Downtown Des Moines has one of the best Farmer’s Markets in the country. It is massive and while I don’t cook much, I like to eat and I LOVE doing street photography, so I try to make it there at least once a year. Last year I took Jesse with… Read More »DM Farmer’s Market: Beginnings
A few weeks back Jay had the grand idea of trying Indian for Friday Night Supper Club. To be honest, it has been years since the last time I ate Indian. And I mean years. I bet it has been at least a decade. So a plan was hatched and… Read More »Messala! Ames Field Work
CONTRAST! What a great theme! But how many people got their photography juices in motion? Keep scrolling to find out. As of 12:01 PM on Monday, February 10, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Suzie Brannen – 1 week2-Jesse Howard – 2 weeks3-Sara Lockner – 2 weeks*4-Mary Green… Read More »WPC – WEEK 492 – CONTRAST
At the end of last Sunday’s food adventure I indicated that this week’s food adventure would involve Indian food. I decided to bump that food adventure a week and concentrate on the spreads at the 2 Super Bowl parties I attended. Get to them while the memories are still fresh… Read More »Super Bowl Spreads – 2025
This is the final collection of images from the Boone County Fair. It concentrates on the rides and games the kids rode and ate and probably wore. Here are some pictures from the day! A bonus picture of Bokeh thrown in there at the end for the fans. This was… Read More »Sunday at the BCF: Carnival
This isn’t a new food adventure by any stretch of the imagination. In fact, this food adventure is a family tradition. A tradition that goes back years. But I don’t think I’ve ever written about it, so I thought I better correct this terrible oversight. Of course, I must be… Read More »#pancakelife: Boone Field Work
After we hit up the foam party we wandered briefly through the animal barns before hitting up the midway for rides and some food. Here are some more pictures from the day: Still one more collection of images from this great day at the Fair to share!
I like to try to hit at least one of the towns that RAGBRAI goes through every year. Fortunately for me, this year RAGBRAI was, well not close, but fairly close to me for a couple of days. 1 of the overnight stops was Winterset, which is one of my… Read More »RAGBRAI: Winterset Food Vendors
A Ukrainian Bakery recently opened up in downtown Ames and as you know, I’m a fiend for a good bakery. It is in the genes. I wanted to get over there as soon as I could but it’s hours were not jiving with my availability. But then, out of the… Read More »Stollen O’Clock: Ames Field Work
When we left off last Friday we were at the Saint Louis Cathedral. We will start out there and then go out to Jackson Square. Then finish up just walking around the French Quarter. It is a very photogenic part of the city! Here is a little history of Jackson… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Jackson Square
Time to share the rest of the Stanhope Watermelon Festival pictures. Most of these are from the watermelon eating contests! Have a look: I endorse the Stanhope Watermelon Day. It is a good day and all the free watermelon you could have ever want! I look forward to it. It… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Day Contests
It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. But as we are heading into a new year,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 489 – COMPETITION
Today is Ander’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Anders! I hope your birthday is filled with all the robots and all the monsters and all the robot monsters you can handle! +++++++ This Sunday’s food adventure involves the burger that won Best Burger… Read More »Burgertime: Ankeny Field Work
I made a fairly rare appearance at the Sunday of the Boone County Fair. The main attraction being a chance to take pictures of Logan’s kids at the foam party. And another attraction being a chance to get some ice cream from one of the food trucks. I also got… Read More »Sunday at the Boone County Fair
A new tradition (I hope) that started in 2023 was to go out for a roaring round of miniature golf. In 2023 we went to Jester Park. Last year we went to Perfect Games. Of the 2 courses, I would recommend Jester Park. The Perfect Games course is perhaps the… Read More »2024 Jay Janson Invitational
This food adventure isn’t strictly a new one, but one I recently started and do hit on the regular basis. It might be a sign of my advanced age, but I’m starting to get into community meals. I’ve long had a tradition of going to the Lion Pancake Fundraiser (which… Read More »B & G: Boone Field Work
On the Saturday of the Boone County Fair I took a break from Logan’s barbecue contest to jet over to one of my favorite small town festivals, the Stanhope Watermelon Festival. I went there hoping to catch the watermelon eating contest and to visit the Stanhope State University booth. Stanhope… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Festival BC (Before Contests)
Here we are. Time to share all the pictures I considered for the 2025 Calendar but did not make the cut for one reason or another. Could be that I decided it wasn’t good enough. Or because a similar picture was chosen over it to be placed in the calendar.… Read More »I Wanna Have Control
Time to reveal the December image of the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: DECEMBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7 IV LENS: Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro APERTURE: f/8 SHUTTER: 1/2000 ISO: 100 DATE: April 13, 2024 This picture of a bird soaring through the sky was taken at the Last Chance Cemetery… Read More »WPC – WEEK 487 – MOTION
Time to reveal the November image from the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: NOVEMBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7IV LENS: SIGMA 105mm f/2.8 DG DN MACRO FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm APERTURE: f/8 SHUTTER: 1/125 DATE: May 26, 2024 I took this macro strawflower picture in my yard. Strawflowers are one of my… Read More »#BREAKFASTBURRITOLIFE: Ames Field Work
Time to reveal the July image for the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: JULY TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 150-600 f/5-6.3 DG DN FOCAL LENGTH: 276mm APERTURE: f/14 SHUTTER SPEED: 1/6400 ISO: 160 DATE TAKEN: August 2, 2024 I took this picture on my trip to the Indianola National… Read More »I Don’t Care if it Hurts