Time for another collection of images from the Pufferbilly Days Parade:
Still one more collection of photos from the parade left to post.
Pufferbilly Days Parade Two
Category Archives: Street Photography
Pufferbilly Days Parade One
I am the opposite of what you would call a fan of parades. They don’t usually entertain me much. They are one of those things that is way more fun to be in than to watch. Like playing baseball versus watching baseball. Like lighting off fireworks versus watching fireworks.
But I did go down and take some pictures of the Pufferbilly Days Parade because, while they are often boring, they can be a source of some interesting pictures.
Here is the first collection:
Still plenty of pictures from the parade left to share!
2024 Photography 139 Calendar Rejects: The Ending
Time to share the rest of the images that were rejected for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. Some of these are similar to ones included in the calendar. They come from a wide range of projects. From auxiliary images from THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT to alternates for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE to some just good old flowertography
There is still one more post about the 2024 calendar left. Then we can put it to bed or up on some walls.
2024 Photography 139 Calendar Rejects: The Beginning
Time to share the final image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. The December image. It is an image of an abandoned (methinks) church I found in northeast Iowa on a THE TOWN SIGN PROJECT road trip:
DECEMBER
I chose this image for December because I usually like to either use a cold picture or some religious imagery for the December image. This picture might not scream “Christ is born!” but it is of a church. Not a lines are straight.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M4
DATE: August 20, 2022 – 12:34 PM
LENS: 28-75 f/2.8
FOCAL LENGTH: 28mm
EXPOSURE TIME: 1/5000
ISO: 100
It was converted to black & white in Photoshop.
That is it, that is the final image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. But while those 13 images were selected for the calendar, they weren’t the only ones considered. Not by a long shot. There were 73 other images considered and not included. But I would like to give them some love.
Here is the first collection of reject images:
There still another 36 images that didn’t make the cut. That doesn’t mean that won’t make the cut next year. The cover image for the 2024 Calendar was rejected for the 2023 calendar. Share the rest on Tuesday. Maybe Wednesday.
Pufferbilly Days Car Show – 2023
Time to share the October image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of a mural of Jack from THE SHINING near Graffiti Alley in Des Moines.
OCTOBER
I chose this image for October since it is an artistic depiction from THE SHINING, one of the 5 best horror movies every made.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M4
DATE: September 30, 2023 – 1:23 PM
LENS: 17-28mm f/2.8
APERTURE: f/5
EXPOSURE: 1/100
ISO: 100
Tomorrow I will share the November image from the calendar!
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Seems like a good time to start sharing pictures from Pufferbilly Days that aren’t related to the Photo Contest. I’m not a car person, per se, but I do like attending the occasional car show. Partially cause old cars are cool looking and partially because I have a few friends that display cars at car shows.
Here are some pictures:
Next Friday I will share some pictures from the Pufferbilly Days Parade.
WPC – WEEK 433 – HUMANS
It is time to share the July image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar image. It is a picture taken with Rodan139 of somebody setting off fireworks on the 4th of July in my neighborhood.
JULY
I chose this image since I felt the fireworks represented the 4th of July well.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
CAMERA: Hasselblad L1D020c
DATE: July 24, 2023 – 1010 PM
LENS: 28mm f/2.8
FOCAL LENGTH: 28mm
APERTURE: f/5.6
EXPOSURE: 3 seconds
ISO: 400
Tomorrow I will share the August image!
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HUMANS! They are all over the place! But are there enough of them kicking around to make HUMANS a popular theme? You will have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, December 25, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore the numbers in parentheses):
1-Evie Gorshe – 1 week
2-Mary Green – 1 week
3-Elainie Hernandez – 1 week
4-Willy McAlpine – 1 week
5-Alexis Stensland – 1 week
6-Scott Degeneffe – 18 weeks
7-Sabas Hernandez – 19 weeks
8-Mike Vest – 24 weeks
9-Sheri Fakhouri – 28 weeks (3)
10-Logan Kahler – 29 weeks (3)
11-Nathanial Brown – 30 weeks (2)
12-Jesse Howard – 30 weeks
13-Tamara Peterson – 33 weeks (2)
14-Mindi Terrell – 45 weeks (3)
15-Linda Bennett – 74 weeks (2)
16-Sarah Toot – 75 weeks (2)
17-Angie DeWaard – 79 weeks
18-Dawn Krause – 83 weeks
19-Kim Barker – 89 weeks
20-Joe Duff – 90 weeks (2)
21-Teresa Kahler – 101 weeks (3)
22-Carla Stensland – 101 weeks (2)
23-Micky Augustin – 103 weeks
24-Andy Sharp – 104 weeks
25-Bill Wentworth – 105 weeks (3)
26-Cathie Morton – 109 weeks
27-Elizabeth Nordeen – 110 weeks
28-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 112 weeks
29-Kio Dettman – 114 weeks (3)
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:
Brandon Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 1 week
Sara Lockner (Iowa) – 1 week
Carrie Moellers (Mambai, India) – 1 week
Amy Peterson (Jewell, Iowa) – 1 week
Amy Peterson (Ames, Iowa)
Mary Green (Michigan) – 2 weeks
Mary Green (Michigan)
Scott Degeneffe (Goldie’s – Prairie City, Iowa) – 19 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 20 weeks
Mike Vest (Noel, Missouri) – 25 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa) – 29 weeks
Sheri Fakhouri (Iowa)
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 30 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Iowa) – 31 weeks
Jesse Howard (Sun Records – Memphis, Tennessee) – 31 weeks
Jesse Howard (Big River Crossing – Memphis, Tennessee)
Tamara Peterson (Swede Valley Church – Rural Boone County) – 34 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 46 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 75 weeks
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Linda Bennett (Kansas)
Sarah Toot (Kansas City, Missouri) – 76 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Iowa) – 80 weeks
Dawn Krause (Iowa) – 84 weeks
Kim Barker (Iowa) – 90 weeks
Joe Duff (League City, Texas) – 91 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 102 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Teresa Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa) – 102 weeks
Carla Stensland (Ogden, Iowa)
Micky Augustin (Story County, Iowa) – 104 weeks
Andy Sharp (Iowa) – 105 weeks
Bill Wentworth (Saint Louis, Missouri) – 106 weeks
Cathie Morton (Waukee, Iowa) – 110 weeks
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 111 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Tursi’s Latin King – Des Moines, Iowa) – 113 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 115 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Beale Street – Memphis, Tennessee) – 537 weeks
30 participants! That is a pretty great week, considering the holiday! Thanks to Cathie’s sister we end the year with a new country. India! I believe that to be the first submission from Asia ever for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Kansas
+ India
+ Iowa
+ Missouri
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
Here is the final calendar year list for states:
+ Arizona
+ Arkansas
+ California
+ Colorado
+ Florida
+ Georgia
+ Hawaii
+ Idaho
+ Illinois
+ Indiana
+ Iowa
+ Kansas
+ Kentucky
+ Louisiana
+ Maryland
+ Michigan
+ Minnesota
+ Mississippi
+ Missouri
+ Montana
+ Nebraska
+ New Hampshire
+ New Jersey
+ New Mexico
+ New York
+ Nevada
+ North Carolina
+ North Dakota
+ Ohio
+ Oklahoma
+ Oregon
+ Pennsylvania
+ South Carolina
+ South Dakota
+ Tennessee
+ Texas
+ Utah
+ Vermont
+ Virgin Islands
+ Washington
+ Washington D.C.
+ Wisconsin
+ Wyoming
41 states and 1 district and 1 territory! That is pretty impressive! Over 80% of the way there!
The state nobody submitted from are:
+ Alabama
+ Alaska
+ Connecticut
+ Delaware
+ Maine
+ Massachusetts
+ Rhode Island
+ Virginia
+ West Virginia
Here is the final map for 2023:
The Outside of the United States map is currently:
+ Spain
+ British Virgin Islands
+ Mexico
+ Nassau Bahamas
+ Canada
+ Peru
+ France
+ Austria
+ Germany
+ Italy
+ India
+ Slovenia
+ Belize
The big milestone this week was Micky joining the 2 Year Streak Club! WooHoo!
But not everybody rang in the new year with their streak intact. Evie’s couldn’t build on last week’s submission. Either could Elainie. Or Willy. Or Alexis.
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
SUNDAY MORNING – SUGGESTED BY SARAH TOOT
SUNDAY MORNING! What a great first theme for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE!
This year I’m not going to give a description of the theme. I’m going to trust you can figure it out on your own and through the theme reveal image. However, if you do have a question, don’t be afraid to ask.
Here is an updated list of the rules for Year 11:
1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures.
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will all be sharing your idea of SUNDAY MORNING in this place that likes to have plenty of submissions by Sunday morning next Monday.
Liberty Bowl Trip Cell Phone Pictures
Time to share the May image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture taken off of I-80 near the exit that takes you to the Amana Colonies:
MAY
I chose this picture for May because I usually put a picture in May that is a picture that I love that I think most people won’t. Frequently that is an image of ruins. Which of course I love. Particularly black and white picture of ruins.
TECHNICAL DETAIL
CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M4
DATE: August 8, 2022 – 9:06 AM
LENS: E 28-75MM f/2.8
FOCAL LENTH: 75mm
EXPOSURE: 1/1000
ISO: 100
Tomorrow I will share the June image!
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While the football game didn’t go the way I had hoped. It was a full on embarrassment, but that is how the cookie crumbles. It still was an incredible trip. Thought I would go ahead and share some cruddy cell phone pictures from the trip to start:
I’ll get into details about the trip at a later date.
Stanhope Watermelon Day – IV
Time to share the April image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of tulips taken in Pella:
APRIL
I chose this tulips picture for April cause April is really the beginning of flowertography season. And tulips are really the first flowers of the year that I really like. Daffodils are just kind of okay in my book.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M4
DATE: April 29, 2023 – 10:02 AM
LENS: 17-28mm f/2.8
FOCAL LENGTH: 17mm
APERTURE: f/5.6
EXPOSURE: 1/125
ISO: 100
Tomorrow I will share the May image!
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Time to share the rest of the images from my trip to the Stanhope Watermelon Day with Teresa:
The Foreigner cover band was a bonus. It was a pretty great day and I think I will hit Stanhope Watermelon Day again next year.
Lost Stars
Time to share the March image for the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It was taken in Chicago while I was there for a work trip for the Computer Mine:
March
I took this image of Chicago’s The Bean after having a meal of Chicago Style Pizza with Kim and Lowell and Tony. The Bean was one of those rare touristy things that doesn’t disappoint in person.
TECHNICAL DETAILS
CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M2
DATE: April 19, 2023 – 6:48 PM
LENS: Tamron 17-28 f/2.8
FOCAL LENGTH: 17mm
APERTURE: f/2.8
EXPOSURE: 1/60
ISO: 8000
Tomorrow I will share the April image.
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Please, don’t see
Just a boy caught up in dreams and fantasies
Please, see me
Reaching out for someone I can’t seeTake my hand
Let’s see where we wake up tomorrow
Best laid plans
Sometimes are just a one night stand
I’ll be damnedCupid’s demanding back his arrow
So let’s get drunk on our tears
And, God, tell us the reason
Youth is wasted on the young
It’s hunting season and the lambs are on the runSearching for meaning
But are we all lost stars
Trying to light up the dark?
Who are we?
Just a speck of dust within the galaxy
Woe is meIf we’re not careful turns into reality
Don’t you dare let our best memories bring you sorrow
Yesterday I saw a lion kiss a deer
Turn the page
Maybe we’ll find a brand new endingWhere we’re dancing in our tears
And, God, tell us the reason
Youth is wasted on the young
It’s hunting season
And the lambs are on the runSearching for meaning
But are we all lost stars
Trying to light up the dark?And I thought I saw you out there crying
And I thought I heard you call my name
And I thought I heard you out there cryingJust the same
Oh yeah, yeah yeah yeah yeah
God, give us the reason
Youth is wasted on the young
It’s hunting season and this lamb is on the runSearching for meaning
But are we all lost stars
Trying to light up the dark?-Written by Gregg Alexander, Danielle Brisebois, Nick Southwood, Nick Lashley
-Performed by Keira Knightley or Adam Levine (depending on the scene)
The song “Lost Stars” comes from the John Carney movie BEGIN AGAIN. The song is in some ways the center of the movie, even though the character that performs it at the end of the movie is not one of the main characters.
BEGIN AGAIN is the only John Carney movie that has famous actors in it. And it is loaded with famous actors… Mark Ruffalo, Keira Knightley, Hailee Steinfeld, Catherine Keener… But also plenty of famous musicians like Mos Def, CeeLo, Adam Levine… Even James Corden who is kind of both.
BEGIN AGAIN is the story of Dan (Mark Ruffalo), a music producer that is an alcoholic that has lost his job and his family. He has decided to kill himself when he hears Gretta (Keira Knightley) playing her song “A Step You Can’t Take Back” at an open mic night she was drug to by her friend Steve (James Corden).
This is Gretta’s last night in New York City. She is planning to return to England after she has broken up with her newly minted rock star boyfriend Dave (Adam Levine) who was cheating on her.
When Dan hears the song he decides he wants to sign Gretta to a record deal. He convinces her to go audition for Dan’s old partner Saul (Mos Def) at his former record label. When Saul decides to pass on Gretta, they decide to just record the album themselves in the elements of New York City. Partially because they have no money to rent a studio. Partially because they want the city to be part of the music. They record on a roof top, in Central Park, in a subway station and some other interesting places.
The song “Lost Stars” is central to the movie. When Gretta was still with Dave and she was too poor to buy him a Christmas present, she writes the song “Lost Stars” and gives it to him. He in turns the ball into stadium pop. Dave comes back into Gretta’s life after she has recorded her album and plays for her his version of “Lost Stars”. She is mortified because he has “lost the song in the production”.
Dave tries to win Gretta back and begs her to come hear him play the song at the Gramercy. She tells him not to play it like that.
For the rest of the movie, well… you’ll have to watch that yourself.
I won’t pretend I love BEGIN AGAIN like I love ONCE, but it still is a great movie that I highly recommend.
But Thursdays are for flowers. These flowertography images were taken in my yard:
Next Thursday’s flowertography session will probably feature a flower I don’t particularly like.
Minnesota Independence Day Road Trip – Day 2
Time to share the February image from the 2024 Photography 139 Calendar. It is a picture of a strawflower bulb that was taken in my yard:
FEBRUARY
This image was placed in February as February houses Valentines Day and I like to think that flowertography is considered romantic.
TECHNICAL DETAILS:
CAMERA: Sony ILCE-7M4
DATE: June 7, 2023 – 7:43 PM
LENS: 105mm f/2.8
FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm
APERTURE: f/2.8
EXPOSURE: 1/125
ISO: 100
Tomorrow I will share the March image!
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My second and final day on my Independence Day Road Trip to Minnesota involved going to the Mall of America amusement park. But it started with breakfast:
It was a great trip! I should have stayed longer. Next time!