The pictures on from the folder 2009-02-04/Arizona Day 5 are from Day 5 of the Arizona Work Vacation. This was the first day I actually had to work on the occasion. The Computer Mine hosts this event where they invites all of its customers to someplace exotic for a few… Read More »2009-02-04 – Arizona Day 5
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 is the 5th installment on my quest to meet, see, photograph, and possibly get photographed with the person that will take the Oval Office in January of 2021. On Memorial Day Sunday at noon I filed into the Livery Deli to see Minnesota Senator Amy Klobuchar. There are a… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Amy Klobuchar
Now seems like as good of a time as any to check back in with THE SELFIE PROJECT and see what “amazing” things I did in the month of May. Some of these things I had already forgot about! May 1 May 4 May 5 May 6 May 7 May… Read More »Selfie Project – May
I recently went to Pickles in Kamrar with Jesse, Jay, and Nader to celebrate my birthday. I packed up my camera and Rodan139 because I intended on knocking out a couple of needed photos on the trip. #1. I wanted get my GROUP PHOTO image for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE.… Read More »Rodan139 – Kamrar
GROUP PORTRAIT turned out to be surprisingly popular. When I woke from my slumbers this morning, about 15 minutes after arriving at the computer mine, I had only received 2 submissions. I thought there was no way we would get to double digits for submissions. But as the morning unfolded,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 194 – GROUP PORTRAIT
The pictures in the folder called 2009-02-18/Arizona Day 4 are from my work/vacation to Arizona. Jesse and I spent the night at his brother’s house. We got up in the morning and ate at a local eatery. Then we visited a National Park called the Casa Grande Ruins. I think… Read More »2009-02-18 – Arizona Day 4
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
On Sunday before May Movie Night/Grill-out, I went out by the Fraser Spring to fly Rodan139. My original intention was to take a picture for the aerial photography class of the Iowa State Fair Photography Salon. However, I didn’t really love any images I got enough to enter them in… Read More »Rodan139 – Fraser
When Jesse and I went on my pre-birthday road trip to Decorah I packed Rodan139 with me at the thought that I’d be able to crack it out someplace along the road trip. While Decorah and two waterfalls were the ultimate purpose of the road trip, I also thought that… Read More »Rodan 139 – Small Church
A month or so ago I took Rodan139 out to Don Williams to do a little drone photography. There was no crash or anything that was anything that even remotely resembled a crash, but there was a weird issue where my phone kept disconnecting from the drone. It wasn’t an… Read More »Rodan 139 – Don Williams
First things first. Even though Photography 139 doesn’t take days off, it does acknowledge holidays. I hope you have had a wonderful Memorial Day Weekend, but also take the time to remember why it is you got a 3 day weekend. To honor the people who have died while serving… Read More »WPC – WEEK 193 – BLUE
The pictures in the folder called 2009-02-18/Arizona_Day_3B are from the work/vacation to Arizona. The pictures are all from after Jesse and I met up with Lowell and Strabala and went back to the mini-mountain thing in Phoenix. As it would just so happen, while we were there, Air Force One… Read More »2009-02-18 – Arizona Day 3B
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 Friday I took a birthday road trip with Jesse. It wasn’t my birthday, but it was the day before my birthday and I knew my actual birthday was going to be filled with working on my Mom’s bedroom ceiling and graduation open houses. So I took Friday off from… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 104
A few Saturdays back I went out to Long Park with Johnathan and Logan to test Rodan139 out as there were some quirky things that happened with it on the previous day when I took it to Don Williams. Turned out it was more of a phone update issue than… Read More »A Photo Journal – Pages 84-85
A couple Saturdays back I went to downtown Ames to watch Evie’s piano recital, making her the third Gorshe I have now seen in concert. just 3 more to go and I will have collected the entire set. Although I think it will be awhile before the twins are ready… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – PAGES 74-75
It turns out that RURAL is a startlingly unpopular theme. Sad, since I can think of at least 5 people off-hand that regularly contribute that live RURAL. Even more if you consider that Iowa is almost completely RURAL. The streak of double digit submissions sadly has come to an end.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 192 – RURAL
My photo organization for early 2019 is a complete mess. I’m trying to reorganize it a bit on the fly. Today’s collection of images come from the folder 2009-02-18/Arizona_Day_3. These pictures were taken in Arizona as the vacation part of the trip was starting to wind down and the business… Read More »2009-02-18 – Arizona Day 3
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
I have recently had a battle in my head and in my wallet. I knew I wanted to purchase a new camera that was something like an action cam, only so much more. It has the qualities of say a GoPro, but the image quality is vastly superior. The amount… Read More »The New New