Here is another collection of alternates for last week’s BLACK AND WHITE theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Some were taken on my way back from Manhattan, Kansas. Some were taken around my house. Some were taken around my Mom’s house. Some were taken out by Don Williams. I can’t… Read More »Back in Black and White
You know that BLACK AND WHITE is my favorite theme. You know darn well that I’m going to have lots of BLACK AND WHITE alternates. Lots and lots of alternates. Actually I think I have less alternates than I normally do for BLACK AND WHITE. That being said, I’m still… Read More »Put that Fire in Your Soul
Back in August I started experimenting with bellows to take macro images. Here is a handful (and by handful, I mean a handful if you are the man who killed Inigo Montoya’s father) of images from the fist trial run. These pictures are only the slightest cropped to remove a… Read More »SupercalifragilisticMACROlidocious
We did it fam! 52 straight weeks of double digit submissions! I can hardly believe it. That means it shouldn’t be an issue to continue to get great participation rates as we slowly move into the colder and colder temperatures in the coming months. Don’t forget to get your flu… Read More »WPC – WEEK 263 – STILL LIFE
I need to start today off by wishing my Mom a happy birthday. Without here, none of this would be possible. Not only would I never exist, she also bought me my first camera. A Minolta Maxxum 450si. Happy birthday Mom! It hope is as amazing a birthday as you… Read More »Rodan139: Water Alternate
Can you believe it? 51 straight weeks of double digit submission! 1 week short of a full year of double digit submissions! WooHoo! But you didn’t come here to hear me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! ELIZABETH NORDEEN ANDY SHARP CARLA STENSLAND CARLA… Read More »WPC – WEEK 262 – WATER
The pictures in the folder 2010-04-05 are from a combination of us introducing Jackson to the greatness of Homerun Derby and then the rest are pictures for a MACRO theme of the first year of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, then known as THE RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT. Makes me want… Read More »2010-04-05
A few Saturdays back, I went on a small road trip with my Mom. We went to the State Center Rose Garden. We went to the Neal Smith Wildlife Refuge. We went to Hardee’s in Indianola! Then we ended up at Shannon and Jason’s store Honey Hollow. It is located… Read More »Honey Hollow
I meant to publish a post on this subject a week or so ago, but the derecho put those plans on hold. I’ve meant to be more proactive about writing about when I get new equipment, even equipment that is fairly small or seemingly inconsequential to most people. Hopefully this… Read More »Red Fish, Blue Fish
I need to start today by wishing a happy birthday to Russ! Happy birthday Russ! I hope your birthday was as wonderful as you wanted it to be! +++++++ The first day after the derecho, I woke up without power. I figured it wouldn’t take long to get power. While… Read More »Derecho Beta
There aren’t many images in the folders 2010-02-15, 2010-02-17, and 2010-02-22 so I combined them all into one post. Most of the pictures are of flowers. But there is a WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE photo in there and a self-portrait. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was… Read More »2010-02-15, 2010-02-17, & 2010-02-22
Last Friday night I prowled around Boone for a little bit taking NIGHT pictures for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Many of them, just couldn’t make the cut for Monday. But they seem to be ready for the world now. I really don’t do enough NIGHT photography these days. +++++++ This… Read More »My Mind was Full of Razors
I have plenty more BLACK AND WHITE alternates for last week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: I can’t wait until BLACK AND WHITE is the theme again! +++++++ This is your reminder that this week’s THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is FACELESS PORTRAIT: FACELESS PORTRAIT Remember that a FACELESS PORTRAIT is… Read More »When I Stand in Your Love
If you are near your Photography 139 Calendar, you know that today is a big day for the Photography 139 Universe. Today is Naima’s birthday! While Naima is spending her birthday socially distancing as there has been a resurgence of Covid in Iowa and in most of the United States.… Read More »My Fear Doesn’t Stand a Chance
Happy 4th of July everybody! This holiday celebratory picture is a bit different. This historical marker commemorates the crew of a U.S. Army Air Force B-24 Bomber that were killed when their plane crashed in Boone County during a training flight during WWII. +++++++ The pictures in the folders 2010-01-19… Read More »2010-01-19 & 2010-01-25
This is amongst the most important works I’ve ever done on this website. For Lent, I was going to attempt to rely as heavily as possible on fish for my protein. However, part of the way through Lent, the pandemic hit and my diet became a lot less discretionary. However,… Read More »Frozen Fish Power Rankings
Another week of working from home almost in the books. I don’t even know how long it has been now. I don’t that much has changed. I still listen to 96.1 in the morning. In the afternoons, there isn’t really anything designated any more. I’ve been listening to podcasts I… Read More »Such a Classic Waste of Cool
EDITOR’S NOTE: After I wrote this post, the Boone County Fair announced that the Fair was going on as normal. Here is their press release: The Boone County Fair Board is excited to announce that the fair will occur as planned July 16-19, with only a few minor changes due… Read More »Art is Art – 2020
I will write more in depth about my experience at the Boone Black Lives Matter event on Monday. I stayed about 15-20 feet away from it with a mask on because of my deep virus concerns, but I was still able to get a fair amount of pictures. My short… Read More »Black Lives Matter – Boone – One
Time for yet another collection of images from the 2019 Howard Family Photo Shoot. With this collection I am now over half-done curating the photos from this collection. The final collection will actually be a small one. Very small depending on what I do with the port-a-potty pictures that Jesse… Read More »The 2019 Howards – Subset Cuatro
32 straight weeks of double digit submissions! The fourth straight week that I didn’t send any reminder text messages this morning and still made double digit submissions, easy. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the EMOTIONS submissions:… Read More »WPC – WEEK 243 – EMOTIONS