My favorite church service of the year is undeniably the Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve. The last 4 weeks at Youth Group we have been having our own Advent Candle series. It culminated on Wednesday when we lit the Love Candle and then the Christ Candle and then had our… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 88
The theme of SPORTS/GAMES got at least a few people going for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard Angie DeWaard Tamara Peterson Andy Sharp Stephanie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 170 – SPORTS/GAMES
I still haven’t got back to THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT, so instead of that, enjoy these pictures of Naima riding in a car. Yes, I was driving while I took these pictures. I’m pretty sure that is safe. +++++++ Here is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme… Read More »Naima Car Ride
There was somewhat of a rebound for FAMILY and this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. There is still hope! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions! SPORTS/GAMES! What a great theme! But what is a SPORTS/GAMES picture?… Read More »Weekly Photo Challenge – Week 169 – Family
A couple months back I was cruising back from Big Creek and I saw an interesting bird sitting on a fence. I pulled over and snapped a few photos. Have a looksie: Hopefully next Friday I’ll be back on track with THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. I guess we’ll see. +++++++… Read More »Word
Looks like another rough week for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Only a few people were able to communicate the theme COMMUNICATION. Might be time to look into retiring THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 168 – COMMUNICATION
Last night was the lighted parade in Boone. While I was walking around the mean streets of urban Boone, it dawned on me that it was a perfect opportunity to knock out Page 23 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 23 – Photograph a shadow To make image more unique,… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 23
I don’t know if it was the holiday or just a really tough theme, but hardly anybody was inspired by last week’s theme, ? PLACE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you came to see the submissions: Becky Parmelee Christopher D.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 167 – ? PLACE
When RAGBRAI came through Boone a few months back, I knew it would be a great chance to tackle Page 44 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. Therefore I took a day off from the day job, grabbed my camera, and began walking down Old 30 between Boone and Ogden. Page… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 44
Heads up that next week we will be back on our normal schedule of Monday WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE drops into the foreseeable future. PETS did get a few people revved up and taking pictures. Although not as many as I would’ve thought. Some of you people don’t love your PETS… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 166 – PETS
As the 2018 political season wound down, I found it to be a perfect time to tackle Page 70 and then subsequently Page 71 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 70 – Take a picture of something you hate. There are few things in the world I hate more than… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 70-71
Before we get too involved in the week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, I want to take a little bit of time to toot my own horn. Today at 9:36 AM, I made the final payment on the Camry. Today, that baby is mine! I don’t have the pink slip in my… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 165 – LANDSCAPE
Back at the end of August I had a free Saturday afternoon, so I decided to head out to Big Creek and tackle Page 40 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Create a playlist. Now listen to it while out taking pictures. It was hard for me to determine the exact… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 40
WILD ANIMAL is a tough theme for this time of year. Not really, but it could be. At least it ended up being a tough theme as there were less than a handful of submissions. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation. You… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 164 – WILD ANIMAL
I currently enter 3 photo “contests” a year. The Boone County Fair, The Iowa State Fair, and Pufferbilly Days. After the contests are over, a bag up the photos I entered and put them in a trunk. While I was putting the Iowa State Fair entries in the trunk I… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 47
Today is a big day for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE! COLORFUL inspired Jodie Cue to submit for the first time ever! Welcome aboard Jodie, we know you will do great things! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation. You came to see the… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 163 – COLORFUL
I took Page 78 of the PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT on the morning of the Barbecue Contest of the Iowa State Fair. I came back to the Iowa State Fair on the last day of the fair to take the companion picture. Page 78 was to “Photograph a place that’s nondescript… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 79
There was a bit of drop in my collection of WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE submission this week. The collection of COLLECTIBLE isn’t too large. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Andy Sharp Christopher D. Bennett Angie… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 162 – COLLECTIBLE
While I was at the Iowa State Fair, I came across a great subject for Page 78 and Page 79 for THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. On my first trip to the Iowa State Fair I took the picture for Page 78. I’ll share those pictures today and you’ll have to… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 78
A metric ton of people were motivated by ENTERTAINMENT this week. I think this was one of the higher submission weeks in months! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Cathie Raley Carla Stensland Carla Stensland… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 161 – ENTERTAINMENT
A few weeks back Elainie was home from San Antonio. She stopped by to pose for THE 9 EMOTIONS PROJECT. Her friend Tiffani accompanied her. It provided the perfect time to tackle Page 111 for THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 111 – Compose a picture with the intention of displaying… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 111