Category Archives: Still Life

Personal Photo Project #98

I did get a chance to send at a few Merry Christmas Picture Messages last year, even though they were a little less ambitious than years past. Here is the picture I sent out:



Merry Christmas 2011!

I’m sure I’ll have to make up for weak attempt last year with something more ambitious for a minor holiday this year. I wonder when Talk Like A Pirate Day is this year.

Kalona Road Trip

A few weeks back I went on a road trip with Sara, Cousin Amy, and the Funk to have lunch at an Amish woman’s house in Kalona. The trip was set up by the Funk who has ties to the Amish community in Kalona as she is formerly Amish.

I’ve really only known the Funk for a few months now, but she is truly one of the most fascinating human beings I’ve ever met. Not just because she is formerly Amish, but I can’t lie, that part fascinates me.

I really find the Amish community to be fascinating and to have somebody to ask question after question after question after question to is really cool for me.

The pictures of the Amish woman’s (Ruby Miller) house are being held back for Personal Photo Project #77, but here are a sampling of the other pictures we took on this incredible day.

Disclaimer: I go to Kalona about once or twice a year with my Mom. I never photograph the Amish while I’m there because I know that it is not something that they would enjoy (clearly not the right word). But on this trip I did take a couple of pictures of some Amish at the urging of the Funk. One of the pictures I took was of an Amish volleyball tournament. I really wish I would have been able to stop the car and enter the tournament. I have a history of dominating religious tournaments. A Pentecostal volleyball tournament here and a Mormon basketball tournament there. However, Amish volleyball tournament was not to be added to my list of life experiences.


Kalona Trip - Amish Meal
Cheese from the Kalona Dairy

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal
Kalona Dairy

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal
Kalona Dairy

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal
Picture for The Story Project

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal
Flower for Sale at the Bakery

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal
The Funk in the Community Store

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal
The Funk in the Community Store

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal
Clematis

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal
Good Grass Fed Beef

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

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Sara in Stringtown

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Kalona Trip - Amish Meal

Another bonus of this trip was taking Sara to Sister’s Garden. I’ve always kind of viewed it as Sara’s mothership even though she had never been there before. Now that has been remedied.

Next week’s Wednesday random picture collection will be from a baseball game I attended in Minnesota.

RWPE Y2 #25 – SOOTHING

We are almost halfway through the final year of the Random Weekly Photo Experiment. Some good submissions for SOOTHING:


IMAGE LOST
Julie Johnson

WEEK 25 - SOOTHING - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest

WEEK 25 - SOOTHING - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

The Random Theme Generator has spoken. Here is the theme for this week:

LIGHT PLACEMENT

Here is a look back at last year’s submissions for LIGHT PLACEMENT:

LIGHT PLACEMENT – 2010


Remember next Monday is Independence Day, so it wouldn’t hurt to have your submissions in early.

RWPE Y2 #23 – DEPTH OF FIELD

There wasn’t a sudden burst of more submissions this week, but I am pleased with the quality of submissions. For the first time in roughly 8 weeks, I even like my submission. The final 30 or so weeks of RWPE Y2 has some signs of hope.

Here are the submissions for DEPTH OF FIELD:


WEEK 23 - DEPTH OF FIELD - MIKE VEST
Mike Vest of Waxen Media

IMAGE LOST
Julie Johnson of The Joy is in the Journey

WEEK 23 - DEPTH OF FIELD - CHRISTOPHER D. BENNETT
Christopher D. Bennett

The theme for this week is:

PEOPLE

Here is a look back at last year’s submissions for PEOPLE:

PEOPLE-2010

This is the part where I would normally point out that this is a really easy theme because everybody knows somebody, but I’m starting to think everybody I know suffers from some form of social anxiety disorder or another. You can rest assured I will have a PEOPLE picture. After all, I know people.