our trips to Dickcissel Park. Most people are afraid of the snakes and the mud. Most people are soft: The last time I published pictures… Read More »Naima and Nader
Iowa State’s 12th game was quite the doozie. The had to reschedule their South Dakota State game that go called due to lightning for December 1. Originally Iowa State scheduled perennial FCS doormat Incarnate Word for the game. But a funny thing happened to December 1. Incarnate Word got good… Read More »Iowa State 27 Drake 24
Looks like another rough week for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Only a few people were able to communicate the theme COMMUNICATION. Might be time to look into retiring THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 168 – COMMUNICATION
Last night was the lighted parade in Boone. While I was walking around the mean streets of urban Boone, it dawned on me that it was a perfect opportunity to knock out Page 23 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 23 – Photograph a shadow To make image more unique,… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 23
As the 2018 political season wound down, I found it to be a perfect time to tackle Page 70 and then subsequently Page 71 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 70 – Take a picture of something you hate. There are few things in the world I hate more than… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 70-71
A few weeks back Jay sent me an enigmatic message about archaeological photography. After drilling down, I figure out he was talking about taking pictures of a recently abandoned apartment in his building. An apartment that the former occupants left in less than stellar conditions. One Sunday after a post… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 55
Saturday was the beginning of one of my favorite times of year: college football season! In particular, Iowa State football season! Iowa State was slated to play the Jackrabbits from South Dakota State (a school with a certain amount of campanile envy) at 7 PM in Jack Trice Stadium. There… Read More »The Game that Never Happened
Due to Scottie D. and I have often contrasting busy schedules, I’ve decided to branch out and have special guests join me on Tenderloin Appreciation Society Field Work from time to time, so that I can get more tenderloin reviews out there in the world. I know that I am… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Ames Field Work
Welcome to a bonus “An Artist’s Notebook” blog. A couple things before we get into the meat of this blog. #1. Today Baby Got Rack will be competing at the Boone County Fair’s barbecue competition. They changed the rules from previous years. We are only allowed to enter to categories.… Read More »Tenderloin Appreciation Society – Winterset Field Work – Solo Mission
This is my telling of my experience on the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group’s Mission Trip to Houston (Vidor). There were 18 people on the mission trip and all of them experienced the mission trip in a completely different way than I did. Therefore, you should pull your… Read More »Houston (Vidor) Mission Trip – Day 2