A few weeks back I decided to tackle Page 93 for THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 93 – How close can you get to someone without your presence being felt? Because of my ninja like stealth, I decided that a fly would be the best thing to sneak up on.… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 93
On the last Saturday of my vacation I headed up to the downtown Boone area to stroll around and complete Page 33 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Cover your screen with black tape. Spend the day shooting and only remove the tape when you get home. This was a little… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 33
I have a rather shocking confession. I have never done LSD. However, if I had tried LSD, I imagine the experience would be something like walking across the High Trestle Trail Bridge on a dark night. Several weeks back my cousin Sarah and my Aunt Linda were in town and… Read More »LSD the Bridge
Back in August I went up to Minnesota to visit some of my favorite peeps, but I also had an ulterior motive. For years I’ve driven up to the Twin Cities area and just south of Lakeville I would come across a strange collection of sculptures on the east side… Read More »My Minnesota Spirit Animal
On the last Saturday of my vacation I corralled Jesse and we went out to McHose Park and took the second picture for Page 58 of THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT: Page 58 Beta – Take a picture of yourself pretending to be yourself. Here are a couple of others we… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 58 Beta
The world wasn’t ready for these MACRO pictures for the WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE on Monday. I’m not sure that the world is ready for them now, but I can’t hold them back any longer: The grand majority of these pictures were taken in my back yard. The first seven were… Read More »Season ‘Em, Put ‘Em on a Beat with Me, Then I’m Eating ‘Em
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
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
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
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
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
On Labor Day I was able to take a picture for Page 59 of the Photo Journal: Page 59 – Take a picture of yourself as yourself. Logan assisted with the production by moving the camera here and there. Johnathan watched in a distance. While most people will disagree, I… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 59
Recently bought another photo toy. However, this time it isn’t a new piece of photo experiment. It is more like a photo prop. I should note that I also got this idea from Dawn. Here are few photos to break it in: You’ll be seeing this beauty again. Mark the… Read More »Yet Another New Photo Toy
A few weeks back I took what I thought might be one of the more intriguing pages in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT. Page 19. Page 19 – Take the best picture you can right now. How do you determine when is the “right now” from the page? What I did… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 19
A few weeks back I spent the weekend up in Minnesota. I went with Bethany, Dae Hee, Nora, Sara Karber, and Shawn Karber to The Irish Fair. Here are a few pictures from the event: You must be wondering, do you recommend The Irish Fair? The answer is no. Just… Read More »Here’s Scotland. Here’s Ireland. There’s the Bloody Sea!
Page 119 in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT probably isn’t one that would appeal to most people. Some people might even call it a hipster page. Page 119 – Turn a DSLR into a Pinhole Camera Some of you might be asking, “What is a pinhole camera?” A pinhole camera is… Read More »A PHOTO JOURNAL – HENRY CARROLL – PAGE 119
I probably need to dip back into the backlog if I’m ever going to get caught back up. These pictures were take on July 15, 2016. That year isn’t a typo. Both the lilies and the hollyhocks were photographed in my backyard. ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ A quick reminder that Boone will be… Read More »Where Flowers Bloom So Does Hope
One of the benefits of THE SELFIE PROJECT is that I can look back at a month and feel less worthless. Hey, I actually did go out and do stuff and see people in month X. I’m a winner! Speaking of winners, these are the photos I consider winners from… Read More »Selfie Project – August
This was going to be one of the hardest entries in THE PHOTO JOURNAL PROJECT for me to accomplish. Mostly because, it is a huge time commitment. Luckily, I recently did the thing that Page 100 asks you to do, sorta. Here is Page 110. Page 110 – Sit in… Read More »A Photo Journal – Henry Carroll – Page 110