Today (Friday, August 26, 2016) apparently is National Dog Day. At least it is on Twitter. So I thought I would share a few photos of Naima and her recent trip to the Boone Pool. At the end the swimming pool season, Boone has a take your day to the… Read More »National Naima Day
I was recently summoned to the Junck farm in Ogden to photography the Junk people and one of their old timey firetrucks. This particular firetruck was the first ever in Boone County. Here are some of my favorite images of the firetruck. If you’re a thinking, “Man that is one… Read More »First!
As some may have heard from various social media outlets or via press release, Baby Got Rack competed at the Iowa State Fair barbecue contest in the Combination category last Tuesday and brought home the championship. Word on the street is that we were very close to winning the Grand… Read More »State Champs!
A small collection of loser for this week’s theme. Scottie D.’s reflection, I believe. Well. I’m in there too. I hope you can see the reflection… Photo assist from Stephanie Kim. Thanks for helping me to take the time to mock these pathetic losers.
I have to confess, I was a little worried about this week. As I crawled out of bed this morning to head to the Computer Mine, I had only received 1 submission in my email inbox. Despite one person telling me at the State Fair that they had just taken… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 49 – REFLECTIONS
Gymnastics! Swans! Squirrels! Oh my! Also lots of digital noise in the 05-08-07 folder: More Iowa State animals in next Saturday’s folder. Get pumped!
Wasn’t sure what I would post today. Then Russell reminded me that it was World Photo Day. So I decided to post a flower photo, since Russell LOVES flower pictures: Hopefully, you enjoyed World Photo Day. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 500 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm APERTURE: f/4 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE:… Read More »World Photo Day
I should probably get around to posting more images from Baby Got Rack’s dominance of the Boone County Fair Barbecue Contest. Pictures from the Iowa State Fair Barbecue Contest will be coming in the near future, I’m sure.
Yesterday, Baby Got Rack competed at the State Fair barbecue contest. After we got the pork and the chicken on the smoker, we had a couple of hours to kill. We smoke the chicken and pork for close to two hours and then we allow the meat to rest another… Read More »Discoverbee
It has been too long since I posted a picture from the Iowa Arboretum. Let me remedy that real quick: I need to get out there for a visit again, sometime soon. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 320 FOCAL LENGTH: 60mm APERTURE: f/4.5 EXPOSURE: 1/80 DATE: 07/03/2016 – 19:56 LATITUDE:… Read More »Arbobug
SPORTS was clearly not as popular as ARCHITECTURE, but that was to be expected considering the time of year and all that. Here are the submissions for SPORTS: Angie DeWaard 1 Angie DeWaard 2 Carla Stensland 1 Carla Stensland 2 Carla Stensland 3 Jodie Bennett Shannon Bardole Christopher D. Bennett… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 48 – SPORTS
There wasn’t much in the 04-29-07 folder. A couple photos of one of my Mom’s tulips. The next folder contains plenty of grainy photos of Alexis and swans.
I’m starting to work on my endgame for Postcard Series #2. I’d like to do this once a week where I get out and shoot some part of Boone County for the use in the endgame. Most recently I spent a little bit of time in Ledges. These are the… Read More »Series #2 Alpha
When I woke up and drove to work this morning, the winds and the sky were amazing. I had to stop the car and take a picture. Unfortunately, because the earliness of the morning and the darkness of the clouds and not having the right equipment, I instead cracked out… Read More »High Winds
Check out this pathetic collection of losers from the ARCHITECTURE theme for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Thanks for taking the time to help me mock these images.
I was recently tapped to do a photo shoot of the Junck family and their newest old timey firetruck. This photo of Gretchen is one of my favorites from the day: I’ll probably share a few more from this photo shoot at some point. PARTICULARS CAMERA: SONY SLT-A65V ISO: 100… Read More »Jay Leno’s Jealousy
Quite a large selection of submissions this week. It is almost as if THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE has hit its stride. I hope that there is this much passion in the middle of winter! Dawn has made her first submission(s). I expect big things from her in the future! Here… Read More »WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – WEEK 47 – ARCHITECTURE
A mixture of wildlife and tulips in the folder 04-28-07: The folder for next Saturday doesn’t have much in it. Maybe a couple of tulip photos. We’ll see.
I recently presented The Trophy for winning the 12th year of the Roundball Oracles to this year’s champion… Michelle Haupt It was an exciting NCAA Tournament and an equally exciting Roundball Oracles NCAA Tournament Pool. If North Carolina would’ve won the NCAA Championship Game, Sara Lockner would’ve come home with… Read More »ROUNDBALL ORACLES – YEAR 12
I had a bunch of losers this week for ART and THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE. Here they are: Thanks for joining me here to mock this collection of pathetic losers!
So, back to Photoshop School… The newest release of Photoshop has 2 new features. The one I will discuss today is the new LIQUIFY FACE feature. Under this new feature, you can adjust the following on a face: Eyes -Size -Height -Width -Tilt -Distance Nose -Height -Width Mouth -Smile -Upper… Read More »Bette Davis Eyes