Before I get into the business of the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, I need to point out that today is Memorial Day. Happy Memorial Day. Don’t forget what this day celebrates. Iowa Veterans Cemetery – Van Meter, Iowa The WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE took its customary holiday hit for participation rates. I… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 141 – STORE
The world wasn’t ready for these ARCHITECTURE pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer… I took all of these photos while I was out looking for town signs. They range from Roland to Cambridge. You’re welcome… Read More »I Wreck these Stages, Real Talk, Better Give Me Space ‘Cause I Am Chasing
A good week of submissions for ARCHITECTURE. I have no doubt that my outhouse picture inspired many a person to submit this week. This week, the Photography 139 Empire extended as far east as Chicago. As far north as Roland, Iowa. As far west as the Des Moines Airport. As… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 137 – ARCHITECTURE
This is one of probably 2 entries for An Artist’s Notebook about my Saturday morning last. This is about the later part of my morning, but you must know a little bit about the early morning to understand how this strange turn of events happened. The earliest part of my… Read More »Miller Estate Auction
The world wasn’t ready for these GOVERNMENT pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer. Here are GOVERNMENT alternates: If you are wondering why the bird photos are considered GOVERNMENT, it is because those pictures were taken… Read More »You Ain’t Never Been in My Book and I Got a Problem with It, Why? ‘Cause You Acting Like You Read My Pages!
The world wasn’t ready for these SIGNS pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world can handle them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: Beaver, Iowa – The jewel of Boone County. Grand Junction, Iowa – The jewel of Greene County Jefferson, Iowa – They have an… Read More »I’m a Doctor with No Job. Me, I Don’t Have No Patients. I Keep Pacing Back and Forth, I Keep Racing.
Another big week for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. People didn’t let the weather stop them from harvesting all sorts of SIGNS pictures. This week the Photography 139 empire stretched as far north as downtown Boone, Iowa. As far south and east as Kentucky. As far west as Folsom, California. There… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 135 – SIGNS
On my recent sojourn to Marshalltown, I was able to collect a few more signs for the TOWN SIGN PROJECT. Mackey, Iowa Story City, Iowa Randall, Iowa Jewell, Iowa Radcliffe, Iowa Garden City, Iowa Gilbert, Iowa (Side 1) Gilbert, Iowa (Side 2) Most towns have multiple town signs. I only… Read More »The Town Sign Project: Vol. 3
The world wasn’t ready for these ROAD TRIP photos on Monday. The world still wasn’t ready for them on Tuesday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: After Jewell, I tooled through Ellsworth. From Ellsworth I moved onto Radcliffe.… Read More »I Get So Frustrated, Take A Look at What I Created, Time is Wasting and I Ain’t Waiting!
The world was not ready for these ROAD TRIP pictures on Monday. It is highly doubtful that the world is ready for these ROAD TRIP pictures now, but I can’t hold them back any longer. This is not an endorsement of Rick Young for Hardin County Supervisor, although he has… Read More »I’m Not Complaining, I’m Just Being Honest, I Promise That I Will Not Beg for Respect, No!
A healthy amount of people hit the open road for a ROAD TRIP photo. I think this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE EMPIRE extends as far north as Randall, Iowa. As far south as Arkansas. As far west as West Wendover, Nevada. As far east as Virginia, I’m guessing. But you… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 134 – ROAD TRIP
Time to hit the backlog again. Here are pictures from the my trip to the Crazy Horse Memorial with my Mom: I loved the Crazy Horse Memorial. My one complaint is that I wish there was more about Crazy Horse there and a little less about the family carving the… Read More »My Land is Where My Dead Lie Buried
Hitting up the back log, these are pictures I took on my way up to Brushy Creek one July afternoon. Most of these pictures were taken in Dayton. The last few were taken in Burnside.
Dipping back into the back log. These images are from the Caves Road Trip that Jay, Willy, and I went on back in July. On our way to the main course, the Maquoketa Caves State Park, we passed through a virtual ghost town. Scotch Grove. The only things is that… Read More »Nothing Behind Me, Everything Ahead of Me
The world wasn’t ready for these OLD/ELDERLY pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer. Most of these pictures were taken at a Methodist Church. Either in Boone or Stratford. You’re welcome world!
The world wasn’t ready for these alternates for last week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme RUINS. Not sure the world is ready yet, but I can’t hold them back any longer: Most of these pictures were taken down at the Kate Shelley Museum in Moingona. For those of you from Minnesota,… Read More »Just Let Me Do What I Do Best; You’re Better Off Playing Russian Roulette
There was another slight uptick in participation this rates for RUINS in this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk tommyrot abut participation rates. You came to see the submissions: KIM BARKER KIM BARKER TAMARA PETERSON CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT CARLA STENSLAND CARLA STENSLAND… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 121 – RUINS
A reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is RUINS: RUINS! Don’t know what a RUINS photograph would look like? Here are a few examples to get your creative juices flowing: Dawn Krause Angie DeWaard Sarah Karber Joe Duff Jesse Howard Kim Barker Happy photo harvesting!
Hitting the back log again. These are images I took the day after some young hooligans set fire to the Cedar Bridge near Winterset. I’m not really sure what possessed people to burn down this bridge. While I do agree that the efforts of Robert James Waller are an affront… Read More »The Burned Bridge of Madison County
A friendly reminder that today is the last day to order a 2018 Photography 139 Calendar! The price of the calendar is still $10. A veritable bargain in this climate of rising prices! I’m sure you are ready to plunk down $10 or $20 or $30 based on the high… Read More »Final Day to Order – 2018 Photography 139 Calendar
As me and my friendly neighborhood robocopy scripts make it through the back log, I’ve come across some images from the day I went down to Winterset after some young hooligans burned down one of the famous (or infamous depending on how you feel about “literature”) covered bridges of Madison… Read More »I Ain’t No Hogback Girl!