No Kings – June – II
Time to share more pictures from the No Kings Rally back in June. Here they are: Still one more collection of images from this pro-democracy rally.
Time to share more pictures from the No Kings Rally back in June. Here they are: Still one more collection of images from this pro-democracy rally.
Last Friday I showed the first part of the images I took on Day 4 of my trip to Philadelphia. At night Sarah and Tim came down and hung out with me before they drove on to Baltimore. This is collection is the rest of those images I took walking… Read More »Philadelphia Day 4: Street Photography
A few weeks back the theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE was BLACK & WHITE. I used a picture of Johnny Orr from Hilton Coliseum as my submission, but you are a dang fool if you think that was the only BLACK & WHITE image I took that week. A… Read More »Somewhere in Between
Back at the end of May I went to see the Red Bull Soap Box Derby. Unfortunately I got there too late. I never really got a position to get any decent pictures of the competition. But I took a few pictures any ways. Have a looksie: Next time they… Read More »2025 Soap Box Derby
As the current regime’s agents are currently murdering people, kidnapping 5 year-olds, gassing 6 month-olds, randomly harassing and attacking people in Minneapolis, I thought I would be a good time to get back to sharing some pictures from some of the pro-democracy rallies I’ve attended. This collection of images is… Read More »No Kings – June – I
Time for the first collection of Day 4 of pictures from my work trip to Philadelphia. It starts with a collection of pictures I took while walking around the hotel and then bleeds into images I took while hanging out with Sarah and Tim. Here they are: It was a… Read More »Philadelphia Day 4: Murals
Back at the end of May I made a trip down to the Des Moines Farmer’s Market before heading over to check out the Red Bull Soapbox Derby. I took a few photos. And here they are: When it is currently below zero, I really wish it was farmer’s market… Read More »Farmer Marketing
I only made 3 trips to the Iowa State Fair in 2025. One with the O’Gorshes. Another one with Tall and Meaty. Then a final one on the last day of the Fair with Teresa and Valerie to pick up my pictures from the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. On… Read More »State Fairin’: Trip 3
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