As we get very near the beginning of another RAGBRAI, I need to get more of last year’s RAGBRAI journey through Boone. As I was looking through these photos, I realized how great it would have been to have Rodan139 back then to get some aerial images of the mass… Read More »RAGBRAI – VOLUME 2
Dipping back into the 2018 backlog today. There is a one room schoolhouse that has been restored and is occasionally open to the public northwest of Boone. One June day, when we were returning home from our post church meal, Teresa, Logan, Mom, and I stopped to check it out.… Read More »One is the Loneliest Number
SIGNS were a very popular theme. In fact, it was the third week in a row that we hit double digits for submissions. I have a feeling that this week’s theme wont’t be so popular. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submission rates,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 200 – SIGNS
The pictures in the folder 2009-04-07/Electric_Car are from a trip I took out to the Junck Farm with Sara. We went out there shortly after her parentals had purchased an electric car from 1925. I had no clue that they made electric cars in the 1920s. It seems weird that… Read More »2009-04-07/Electric_Car
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
On July 3 I went down to Water Works Park in Des Moines with Jesse and to meet Russell to see Kamala Harris speak. It was absolutely pouring down rain and Water Works is an outdoor venue. The Kamala Harris campaign was nice enough to give us ponchos as we… Read More »President Quest 2020 – Kamala Harris
Seems like a good to share my favorite pictures from THE SELFIE PROJECT from June. I don’t know that my June was super active, but at least I actually left the state for the first time since early April. June 1 June 2 June 6 June 7 June 8 June… Read More »Selfie Project – June
If you are in possession of a Photography 139 Calendar, you know that today is Naima’s birthday! She will probably be lazing around the house most of the night. But I’ll probably take her on a birthday trip to the park. So if you are going to drop by with… Read More »Happy Birthday Naima!!!
We are approaching the Boone County Fair, which means that I need to select pictures for the Boone County Fair Photo Contest. I am picking those pictures in the same way that I did last year. I’m letting other people pick them for me. The next FOUR people that text… Read More »WPC – WEEK 199 – ROAD TRIP
We are approaching the Boone County Fair, which means that I need to select pictures for the Boone County Fair Photo Contest. I am picking those pictures in the same way that I did last year. I’m letting other people pick them for me. The first five people that text… Read More »Rapid City Mission Trip – Day 4
The pictures in the folder 2009-04-07 are mostly of the paint, light fixtures, and fans I put in my house when I bought it. By adding these pictures to the Photography 139 Gallery, I was able to restore the following historical “An Artist’s Notebook” entries to their original glory: The… Read More »2009-04-07
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
I should start this day by saying Happy Independence Day! Our country has seen much better days than right now, but I still believe that our best days our head of us. You know, a day when we aren’t locking children in cages and our “leaders” aren’t bowing down and… Read More »Rapid City Mission Trip – Day 2
Mission Trip Day 1 started with a 6 AM walk around Rapid City. This is a Mission Trip tradition started by Andy. He takes people out for a 6 AM walk every day of the mission trip. I don’t join every day, but I usually join a couple times during… Read More »Rapid City Mission Trip – Day 1
At 6:30 in the morning on Sunday, June 23, the Boone First United Methodist Church Youth Group loaded up 3 vans and headed to Rapid City. There were 20 youth and 5 adults. It was an interesting crew, but we were ready to take on a mission trip. Serving others… Read More »Rapid City Mission Trip – Day 0
While BREAKFAST was a universally hated theme, CANDID PORTRAIT made a bit of a rebound. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Andy Sharp Andy Sharp Becky Parmelee Kim Barker Kim Barker Andy Sharp Christopher D.… Read More »WPC – WEEK 198 – CANDID PORTRAIT
As it turns out, BREAKFAST was an extremely unpopular theme. One of the most popular themes ever. Which means that I will definitely bring it back next year. I like to give unpopular themes multiple chances. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation… Read More »WPC – WEEK 197 – BREAKFAST
In the folder called 04-11-09 is a photographic record of one of the least favorite things my church has done. They used to do this every Good Friday for several years. They would have 3 youths dress up and smear them with fake blood and mud and have them pretend… Read More »04-11-09
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
At the same time that I took the photos for Page 35 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT, I took the photo for Page 34. Page 34 is the reddish page of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. This is what it looks like: When I looked for a color to go with… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 34
A few weeks back I spent quite a long time reading about complementary color theories. Basically trying to figure out what colors are supposed to look good with other colors (almost in the context of framing) and my research almost made me think that really all colors go together. No… Read More »A Photo Journal – Page 35