Here are a couple of daisy pictures I took back in May, but never published. They might be a bit of an acquired taste. Something about them just feels like maybe these pictures were lifted from a snuff film. Maybe that is just me. So much more backlog to clean… Read More »Backlog Cleanout – Daisy Vol. 1
This is a cleanout of images from the end of May. A few of these images are from Brookside Park as well.
Since Christmas Eve was on a Saturday this year, I had the whole day off. It was a revelation! I might just start taking all Christmas Eve mornings off in the future. I considered it a good time to reconnect with my camera. We’ve been as disconnected lately as if… Read More »Foggy Christmas Eve Morn
Back at the beginning of 2016, I had this dream of taking a selfie every day to document that growth of one awesome beard. Well. I made it a few days into April. As I’m going to rekindle this project for 2017, thought I’d look back at my favorite photos… Read More »The Failed Selfie Project of 2016
It has been awhile since I did an Instagram post. This isn’t exactly one of those. This is just a look back at my most popular Instagram posts from 2016. Here they are: Just for fun, these were the 9 most popular in 2015: I don’t get what you would… Read More »Instagram Year in Review
My cousin Travis and his family set up their own haunted house every year for Halloween because my family don’t play. This year, I went over and took a few photos: If you aren’t in my family, it is okay for you to be sad that you aren’t in my… Read More »Beggar’s Alley
There are a handful of 2017 Photography 139 Calendars left in stock. Once these are gone, we will be sold out. I will hand deliver calendars to the Boone metro area and surrounding communities for just the cost of the calendar. $10. I will ship anywhere in the United States… Read More »Nearly Sold Out
Here is the December image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This picture was taken a couple miles north of Ledges State Park and a couple of miles south of Boone, Iowa. Calendars are currently on sale at great vendors like… me… for a limited time. $10.
Here is the November image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This picture was taken about 10 miles north of Ames, Iowa. Along the Skunk River. Near Soper’s Mill. Calendars are currently on sale at great vendors like… me… for a limited time. $10.
Here is the September image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This gazinnia thrived in the Photography 139 Front Porch Flower Pots. Gazinnias are a top 5 flower for me. Calendars are currently on sale at great vendors like… me… for a limited time. $10.
Here is the September image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This picture was taken on the corner of Mamie Eisenhower Avenue and Story Street in Boone, Iowa. It was taken on September 11. Calendars are currently on sale at great vendors like… me… for a limited time. $10.
Here is the August image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This picture was taken at the Discovery Garden of the Iowa State Fair. Calendars are currently on sale at great vendors like… me… for a limited time. $10.
Here is the July image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: I found this collection of daisies at the Iowa Arboretum. The interesting thing is that I actually went there to photograph their lilies, but I my favorite picture from that evening was of their daisies. Calendars are currently on… Read More »2017 Photography 139 Calendar July
Here is the June image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This image was taken in the world famous Photography 139 Lily Patch located in near the Photography 139 Garlic Patch. Calendars are currently on sale at great vendors like… me… for a limited time. $10.
Here is the May image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This macro image was taken on the world’s most beautiful campus. The campus of Iowa State University. Near Lake LaVerne and the 4 Seasons Fountain and the Memorial Union. Iowa State, so great that even its grass is beautiful!… Read More »2017 Photography 139 Calendar May
Here is the April image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This picture goes into a category (it is a fairly stacked category) of, “I really love this photo but I’m not sure many other people will.” Different strokes for different folks. I love pictures of deterioration. Plus the license… Read More »2017 Photography 139 Calendar April
Here is the March image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This picture is of the Wagon Wheel Bridge west of Boone, Iowa. It collapsed after being hit by an ice flow. The remainder of the bridge was torn down just this week. I took this picture on the day… Read More »2017 Photography 139 Calendar March
Here is the February image for the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar: This picture was taken in the Minnehaha Falls Park in Minneapolis, Minnesota. This picture and more specifically, all the pictures I took in this series are as close as I came to dying (as far as I know) this… Read More »2017 Photography 139 Calendar February
Here is the January image for the 2017 Photography 139 January Calendar: This picture was taken in Peas Creek in Ledges State Park. Which is a few miles south of Boone, Iowa. This part of the creek is a few hundred yards south of where Davis Creek empties into Peas… Read More »2017 Photography 139 Calendar January
I spent the last few days designing the 2017 Photography 139 Calendar. The design of this calendar is different than the last several years in a few different ways. 1. This isn’t a flower photography only calendar. There are flower pictures, but they are the minority. 2. Gone is all… Read More »2017 Photography 139 Calendar Cover
A few weeks back I took Nader down to Des Moines for his birthday. We bummed around the downtown area and then met Jeff, Yin, and a couple of Baiers for lunch at Mad Meatball. Here are a few pictures from the bumming around phase of the day: We also… Read More »Nader Day