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Hitting up the back log, these are pictures I took on my way up to Brushy Creek one July afternoon. Most of these pictures were taken in Dayton. The last few were taken in Burnside.
Hitting up the back log, these are pictures I took on my way up to Brushy Creek one July afternoon. Most of these pictures were taken in Dayton. The last few were taken in Burnside.
The world wasn’t ready for these OLD/ELDERLY pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer. Most of these pictures were taken at a Methodist Church. Either in Boone or Stratford. You’re welcome world!
The world wasn’t ready for these STILL LIFE pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world is ready now. But I can’t hold them back any longer: You’re welcome world!
These pictures came from the folder called 03-09-08: The first picture is a picture of my journal. The next picture is of me mailing my last every student loan payment. The final pictures are of Logan and I after we completed is confirmation mentoring program. By adding these images to… Read More »03-09-08
I just want to drop a gratitude bomb on everybody that made it out to the Houston Mission Trip Fundraiser Spaghetti Dinner last night. I don’t have exact figures but based on the size of the crowd, it was a resounding success! Thought I would share a few cruddy cell… Read More »A Special Valentine
I know it is also Valentine’s Day, but Ash Wednesday is the more important holiday. So Happy Ash Wednesday! If you don’t know what Ash Wednesday is, it is the day that Christians post selfies that look something like this: File Photo If the Selfie Project was still ongoing, I’m… Read More »Happy Ash Wednesday!
A reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is JEALOUSY: JEALOUSY! I consider this theme to be the hardest of this 52 week set. A photo of JEALOUSY would be a picture of somebody expressing JEALOUSY or something that makes you personal JEALOUS(Y). Happy photo harvesting!
More alternatives for COLORFUL that the world couldn’t handle on Monday. I’m hoping it can handle them now: Most of these photos were taken at Boone First United Methodist Church. A few were taken in the campustown area of Ames. The pictures of Naima were taken in the Photography 139… Read More »Them Photogs, They Coming Up on Me; I Cut Off the Ladder, And I Told ‘Em,”Bye-Bye”
The world wasn’t ready for these COLORFUL pictures on Monday. I’m not sure the world can handle them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: All of these photos were taken at Boone First United Methodist Church. Many of them with an in-camera special effect. More of these… Read More »This Ladder of Photography I Climbed; I Took the Machete; The Game Isn’t Ready
A pretty decent amount of people had their creative bell rung by COLORFUL. At least that is what I will tell myself to get to sleep tonight. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: ANDY SHARP… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 124 – COLORFUL
While I was working on “Friday’s” blog post, it occurred to me that perhaps it was time to share my biggest photographic screw-up of 2017. I have many weaknesses as a photographer. My greatest weakness is that I have a tendency to dink with camera settings. That isn’t the bad… Read More »Forgive Me for My Human Frailty
The following pictures were in the folder 03-01-08 even though most of them seem to be from July of 2007. The last picture is of my Grandpa Paris’ 1979 Iowa State football season ticket. Some of these pictures were taken at the Boone County Fair, some at McHose Park, some… Read More »03-01-08
Still hammering away at that back log. Here are a few pictures from my trip to Algona with Joe. We went to Algona so Joe could pick up a van to server as a distribution center for his cannabis oil business. The trip didn’t work out. We didn’t come home… Read More »Algona is an Anagram for Analog
Pages 50-51 in the PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT are “A record of missed photo opportunities”. I think that the actual intention is to write down missed opportunities, but I translated it to mean times when the only camera I had on me was my phone. Sometimes that resulted in serviceable pictures… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Pages 50-51
Every once in a while, a photographer gets to take important pictures. It is rare, but it does happen. I was given such an honor recently when Amber contacted me to take family pictures of her family before Christmas because her Grandpa was being put in hospice care. Here are… Read More »Amber’s Family
Here are a few pictures from the early Candlelight Service on Christmas Eve at the Boone First United Methodist Church: Candlelight Service is always my favorite worship service of the year. There is just something peaceful about it. When Youth Group returns in another week, I’m going to use Willy… Read More »So Shines a Good Deed in a Weary World
A friendly reminder that today is the last day to order a 2018 Photography 139 Calendar! The price of the calendar is still $10. A veritable bargain in this climate of rising prices! I’m sure you are ready to plunk down $10 or $20 or $30 based on the high… Read More »Final Day to Order – 2018 Photography 139 Calendar
Sit tight. This is a long one! Working on the old backlog. These pictures were taken on Christmas Eve last year: Some of these pictures were taken at Ledges State Park. Some on the High Trestle Trail. Some of them at my chuch (Boone First United Methodist Church represent!).
I don’t usually explain the titles of the entries in The Artist’s Notebook, but I’m going to explain this one. Last night as I was restlessly watching a DVRed copy of THE HUNT FOR THE ZODIAC KILLER and thinking about general events of the day, I played a snap from… Read More »Manger Things
I wanted to start today’s entry into An Artist’s Notebook by thanking Alabama for not sending a serial pedophile to the Senate. Thank you Alabama for not sending a serial pedophile to the Senate. Thank you Alabama for not sending a serial pedophile that thinks that homosexuality should be a… Read More »#Methodists2Houston
I’m pleased to announce that the 2018 Photography 139 Calendar is now on sale! It will be in stock on December 13th and available for delivery following that date. The price of the calendar is still $10. A veritable bargain in this climate of rising prices! I’m sure you are… Read More »2018 Photography 139 Calendar