Day 3 of my work trip to Philadelphia was the first day I really had to work. So I didn’t get much time with the camera during the day. It was also the night that I went with a group of fellow miners to New Jersey to eat at a… Read More »Philadelphia Day 3
Now that I’ve revealed all of the 2026 Photography Calendar I’m going to put together a super long post. I’m not joking, this is a SUPER long post. You might want to stretch out your scrolling finger before diving in to this one. Normally I might make this into 2… Read More »Let’s Talk 2026 Calendar!
Time to reveal the December image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. The final image. DECEMBER – 2026 The subject of the December image is me holding a candle during the Candlelight Service at Boone First United Methodist Church. I’m kind of a man’s man. No collar worker with blue… Read More »Des Moining III
Time to reveal the September image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. SEPTEMBER – 2026 The subject of the September image was Virgil the Owl. Virgil took up residence in a tree outside of Lagomarcino on the Iowa State campus this spring. So fortunately this owl was an easy owl… Read More »Des Moining II
Time to reveal the August image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. AUGUST – 2026 The subject of the August is a baby pig snoozing away at the Iowa State Fair. I have so many favorite parts of the Iowa State Fair and can’t wait until I actually get to… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: The End
Time to reveal the Mach image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. MARCH – 2026 Technical Details This picture is the ocean view looking back from the ocean view of the Giant’s Causeway in Northern Ireland. If I was forced to pick my favorite part of the Ireland trip, I… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 1
Time to reveal the January image for the 2026 Photography 139 Calendar. JANUARY – 2026 Technical Details The subject for the January image is the rotunda of the Iowa Capital. It is a part of a series of the Iowa Capital photos called “Where Basic Human Rights Go to Die”.… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: I Didn’t Hear No Bell
Back in June I went down to Des Moines with Teresa. The ultimate goal was to hit the Greek Food Fair, but we also went to the Downtown Des Moines Famer’s Market and the Capital Pride Event. It was a pretty fantastic day. Here is the first collection of images… Read More »Des Moining I
Time to share the rest of the collection of images I took at the Iowa State Capital back in spring. When we last left this photo session we had just stepped outside of the law library. The law library is beautiful, but I went on a Saturday and it is… Read More »Where Basic Human Rights Go to Die – II
A couple weeks back Boone held our annual Christmas Parade and town tree lighting event. It was about a week later than normal if memory serves and it ran into some terrible weather. On the day it was supposed to be we had a snowstorm. So it got moved back… Read More »Boone Christmas Parade – 2025
Time to share the final collection of images from the pro democracy rally I attended back in April. As I watch the news all I can think is, there are only 4 things certain in life. Death. Rich people not paying taxes. Republicans putting us in a recession (as every… Read More »Mutual Aid Rally V
Time to share the rest of the street photography images I took while prowling around Des Moines back in May after getting approved for Global Entry. Here are those images: The East Village is one of my favorite places for walking about and doing some street photography!
It is Week 3 of Advent and I would once again like to light a virtual calendar and use the script for it from the book we are using for our Advent Season at Boone First United Methodist Church this year. The book is “The Redemption of Scrooge” by Matt… Read More »The Swell Season Road Trip
Since Iowa State’s football season is officially over and ended in one of the worst ways possible, I suppose no damage can be done by starting to share the rest of the images I took while attending Iowa State football games this year. These pictures are from the Spirit Walk… Read More »ISU vs BYU: Spirit Walk
After getting back from the City Hall area I wander around the Reading Terminal for a bit and then eventually met up with Lowell and we did something super touristy. I say that without shame, but with pride. I’ve always wanted to ride one of those double decker tour buses,… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: Bus Tour
As I prepare to share another collection of images from the pro-democracy rally I attended back in April, I can’t help but think about the affordability crisis that is facing our country right now and the large list of layoffs that are coming our way: Just some recent layoff announcements:… Read More »Mutual Aid Rally IV
Back in May I went down to the Des Moines Airport to finalize approval for Global Entry for the trip to Ireland. Before and after my appointment I wandered around parts of Des Moines doing a little street photography. I took enough images for two collections. Here is the first… Read More »May Des Moines Street Photography I
Day 2 in Philadelphia was supposed to be the first day of work. It wasn’t real clear in the early morning if we would work or when we would work. It was dependent on when the contractors got finished putting the Computer Mine Booth together. Fortunately for us, they didn’t… Read More »Philadelphia Day 2: City Hall
Time to share another collection of images from the pro-democracy rally I attended back in April. Here is that collection: Still more pictures to share from the rally. Maybe by the time I share the next collection Whiskey Pete will have been forced to resign. I won’t hold my breath… Read More »Mutual Aid Rally III
FRIENDS! A great theme! But did enough people at least get see acts of friendship to make it a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out! As of 12:01 PM on Monday, November 24, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks: 1-Jen Ensley-Gorshe – 1… Read More »WPC – WEEK 533 – FRIENDS
Thursday was the annual Boone First United Methodist Church’s Free Community Thanksgiving Meal. I’ll share final details later, but I do know that we served over 500 people in the drive-thru lane alone! I thought I would start by sharing a few drone photos I took of the event: I’ll… Read More »Rodan139: Boone FUMC Thanksgiving 2025