The folder called 10-21-07 is full of pictures from a trip on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad with Jay.
If you really love railroad photography, there are many more images from this trip in this gallery:
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane features more trains, more leaves, and another appearance from Jay!
I can officially announce now that I have unretired from “competing” in photography contests.
For the first time in a couple years I entered photos in the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I will have one photo displayed at the Iowa State Fair. Don’t ask me which one, because I don’t know and I’m not even sure I remember what I entered at this point. Seems like a long time ago.
However, I was inspired by Baby Got Rack competing in the barbecue contest at the Boone County Fair, I decided to enter some photos in the Open Class at that same fair. Here is what I entered:
Each image got a Blue Ribbon. It had been approximately 15 years since the last time I entered the Boone County Fair. Seemed like it was about time and I owe a debt of gratitude to Mike Vest for getting the pictures mounted so I had something to enter.
However, that isn’t all. Here is where it gets exciting! I’ve decided to keep all this participation momentum going and enter the Pufferbilly Days Contest for the first time in maybe at least 7 or 8 years.
I’m also going to bring back the way I used to pick my Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Photos. That means I’m not going to pick at all. I’m going to let 6 lucky Photography 139 fans pick the images.
At some point later this week, I’m going to publish the following photo on Instagram:
When that photo gets posted, the first 6 people that leave a comment on that photo stating that they want to be a Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest Selector, will get there wish and be just that. They will have access to about 50 images and the picture they pick, I will enter.
If I can’t find 6 people that want to be selectors, well we will fall through that bridge when we get to it.
A young Johnathan Stensland among the photos in the folder 09-09-07:
Next Saturday’s walk down memory lane will include what I’m sure might have been the wedding of the year in 2007!
Most of the pictures from the folder called 09-09-07 are from an Iowa State football game with UNI. The others are from Pufferbilly Days.
Next Saturday’s folder will have lots of yellow flowers!
This concludes the photos of the few hours I spent with Shorty on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad back in July.
I have many influences on my photography. It ranges from other artists to movies to television shows to friends to family. However, one of the most obscure influences on my photography is a book I was given as a child called simply TRAINS. I still have that book. It is a little worse for the wear and Karma chewed up the binding 15 years ago or so. I still crack it out and look through it now and again.
That is a little peek into my methodology.
More from when I rode the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad with Shorty:
Just a few photos left from that trip!
These pictures didn’t have what it takes to make the cut for RURAL for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Perhaps, some of them are just me playing with new camera settings:
I don’t know. Maybe if these images just believed in themselves, they could accomplish something… something great.
Way back and July I rode the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad with Shorty. Here are some of those pictures:
More from that trip later.
Mostly train photos in the folder they call 06-28-07:
Next week’s folder seems to be ground squirrel heavy.
Think I’ll split this folder into 2 sections. Cause I can.
Next week I’ll probably finish this album with some Henning action.
