We’ve officially reached the halfway point of the Random Weekly Photo Experiment. I think that the holiday weekend took its toll on submissions. There are only 3 for this week: Dawn Krause Julie Johnson Christopher D. Bennett Michael Vest Dawn’s Weekly Poem A Random Chat Revisited Shopping at the market… Read More »RWPE #26 – Market
The submissions for last week’s theme – STILL LIFE: Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Mike Vest Becky Perkovich A Becky Perkovich B Dawn’s Weekly Poem: Still Life In this still life No one to understand In this still life No one to hold your hand In this still life We… Read More »RWPE #25 – Still Life
Last week’s theme really fired the imagination of some contributors as multiple people submitted multiple images for PAINTING WITH LIGHT. Mike Vest A Mike Vest B Christopher D. Bennett Carla Stensland A Carla Stensland B Dawn Krause A Dawn Krause B Justin Whitaker Dawn Weekly Poem Painting with Light Oh… Read More »RWPE #22 – Painting with Light
Here are the submissions for last week’s Random Weekly Photo Experiment – PANNING CAMERA BLUR: Mike Vest Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause of Impassioned Versifier Debra Krause Justin Whitaker of American Buddhist Perspective It is very exciting to have Debra as a first time contributor, even though she accused me… Read More »RWPE #20 – Panning Camera Blur
Teresa is a first time contributor this week. The contributions for last week’s theme – Rule of Thirds: Teresa Kahler Christopher D. Bennett Becky Perkovich Dawn Krause Mike Vest Dawn’s Weekly Poem Rule of Thirds Rule of Thirds It’s just us three Same as always Even with four We talk… Read More »RWPE #16 – Rule of Thirds
I thought that my home was my castle, With no one scrutinizing me, No pigs, no liars, no hassle, Y’all are brutalizing me. Can’t a man not drink his beer in silence? Can’t a man not crudely lie and scream? Can’t a man not control his world with violence? Y’all… Read More »Transmorgify
The submissions for this week include the youngest contributor to date. I’m not sure of Scott’s exact age, but I know it is south of double digits. I should really know his age, considering I helped plan the guest list for his birthday party. Dawn Krause Michael Vest Scott Krause… Read More »RWPE #15 – Long Exposure
The submissions for last week’s theme: Symmetry and Patterns. Becky Perkovich Michael Vest Christopher D. Bennett Dawn Krause Julie Johnson Dawn’s Weekly Poem Symmetry and Patterns See the parallels in our lives Lines drawn in to the sands of time Running forever side by side Just like a perfect worded… Read More »RWPE #14 – Symmetry and Patterns
The submissions for last week’s theme Macro: Julie Johnson Dawn Krause Michael Vest Christopher D. Bennett Dawn’s Poetry Submission Macro With tendency to over think And analyze the motives We watch our world slowly shrink And stress hit like locomotives The Random Theme Generator has been spun and it spit… Read More »RWPE #13 – Macro
The submissions for last week were a little bit slim, but I think there are some good submissions in there: Dawn Krause Michael Vest Christopher D. Bennett Dawn’s Poem Signs Follow the signs of your heart They tell me that way’s better Tissues falling to the floor It seems the… Read More »RWPE #12 – Signs
Many of you know Nader’s story. It is an amazing story, but the thing I always have the hardest problem believing is that while he was being held as a political prisoner in an Iranian prison he could be happy that Henry Fonda won an Oscar. I’m pretty sure that… Read More »L.A. Story
Last week’s theme was EXPLORE. Here are the submissions: IMAGE LOST Dawn Krause Christopher D. Bennett Becky Perkovich Michael Vest Dawn’s Weekly Poem Explore Ourselves An escape from complacency let’s explore our world unseen corners, hidden pulses, and wild streams un-purled Discover riches in ourselves let our impulse flow And… Read More »RWPE #10 – Explore
I haven’t been as active blogging lately. There are several reasons for this absence. I have been spending most of my free time organizing the basement. When I completed this project I moved on to the upstairs. I am on the verge of being quite downsized. Hopefully this project will… Read More »Regression
Final Reminder This is the last blog that will be posted to: http://www.photography139.com/index_files/artistsnotebook.htm Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ Last week’s theme was SELF-PORTRAIT. Although there wasn’t any new people to submit pictures, there were still several submissions. I would be… Read More »RWPE #8 – Self-Portrait
Daily Reminder Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ Last week’s theme was OUT OF FOCUS. I’m very excited to have Monica Henning as a first time contributor. Monica was so excited that she submitted four photos. She did violate the one… Read More »RWPE #7 – Out of Focus
Daily Reminder Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ The theme for last week was ADVENTURE: Jesse Howard Michael Vest Christopher D. Bennett It is my custom not to explain much about my RWPE photos and I will not break with that… Read More »RWPE #6 – Adventure
I hope everybody had a marvelous Valentine’s Day weekend. I spent Saturday night seeing the last Academy Award Best Picture Nominee that I needed to see with Sara. We went to see An Education and then ended up at Skip’s, home of the best nachos in Des Moines. They really… Read More »Happy Valentine’s Day (A Day Late)
Daily Reminder Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ (500) Days of Winter This picture is an homage to one of my favorite scenes from my favorite movie of 2009 – (500) Days of Summer. Derrick posed for this picture when he… Read More »Personal Photo Project of the Week No. 4
Daily Reminder Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ There is good news on the commenting front. Now when you leave a comment on this blog you will have the option of checking a box that will subscribe you to future comments… Read More »Happy Birthday to the Wentworth Warrior!
Daily Reminder Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ I did have a couple of late submissions for RWPE. Here are a couple of bonus FRAMING pictures. Julie Johnson Michael Vest I had an amazing weekend. I would just like to share… Read More »Amazing Weekend
Basic housekeeping: This page will be moving at the end of February. Don’t forget to update your links, bookmarks and RSS Feeds to the new URL: http://www.photography139.com/notebook/ Astute and technically savvy subscriber Angie did remind me that Blogger Dashboard is just an RSS Feed reader and anybody that follows An… Read More »RWPE #5 – Framing