A month or so back, my church (Boone First United Methodist Church, represent!) had their annual-ish summer is over kickoff party. So it doesn’t really have a name. But a bunch of Methodists get together at Herman Park and throw down some food and have a good time. Here are… Read More »Ain’t No Party Like a Methodist Party!
The pictures in the folder called 11-23-07 are experimental photography heavy. This deleted scene from THE EXORCIST really hits you hard. The experimental pictures are images projected onto objects and then photographed again. The ones that are like “hey buddy, you’ve had enough LSD for tonight are being projected into… Read More »11-23-07
This is your weekly reminder that this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE theme is MACRO: MACRO The best way to think of MACRO is close-up photography. Getting up close to something… cause that is where the power is! Happy photo harvesting!
Several years ago, my camera got taken away from me at The Jack. Since then, I hadn’t taken my camera back. This year I read up on all the camera rules. Followed them to the letter of the law and took my camera to the Iowa and Texas games. The… Read More »A Return to Things that Once Were
This is your 3 Day out reminder about your chance to knock down some high quality BGR barbecue and meet City Council Candidate for Ward 5 on Sunday. 12-2. Herman Park. The food is free and delicious! I’ll be there manning a table about voter registration or something like that.… Read More »“Meat” and Greet
Here are the other photos I took for the theme ART for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, but the world wasn’t ready for them on Monday. Hopefully the world is ready for them now: The graffiti picture was taken in downtown Ames. The rest were taken in Boone. Either downtown or… Read More »Somebody Get the Body Bags, Working with Beats and Put the Photogs in ‘Em
I might have posted these pictures earlier, but up until Saturday it still made me sick to think about how Iowa State blew a double digit to an inferior team from the other side of the state. Then Saturday happened. After Iowa State’s historic road victory over the #3 team… Read More »Time Doesn’t Heal Anything, It Just Teaches Us How to Live with the Pain
A few week’s back I went ahead and knocked out the first of 2 pictures for Page 58 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 58 – Alpha – Take a picture of yourself pretending to be somebody else. Maybe this concept is a little arrogant, but at least now all… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 58 Alpha
ART is one of my favorite themes. I love seeing what kind of ART that people have in their lives. This was a solid week of submissions. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about submissions. You came here to see the submissions: Angie DeWaard… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 108 – ART
Stand by for NEWS!!! For the first time in (well I’m sure it has been a really long time) I am using the full power of this blog (COUGH! COUGH!) to endorse a political candidate for public office. That man: Scott Degeneffe That political office: Boone City Council – Ward… Read More »All Politics is Local
Now that I’ve been back to reality for 7 days, probably a good time to go over my vacation. FRIDAY Left work at 4 PM or so. Vacation starts. Had FNSC with Willy. Ate at Colorado Grill. After Colorado Grill. Started watching a new show, NARCOS. SATURDAY Breakfast at Legal… Read More »Remembered with Nostalgia
These pictures are from the folder 11-10-07: There are many more photos from this Cyclone victory that can be found by clicking on the link below: 2007 – IOWA STATE CYCLONES FOOTBALL Next week’s walk down memory lane will involve more experimental photography.
Here is your weekly reminder that this week’s theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is ART: ART ART! Such a great theme! But what is ART? I’m partial to the definition of Marc Chagall: Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers – and never succeeding.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – ART
The general public wasn’t ready for these pictures to be unleashed on Monday for the WHITE theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Not sure they’re ready now, but I can’t hold them back any longer. Here are the alternates for WHTIE: Once again, there weren’t many alternates this week. I… Read More »Yo, Ya Just Get in That, You Get in that Head Space, Ya Know
A big thanks to everybody that came out and made my church’s Youth Group Fundraiser such a big hit. Our goal was to be #1 on the Pizza Ranch board and we nearly doubled the take of the previous #1! Here are a few cruddy cell phone pictures from last… Read More »Move ‘Em On, Head ‘Em Up, Head ‘Em Up, Move ‘Em On, Rawhide!
Here is a look back at my favorite September photos from THE SELFIE PROJECT: September 1 September 2 September 6 September 7 September 10 September 15 September 16 September 17 September 20 September 21 September 23 September 24 September 25 September 26 September 27 September 28 September 29 And if… Read More »The Selfie Project – September
HEY!!! Don’t forget!! Tomorrow night!! The Youth Group at my church is having a fundraiser for their annual Mission Trip at the Boone Pizza Ranch! This is an idea of what you will be supporting: All you need to do is show up between 5-8 tomorrow night with one of… Read More »Pizza Ranch Fundraiser Reminder
On the day of the Iowa State-Iowa football game, I was able to take a picture for Page 92 of the Photo Journal: Page 92 – Walk down a busy street taking pictures without stopping. I completed this page by walking with Derrick from our parking lot to the gate… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 92
Another week of good submissions for this week’s theme of WHITE. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates. You came to see the submissions: Angie DeWaard Shannon Bardole Sheri Fakhouri Christopher D. Bennett Sheri Fakhouri Sheri Fakhouri Sarah Karber Tamara Peterson Tamara… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 107 – WHITE
Kio recently invited me to take some photos in the National Pet Memorial Day ceremony put on by the Boone Area Humane Society. I actually found the ceremony way more powerful than I expected it to be. I think anybody that has an animal immensely improve the quality of their… Read More »National Pet Memorial Day
Some experimental photos of flowers and a picture of guy that’s criminal incompetence endangered and probably cost the lives of at least 200 firefighters on 9/11 and then turned around and exploited their heroism to increase his national standing afterwards. Despite lying to them about the dangers of the air… Read More »11-08-07