I should start by wishing everybody a Merry Christmas, so Merry Christmas! The June image in the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar is of an old grain elevator (or something similar) in Pioneer, Iowa. Tomorrow I will share the July image from the 2022 Photography 139 Calendar. +++++++ This is yet… Read More »NYC – Six
Here is another collection of images from my trip to New York City with Jesse. It wasn’t exactly to visit my cousin Sarah, but that was really the highlight of the trip. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historic “An… Read More »NYC – Five
Here is another collection of images from my trip to New York City I took with Jesse. This collection is a bit more random. Some are taken on Liberty Island. The rest are kind of random. I hope if you ever make it to New York City, you have as… Read More »NYC – Four
The pictures in this collection are in a folder called New York City. These pictures are from a trip I took with Jesse to visit my cousin Sarah and her beau Tim. They live in Manhattan. We made this trip in 2011 and I thought that I’d probably go out… Read More »NYC – One
As I’ve indicated before, the 2011 folders are a disaster. These images cover most of the March 2011 folders. These are mostly pictures that were taken for the RANDOM WEEKLY PHOTO EXPERIMENT (now called THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE), but a few were taken for a PERSONAL PHOTO PROJECT. By adding… Read More »March Misc.
We did it people! 42 straight weeks of double digit submissions. It only took the slightest bit of prodding this morning. WooHoo! 43 straight weeks should be easy as falling off a log. Or so I’m told. I’ve never fallen off a log. But you didn’t come here to listen… Read More »WPC – WEEK 253 – NIGHT
After the game we went back to the hotel and took a nap. Well some of us took a nap. Some of us might have scrolled through Cyclone Twitter while everybody else napped. Once the batteries were recharged, we went to a Brazilian Steakhouse that Jorge knew about. It was… Read More »Camping World Bowl Road Trip Day 3 – Alligators
Day 3 was the only day we spent entirely in Orlando. It was one full day too many. Orlando is flat out one of the worst cities I’ve ever visited. It is dirty. It is poorly laid out. There is no culture. There is no music. There is no historical… Read More »Camping World Bowl Road Trip Day 3 – The Game
This is the final collection of pictures from my trip to the Minnesota State Fair with Bethany, Becca, Jonah, and Shawn. These are the cruddy cell phone pictures. One thing that I found disappointing when I went back and looked at these is that I didn’t take pictures of my… Read More »Minnesota State Fair – Pixel Pictures
Here is the final collection of Minnesota State Fair pictures that came from a real camera. This highlight being pictures of Becca and Jonah going down the giant slide. A secondary highlight is the extremely creepy statue right next to the giant slide. The final place we visited before calling… Read More »Minnesota State Fair #3
In this second collection of pictures from my trip to the Minnesota State Fair with Bethany, Becca, Jonah, and Shawn, I reveal a picture of the All You Can Drink Milk Stand. It is a good half mile, at least from the famous cookie place. There are also a couple… Read More »Minnesota State Fair #2
14 work days of working from home in the books. I think the last time I indicated that I was starting to get a system going. Now I can say that I’m starting to get comfortable working from home. I don’t mean that in a bad way. I’ll pumped when… Read More »Minnesota State Fair #1
Kenny Rogers passed away on Saturday. Celebrity deaths don’t usually have much effect on me. However, I was deeply saddened by the passing of Kenny Rogers. Kenny Rogers is my Mom’s favorite and therefore is one of my favorite country singers. I can’t stomach modern country, but I have more… Read More »The Gambler, He Broke Even
Even though it is barely March, it is about time that I start turning my thoughts to the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. I hope to be more current with my images by the time I actually have to make a decision, but I am pretty sure I know of… Read More »ISFRXOII
Hitting up the 2019 backlog for a collection of pictures I took while wandering around the Boone County Fair on the last day of the Fair. I was mostly just still playing a bit with the RXO II as I looked to capture many of the animals that were being… Read More »Sunday at the Fair
Back in May I went to see Evie perform during her piano recital. The recital was in Chocolaterie Stam in downtown Ames. I arrived early, so I wandered around downtown Ames and took a few photos that I’d like to share now: I still really haven’t set 2020 photography goals… Read More »Argerich
Back in November, the grocery store in Ogden burned down, making Ogden the latest small town to become a food desert. What is a food desert? As defined by the United States Department of Agriculture, a food desert is an area in which at least a third of the population… Read More »Ogden, Iowa – Food Desert
Last Friday I published pictures of when I saw Pete Buttigieg speak at the Iowa State Fair. It was the best place to hear somebody speak, so I decided to see him again. A few weeks back he came to speak at the Farm Expo Grounds near Boone. It was… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Pete Buttigieg – Volume 2
Once gain, hitting up that sweet, sweet 2018 backlog. Back in September I went to see and ride Thomas the Tank with Bethany, Nora, and Bethany’s friend Harvey and her kids. I frequently go down to the Boone Scenic Valley Railroad when Thomas is in town, but this was my… Read More »Tommy, Can You Hear Me?
Back in early August I took the morning off from the Computer Mine to see my 9th presidential candidate at the Boone County Fairgrounds. I went to see Joe Biden. I doubt that I need to give much of a background on Joe Biden. He has been leading the polls… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Joe Biden
This is final collection of pictures of College GameDay in Ames. It includes pictures of douche country “celebrity” Eric Church. There are also a couple pictures from the Iowa State-Iowa game. I didn’t take many pictures because I have pretty much given up on taking pictures at Iowa State games.… Read More »College Ames Day – Part III