Last Saturday night Jay, Willy, Jesse, and I piled into the Sir Pixalot-mobile and headed down to Des Moines for a dinner that had absolutely nothing to do with Jay’s dinner. Anybody that says that the very delicious dinner we took down had anything to do with Jay’s birthday is… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 31
There are 4 days left to vote for what pictures I will enter in the Pufferbilly Days Photo Contest. If it is too much for you to take on all 6 polls at once, you can vote for the poll for one of the Nature entries below. At this point… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 27
A week or so ago the largest steam engine in the world pulled into Boone and spent the night. I wasn’t able to get a lot of great pictures of it because of its location and my work schedule at the computer mine. However, I was able to get a… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 73
REMINDER that starting tomorrow, my 5 entries for the Boone County Fair should be on display. They usually put them out about noon. They will be displayed in the Community Building. Thanks to: Logan Kahler Jesse Howard Michelle Haupt Shannon Bardole-Foley Monica Henning For selecting the 5 entries. Special thanks… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 16
A week ago I went to my mailbox and found the results sheet from the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon sitting in my mailbox waiting for me. The Iowa State Fair Photography Salon is one of the most prestigious and hardest photo contests in the state. I usually count myself… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 36
I woke up Wednesday morning and it was the first night I got something that resembled sleep. My hair was starting to look greasy as the ice cold shower wasn’t being 100% effective in washing out the travel shampoo-conditioner combo I had brought on the trip. We got up and… Read More »Rapid City Mission Trip – Day 3
Ever since the first time I flipped through THE PHOTO JOURNAL and landed on Page 109, I knew exactly where I wanted to take that picture. I flipped flopped on what I wanted the subject to be, but I never waiver on the setting. It wasn’t until a week or… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 109
If things went right for me yesterday, I’m currently in Rapid City, South Dakota on a mission trip with the Boone First United Methodist Church with 20 youths and 4 other chaperones. In fact, at 12:01 PM, I am most likely sitting down and taking a lunch break at the… Read More »WEEK 198 REVEAL
In 2018, RAGBRAI went through Boone on its way to its overnight destination of Ames. If I remember correctly, I worked 7-9 in the morning, then hung up my pick axe and came to Boone to photograph the riders as they came through Boone or stopped in Boone to enjoy… Read More »RAGBRAI – VOLUME 1
Hitting the 2018 backlog. Here are some pictures of flowers, all from my yard that I took on June 10. The roses are just starting to bloom now, but I didn’t have any daisies this year. Daisies seem to be an unreliable flower, but the weather has also been crazy… Read More »Misc. Flora
Last Saturday in between seeing GODZILLA: KING OF MONSTERS and heading up to Kamrar, for a birthday dinner, I talked Nader into posing for Page 37 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. Page 37 – Use aperture to capture melancholy. I took a few other pictures of Nader before picking out… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 37
This week I knocked out Page 21 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. I took one of the rubber dinosaurs I seem to have in every room of the house. Page 21 – Make something small look big. While only one picture can be adhered into the physical THE PHOTO JOURNAL,… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 21
A couple Saturdays back I went to the Des Moines Farmer’s Market with my Mom. I was mostly on a mission to take a picture for the theme STREET PHOTOGRAPHY for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. However, I also spied an opportunity to knock Page 97 off of my list for… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 97
Last Saturday I took the drone out to Don Williams to practice. I took a few images there that I will post at some point, but not at this time. The images I will post today are from when I was cruising back to Boone. I took a slightly different… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 43
Last Saturday when I decided to go see Bernie Sanders, I knew it would be the perfect opportunity to knock off Page 112 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. Bernie Sanders was speaking at the Sun Room at the Memorial Union at noon, which gave me the perfect opportunity to get… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 112
I can’t say that I’m particularly proud of this picture. It isn’t exactly in my wheelhouse. If I thought about it more, it is something I would’ve had Jay help with. But I’m committed to not getting too hung up on quality and forging ahead and finishing off THE PHOTO… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 113
Last Saturday Logan stopped by to show me his super sweet gimbal and to borrow my Rode microphone to see if it is something that he wanted to add one to his arsenal in the future. I hadn’t actually touched the Rode in probably 4 or 5 years. I guess… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 32
A couple weekends back up I went to Minnesota to check out the Final Four festivities and check-in with a few people I hadn’t seen for a long time. On Sunday morning I hit a donut shop with Becca and Shawn. Then I went to Minnehaha Falls to kill sometime… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 90
Last Saturday I continued on my goal to try to finish THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT as Joe agreed to pose for Page 82. Before you ask, yes, Joe legitimately think the world is flat. Not only does he believe that the world is flat, he is an evangelical for the… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 82
One of the new traditions that Pastor Doug brought with him to Boone First United Methodist Church is Critter Sunday. Critter Sunday is a Sunday when you are encouraged to bring your pet to church. Then in between services, Pastor Doug blesses your pet. There are many things that I… Read More »You Don’t Have Time to Scream!
I feel it has been too long since I have had a post devoted to Naima. This is an error that I will correct today. These pictures come from an October trip to Dickcissel Park. Naima does enjoy getting in the water at Dickcissel, but she will only go as… Read More »The Driving Force