Day 4 in Ireland. This was the actual day of the game. We weren’t exactly sure how to get into the game. The stadium is in the middle of a neighborhood and doesn’t really have much parking next to it. We knew we were going to take a train, but… Read More »Ireland Day 4: Part 1
This is the final collection of 2024 images (besides the Howard Family Photo Shoot) I have to share. Then the 2024 backlog will be all but clear! Have a look: Feels good to have that 2024 backlog all but cleared.
Time to clean out that 2024 backlog some more. This collection of mostly street photography images in downtown Boone. I think most of these were either alternate images for the THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme SYMMETRY and maybe some were images considered for a theme reveal image for REFLECTIONS. Have… Read More »Well, It was Nearly Summer
Time to clean up part of the back log. Here we are. The last night of May. 2025. And these images are from the backlog of images from June of 2024. These are images that I took, and I like, but never really found there way into a previous “An… Read More »I Want a Perfect Soul
Today is Steph’s birthday so I need to wish her a happy birthday! Happy Birthday!! Day 2 in Philadelphia ended up being a surprise day off. Usually that is a setup day, but the convention crew didn’t have the Computer Mine booth remotely put together. Yay! Surprise day off! I… Read More »Philly Grub: Day 2
This is the final collection of images from my trip to New Orleans. There really shouldn’t have been that many. I got up early and went for a brief walk cause there was this Little Debbie mural I saw that I wanted to photograph. I can’t remember exactly when our… Read More »New Orleans Day 7: Southwest Failure
As many of you have heard, I had to say goodbye the Camry. I don’t get too attached to physical things. Well, I like to think I’m not, but everything about my house probably says I’m lying to myself about that. But let’s just go with I don’t get too… Read More »Requiem for a Camry
This is the final collection of images from Day 1 in New Orleans for my work trip. Last time we left off when I got to Saint Louis Cemetery No. 1. One of the shocking things to me was that if it wasn’t a bar or restaurant, everything in New… Read More »New Orleans Day 1: End of Images
Can you believe it. This is the final collection of images from the Eclipse Road Trip. After leaving Le Claire I head to Belle Plaine to try their famous Lincoln Cafe. I already wrote about my food adventure there on a long Sunday past. You can revisit that part of… Read More »Eclipse Road Trip Day 3 – Mostly Belle Plaine
I’ve shared all the tulip pictures I took when I made a road trip to Pella with Teresa back in April. But I also took a few other random pictures that I haven’t shared yet… until now! The last 4 pictures were taken in McHose Park in Boone. The reflection… Read More »Pella Road Trip Day
Day 3 of the Liberty Bowl Road Trip was the day of the actual Liberty Bowl. A game that didn’t go very well. I didn’t take very many pictures as most of the day was spent at the game. Afterwards, was in no mood to take pictures. Before the game… Read More »Home of the Blues – Day 3 & 4
By the time this publishes, I will be in possession of my entries to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. So it is safe to reveal what pictures got entered and what picture got shown the door. Which picture was told “You’re no good. Get outta here kid. You got… Read More »Food Truckin’: Winery Field Work
Here is a collection of images I took back in November in Webster City. They are mostly alternate images for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme SIGN. Just walked around and did a smidge of the street photography. There was one more picture I took on this day that I wanted… Read More »Couldn’t Look You in the Eye
This collection of glorious BLACK & WHITE images i took on July 6. I had a fairly lazy Saturday. I took a mini-road trip over to Jefferson for some A&W and had Jay, Willy, Monica, and Graham over for watermelon. But that was about all I did all day. This… Read More »Will Make You Miss My Wretched Heart
Time to share the final collection of street photography images I took in downtown Des Moines while searching for an ARCHITETCTURE picture for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: This collection is making me want to get out there and do some street photography! Like right now!
Last October the Boone Fire Department burned down the old Pizza Hut to get rid of it and to practice. I didn’t actually watch it and photograph it, as I was out of town. Logan and Nathanial got some amazing photos of it though. I’m not here to share those… Read More »Pizza Remains
Last September I ended up in Jefferson and I wandered around doing a little street photography of their beautiful, fascinating downtown area. Have a look: One more collection of images from this little jaunt to share.
RUINS! A great theme! But were enough people interested in it to make it a popular theme or will many streaks lie in ruins? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, May 6, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore… Read More »WPC – WEEK 452 – RUINS
LETTERS OR NUMBERS! A great theme! But were enough people their own dawg enough to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, April 29, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses): 1-Nader… Read More »WPC – WEEK 451 – LETTERS OR NUMBERS
You probably spent the last several minutes this morning eagerly, constantly refreshing your email inbox waiting to see what delightful images were submitted for last week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme LETTERS OR NUMBERS. Unfortunately for you, I am probably standing in a convention center in New Orleans right now,… Read More »WEEK 452 THEME REVEAL
Seems like a good time to share some alternate images I took for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme LEADING LINES. I took all of these pictures on a hike through the backside of McHose Park. These pictures are almost 3 weeks old, but looking at them, it dawns on me… Read More »And I Thought My Heart was Detached