From the 2018 backlog. I took these flower pictures in September of last year. It seems a crime that it took me over 12 months to publish them. However, if I ever get caught up on my backlog, I plan on keeping this blog more of an up to date… Read More »Believe in Tomorrow
On Monday night, I choked when I had a chance to show a person that has a real good chance to be the next President of the United States a picture of Naima. We both have irresistible golden retrievers and we had a moment there. However, Naima is supposed to… Read More »Choked
I read a quote recently from Thomas Wolfe who that is reminiscent of a recent event of some note that happened in Boone, Iowa. An event that, while it escaped the pages of the “Boone News Repbulican”, will no doubt echo through the pages of time. The quote went something… Read More »Time and Memory
Sorry this is late. The Computer Mine is keeping a brother down! No history lessons this week. Just straight hardcore STILL LIFE action from THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. It would seem that STILL LIFE really did it for a lot of people. Maybe STILL LIFE is an easy theme. Perhaps… Read More »WPC – WEEK 214 – STILL LIFE
The pictures in the folder 2009-06-26 are of one of my favorite flowers, the allium. My favorite flower is still the moonflower, but I would rank the allium a close second. Here is a quick peek at the Christopher D. Bennett Flower Power Rankings. Christopher D. Bennett Flower Power Rankings… Read More »2009-06-26
Hitting up that 2018 backlog again. This is a collection of flower pictures I took in mid-August of 2018. Mostly sunflowers. A few of God’s other creatures sprinkled in for fun as well. Would you believe that I am almost done with pictures from August of 2018? Well, it is… Read More »A Proud Assertion
Back in early August I took the morning off from the Computer Mine to see my 9th presidential candidate at the Boone County Fairgrounds. I went to see Joe Biden. I doubt that I need to give much of a background on Joe Biden. He has been leading the polls… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Joe Biden
More from the 2018 backlog. This collection of pictures was taken at Dickcissel late in the day and are kind of lousy with digital noise, but some of them aren’t too bad. Just gotta keep plugging away.
Going back to the 2018 backlog again. After this post, all of the July pictures have been edited and those that I have deemed worthy have been posted. I probably have about 15 folders of images to go through and figure out to get the 2018 backlog officially hammered out.… Read More »In Earth and Manure
Today is Indigenous Peoples’ Day… To some who don’t know about this holiday, here is are 5 ways to celebrate: from bustle.com: 1. Participate in Cultural Appreciation – No, cultural appreciation is not the same thing as cultural appropriation. Cultural appreciation is all about respecting different cultures, understanding the role… Read More »WPC – WEEK 213 – LOW PERSPECTIVE
The pictures in the folder are mostly from a Little League game I attended that was coached by Jesse and Lowell. It doesn’t appear that I ever published those pictures before. There are a couple of pictures of the Garden of Eden that is my backyard. Grapes, raspberries, garlic, and… Read More »2009-06-23
Once again, hitting up the 2018 backlog. There aren’t many pictures in today’s collection just a sunflower picture and a few pictures taken out at good old Dickcissel! Probably keep hammering on this 2018 backlog again next week! +++++++ This is your reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme… Read More »Flower of the Sun
More from the 2018 backlog. After knocking out pictures from the Eastern Star Trick-or-Treat night, put me in the mood to also knock out the pictures from the Christmas service that my church did at the Eastern Star Home last year. These pictures include at least one person that has… Read More »Eastern Star Christmas Service – 2018
Hitting up the 2018 backlog again. This is a collection of photos I took while I was playing with the panorama setting on the trusty old 77ii. Most of them were taken out a Dickcissel Park. This was a trip with Naima that involved her running off some pheasants. I… Read More »Subtly Dissolves
Once again, knocking out the 2018 backlog. On Monday night I sat through my favorite monthly meeting, the Outreach Committee Meeting. It was while I was sitting at that meeting, trying not to tinker with my phone, that it occurred to me that the Eastern Star Home’s annual trick-or-treat night… Read More »Eastern Star Home Trick-Or-Treat – 2018
FRAMED was a popular enough theme that it crawled into double digit submission territory for the second straight week. I know that conceptually it is one of the harder themes, but we did it people! But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 212 – FRAMED
Better strap it on. This post is going to be a LONG one, covering a ton of diverse ground! There are a ton of pictures in the folder known as 2009-06-22. I considered breaking this into multiple posts, but then I decided, “Nah, bro. We got this.” Thee are night… Read More »2009-06-22
Welcome to the 3,500th entry in “An Artist’s Notebook”. The blog portion of my Photography 139 website. It has been along time since I first took keyboard hand sitting in the old Computer Mine setup or possibly in my Mom’s basement, because that is where my life was at that… Read More »An Artist’s Notebook Post #3,500
Seems like as good of a time as any to check in with the Selfie Project. My September was incredibly busy. I had several photo shoots, youth group was back in session, Pufferbilly Days, Iowa State football season is ramping up, and Elainie was back in town. But I confess… Read More »Selfie Project – September
Another day. Another good time to hit up that 2018 backlog. These images were captured in July. They were taken in my back yard. Last year I had a hollyhock renaissance. That didn’t translate to a bumper crop of hollyhocks this year, but I boldly predict a ton of hollyhocks… Read More »Spoken without a Sound
Back to the 2018 backlog. This is a collection of pictures I took on a day I went down to Ledges to photograph some flooding. Ledges floods so frequently these days that I rarely even bother to go photograph it. In fact, I didn’t check out Ledges flooding at all… Read More »By Ignorant Rulers