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!!!
I don’t think that it is a secret to anybody that knows me at all that black and white photography is my true photographic love. And we all know that true love is the greatest thing in the world – except for a nice MLT – mutton, lettuce, and tomato sandwich, where the mutton is nice and lean and the tomatoes are ripe.
But I digress.
The point is I’ve been looking forward to this week for 13 weeks now! Let’s see the submissions.
Angie DeWaard
Kim Barker 1
Kim Barker 2
Deb Kibby
Micky Augustin 1
Micky Augustin 2
Christopher D. Bennett
Mike Vest
If it was up to me, I would’ve thrown in BLACK AND WHITE as a category 4 or 5 times. Unfortunately, it just dawned on me that it is up to me. Maybe next year.
But why dwell on the past, when we have the future to look forward to? Let us look at this week’s theme…
This category doesn’t necessarily mean an object inside of a literal frame. Think of this as an object that your view is framed by other objects. Or think of this any way that you like.
MESSAGE FROM PHOTOGRAPHY 139’S SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION.
Big time welcomes are due to not ONE, but TWO new email subscribers. So give BIG welcomes to new Photography 139 email subscribers Dawn Krause AND Joe Duff. I believe Joe to be our first subscriber from Texas! Going global… soon!
I would normally tell you that if you see them on the streets to give them a knowing glance AND don’t be shy about showing them the secret Photography 139 handshake. However, the Secret Handshake Division has yet to finalize the handshake. So at this time the knowing glance will have to suffice.
Welcome aboard Joe and Dawn. I know you shall fare well!
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.
If I didn’t already have an established protocol for the naming of the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE journal entries, I might have named this here entry: WHERE HAVE ALL THE DUDES GONE?
Male participation has declined dramatically in the last couple of weeks. I’m not complaining for personal reasons. I’ll never complain about being surrounded by such lovely ladies. I’m just saying its weak. Get on it men!
Here are this week’s submissions for STILL LIFE:
Christopher D. Bennett
Kim Barker
Carla Stensland
Michelle Haupt
Shannon Bardole
Laura Miller
Time to look to the future and reveal this week’s theme:
But how does one define GAMES? I would define it like this:
GAMES – noun – a form of play or sport, especially a competitive one played according to rules and decide by skill, strength, or luck.
Nothing new from Photography 139’s Shameless Self-Promotion Divison to report.
As always, I look forward to seeing this week’s submissions!
There were a few other RELIGION pictures I took the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE that didn’t make the cut. Thought I’d share a few of those.
I don’t know if there will be quite so many losers next week.
I knew this week’s submissions would be a little light with the combination of the theme and the holiday. However, participation didn’t take too much of a hit. Hopefully it will rebound next week. That theme is pretty easy, but does require a bit of effort.
This week’s submissions:
Carla Stensland
Trinity Barker
Angie DeWaard
Christopher D. Bennett
Shannon Bardole
Time to reveal next week’s theme:
Don’t know what STILL LIFE is? That’s okay, I have a definition:
STILL LIFE – noun – a representation chiefly of inanimate objects.
No housekeeping notes today. As always, I look forward to seeing all the submissions.
There was a bit of a falloff in participation this week, but that was to be expected. I fear this week’s theme will really scare people. That is okay, everybody needs to get out of the comfort zones once in a while.
This week’s submissions:
Kim Barker
Laura Miller
Michelle Haupt
Mike Vest
Shannon Bardole
Christopher D. Bennett
Angie DeWaard
Becky Perkovich
This brings us to the time where we reveal this week’s theme…
I told you it would be something that isn’t in everybody’s comfort zone. However, I hope there is still a good amount of submissions.
Time for a definition:
religion – noun – a set of beliefs concerning the cause, nature, and purpose of the universe, especially when considered as the creation of a superhuman agency or agencies, usually involving devotional and ritual observances, and often containing a moral code governing the conduct of human affairs.
And of course… time for a couple of housekeeping notes from PHOTOGRAPHY 139’S SHAMELESS SELF-PROMOTION DIVISION.
Michael Houlihan has become the latest person to show taste, class and sophistication by becoming a Photography 139 subscriber. So if you see Michael prowling the mean streets of Ames, Iowa you can give him a knowing glance and of course, the super secret Photography 139 handshake.*
Other sidenote, only 1 person responded positively to the return of the Proust Questionnaire, therefore it will not be making a December return. Take that Proust!
*A loyal subscriber has volunteered to create a Photography 139 handshake. They will then run their creation by my handshake expert. It is possible, that there will be a video on how to do the handshake in the nearish future.
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.
A pretty fair amount of submissions this week. I hope the momentum continues next week with a subject matter many people are less familiar with than FOOD. There is also, not one, but TWO first time contributors in this week’s submissions! Hopefully they feel inspired to keep submitting, even though this week’s theme will be harder. Hooray!
This week’s submissions:
Laura Miller
Micky Augustin
Michelle Haupt
Angie DeWaard One
Angie DeWaard Two
Christopher D. Bennett
Monica Kewer
Mike Vest
Shannon Bardole
Kim Barker
Becky Perkovich
Teresa Kahler
Time to reveal next week’s theme. My clue earlier was that it was something that many people aren’t as familiar with as they are food. Of course, that doesn’t include anybody with in the sound of these words.
Next week’s theme!
WORK – /werk/ noun – Activity involving mental or physical effort done in order to achieve a purpose or result.
Hopefully the enthusiasm for this project carries over!
Time for a quick housekeeping note from Photography 139’s Shameless Self-Promotion Division. We are pleased to announce that a new email subscriber has been added: Laura Miller of Manhattan, Kansas. I believe her to be the third person that resides in Kansas to subscribe to this here blog. If you see her out and about, give her the knowing glance AND feel free to teacher her the super-secret Photography 139 handshake. Welcome aboard Laura!
I actually made two trips out to McHose Park to attempt to create my WATER image for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Loyal followers of my Instagram account know what happened during my first effort. Therefore, no reason to bring that up again.
I took more than 1 photo while I was out there, so I thought I would share some of the other contenders for WATER, that fell short one way or another.
I’m sure I won’t have as many FOOD losers. Or maybe I’ll have no food losers. I guess I’ll see how that plays out.
