This is your reminder that this week’s them for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is SMOKE: I have been told that there are in fact people out there that still SMOKE. It is baffling, but apparently it is still a thing. The good news is that this opens up the potential… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – SMOKE
Now would be a good time to check in on the Selfie Project. I’ve attempted and failed at this project 3 times now. The farthest I’ve ever made it is 116 days. I feel like this just might be the year. Here are some of my favorites from March: March… Read More »March
I have two more photos from the Women’s March that I want to share individually before I do a big post of the best of the rest. Here is one of them: PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100 FOCAL LENGTH: 35mm APERTURE: f/7.1 EXPOSURE: 1/100 DATE: 01/21/2017 – 13:30 LATITUDE:… Read More »Progress
A few weeks back Micky and I hopped in his wife car and traveled to exotic North Ankeny to visit Michelle, Craig, Lily, and the newest addition to their family… Levi. I didn’t actually getting any pictures of Levi, but here are some pictures of Lily: I have to give… Read More »Li’l JT Sr.
I don’t normally explain too much with anything, but I feel I should at least answer a question that will be going through your mind while looking at these pictures. Yes, I think water fowl are ANGRY. All the time. Probably with good reason. We are always trying to kill… Read More »Now I Know I’m Being Used
I can’t be ANGRY about this week’s participation rates. After all, there was a first time participant in Linda Bennett! Welcome aboard Aunt Linda. I’m expecting big things! But you don’t want to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates, you want to see the submissions for ANGRY:… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 82 – ANGRY
The folder called 07-16-07 was all over the place. You’ll be happy to know that I got all of my Jason Voorhees jokes about this set of images out of my system before I wrote this here journal entry. Next “Saturday’s” folder might involve donuts. Although, I will probably just… Read More »07-16-07
This is your reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is ANGRY: ANGRY! So get out there and photograph somebody or something that is ANGRY. Or something that makes you ANGRY. All sorts of things make me ANGRY: racism, sexism, homophobia, transgender discrimination, Islamophobia, antisemitism, child soldiers,… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE REMINDER – ANGRY
This concludes the photos of the few hours I spent with Shorty on the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad back in July. I have many influences on my photography. It ranges from other artists to movies to television shows to friends to family. However, one of the most obscure influences… Read More »Ridin’ the Rails with Shorty Backlog – Vol. 3
I started this Boone County Postcard Project last year and then kind of abandoned it. I’ll need to get on it again now that the weather is getting nicer again. These photos were taken for the project on June 30th. This project will ultimately culminate in a new Photography 139… Read More »Boone County Postcard Project Vol. 2
These are the pictures that didn’t have what it takes for the FACELESS PORTRAIT theme for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE: Sad. If only these images would believe in themselves.
Today is kind of a weird day. It is both the anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. It is also Equal Pay Day. I don’t have a recent picture that really encompasses the importance of MLK. However, I do have a picture that can “celebrate” Equal Pay… Read More »Early Morning, April Four
FACELESS PORTRAIT is challenging, but still, a handful of hearty photographers gave it a whirl. But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about heart. You came to see the submissions: Mike Vest Suzanne Brannen Michelle Haupt Stephanie Kim Kim Barker Christopher D. Bennett Angie DeWaard… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 81 – FACELESS PORTRAIT
Some squirrel and some Des Moines at night in the folder they call 07-14-07: Next “Saturday’s” folder will have something to do with hobos, I suspect.
This is your reminder that this week’s theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE is FACELESS PORTRAIT: Happy photo harvesting!
Around Christmas I had the pleasure of doing some commercial photography for Jessica. Here is a photo from one of my favorite of her pieces: Jessica has lots of great products. You can buy some here: DesdamonaDoolittle Many more photos from this photo shoot are in the chute as well!… Read More »Desdamonad
Way back in September, Boone burned down a house. Here is one of my favorite pictures from that day: Many more of these other pictures to come. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 250 FOCAL LENGTH: 135mm APERTURE: f/5.6 EXPOSURE: 1/250 DATE: 09-25-2017 – 14:46 LATITUDE: 42.05975° LONGITUDE: -93.87573° PHOTO ASSISTANT:… Read More »One Burning Desire
More from when I rode the Boone & Scenic Valley Railroad with Shorty: Just a few photos left from that trip!
These pictures didn’t have what it takes to make the cut for RURAL for this week’s WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Perhaps, some of them are just me playing with new camera settings: I don’t know. Maybe if these images just believed in themselves, they could accomplish something… something great.
A pretty solid week of submissions. Even the “New York Voice” was able to find some RURAL. But you didn’t come here to hear me talk all tommyrot about the quality of submissions. You cam here to see the submissions: Kim Barker Logan Kahler Stephanie Kim Angie DeWaard Christopher D.… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 80 – RURAL
The folder called 07-12-07 starts with some softball and ends with some pop art: Next Saturday’s folder seems to be squirrel heavy.