When we left off last Friday we were at the Saint Louis Cathedral. We will start out there and then go out to Jackson Square. Then finish up just walking around the French Quarter. It is a very photogenic part of the city! Here is a little history of Jackson… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Jackson Square
If you’re traveling in the north country fair Where the winds hit heavy on the borderline Remember me to one who lives there For she once was a true love of mine See for me that her hair’s hangin’ down It curls and falls all down her breast See for… Read More »Girl from the North Country
Back in June I got together with Alexis, Kanoa, and Anela to take some pictures of them. As always, it was a good time and one of the very rare times where the lighting for a family photo shoot was good! Here are some of my favorites: Elainie, Sabas, and… Read More »Alexis and Kids – 2024
Time to share the rest of the Stanhope Watermelon Festival pictures. Most of these are from the watermelon eating contests! Have a look: I endorse the Stanhope Watermelon Day. It is a good day and all the free watermelon you could have ever want! I look forward to it. It… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Day Contests
It is the last Monday of the month and on the last Monday of the month I like to revisit our Frequently Asked Questions. Who asks these questions? I mostly ask them of myself. But that isn’t a Frequently Asked Question. But as we are heading into a new year,… Read More »WPC – WEEK 489 – COMPETITION
Today is Ander’s birthday so I need to wish him a happy birthday. Happy birthday Anders! I hope your birthday is filled with all the robots and all the monsters and all the robot monsters you can handle! +++++++ This Sunday’s food adventure involves the burger that won Best Burger… Read More »Burgertime: Ankeny Field Work
I made a fairly rare appearance at the Sunday of the Boone County Fair. The main attraction being a chance to take pictures of Logan’s kids at the foam party. And another attraction being a chance to get some ice cream from one of the food trucks. I also got… Read More »Sunday at the Boone County Fair
Day 3 in New Orleans was the day I got the most free time. Things were pretty much setup and ready to go at the Convention Center. Tony and I just had to setup the computer for the training session in the morning. Run over and check on a few… Read More »New Orleans Day 3: Saint Louis Cathedral
This is the balance of sunflower pictures I took in the sunflower patch near the Harrier Marsh east of Ogden a few miles. Next Thursday’s flowertography session will go back to flowers from my yard!
A new tradition (I hope) that started in 2023 was to go out for a roaring round of miniature golf. In 2023 we went to Jester Park. Last year we went to Perfect Games. Of the 2 courses, I would recommend Jester Park. The Perfect Games course is perhaps the… Read More »2024 Jay Janson Invitational
Time to revisit the Stanhope Watermelon Festival. This time I’m going to begin with pictures from the Watermelon Eating Contests. It is one of the highlights of the watermelon festival! Here are some pictures: Still one more collection of images from Stanhope Watermelon Festival left to share!
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day. I need to start this entry by acknowledging him and all that he contributed to our nation. The true history of Martin Luther King Jr. has been sanitized recently to make him more palatable to white suburbanites. You will even see some of… Read More »WPC – WEEK 488 – COLORFUL
This food adventure isn’t strictly a new one, but one I recently started and do hit on the regular basis. It might be a sign of my advanced age, but I’m starting to get into community meals. I’ve long had a tradition of going to the Lion Pancake Fundraiser (which… Read More »B & G: Boone Field Work
It is 2025, so I probably should have already shared all the 2023 pictures, but I haven’t. There is still one collection of images I have left to share. That is the 2023 Stensland family photo shoot images. After this, we can say goodbye to 2023. And just 2024 and… Read More »Stenslands 2023
This is the final collection of images from my second day in New Orleans for work back in May. At this rate I won’t get through all of these before my next work trip to Austin in a few weeks. When we left off last time, I was just about… Read More »New Orleans Day 2: Trolleys
Not actually using a song title for today’s journal entry for flowers. Almost every flower I photograph on the regular has a set title. Today I’m sharing only sunflower pictures, so I thought it would more apropos to use the name for all of my sunflower pictures. Painted without Instruction.… Read More »Painted without Instruction
On the Saturday of the Boone County Fair I took a break from Logan’s barbecue contest to jet over to one of my favorite small town festivals, the Stanhope Watermelon Festival. I went there hoping to catch the watermelon eating contest and to visit the Stanhope State University booth. Stanhope… Read More »Stanhope Watermelon Festival BC (Before Contests)
Here we are. Time to share all the pictures I considered for the 2025 Calendar but did not make the cut for one reason or another. Could be that I decided it wasn’t good enough. Or because a similar picture was chosen over it to be placed in the calendar.… Read More »I Wanna Have Control
Time to reveal the December image of the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: DECEMBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7 IV LENS: Sony 50mm f/2.8 Macro APERTURE: f/8 SHUTTER: 1/2000 ISO: 100 DATE: April 13, 2024 This picture of a bird soaring through the sky was taken at the Last Chance Cemetery… Read More »WPC – WEEK 487 – MOTION
Time to reveal the November image from the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: NOVEMBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7IV LENS: SIGMA 105mm f/2.8 DG DN MACRO FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm APERTURE: f/8 SHUTTER: 1/125 DATE: May 26, 2024 I took this macro strawflower picture in my yard. Strawflowers are one of my… Read More »#BREAKFASTBURRITOLIFE: Ames Field Work
Time to share the October image from the 2025 Photography 139 Calendar: OCTOBER TECHNICAL DETAILS CAMERA: Sony 7M4 LENS: Sigma 105mm f/2.8 DG DN Macro FOCAL LENGTH: 105mm APERTURE: f/3.2 EXPOSURE: 1/160 DATE: July 23, 2024 This dandelion picture was taken in my yard. I take no pride in that… Read More »A Saturday at the Boone County Fair