Today is Jen’s birthday, so I need to start today by wishing her a happy birthday!
Happy birthday Jen!
I hope your birthday is as amazing as you want it to be. We also need to get together again at some point! Maybe even before August.
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ENTERTAINMENT! A great theme! But did enough people find it entertaining enough to make it a popular theme? You’ll have to keep scrolling to find out!
As of 12:01 PM on Monday, June 24, this was the current list of ACTIVE streaks (ignore everything in parentheses):
1-Deanna McClain – 2 weeks (IA, MN)
2-Mary Green – 3 weeks (MI, IA, IN, IL, PR)
3-Sara Lockner – 3 weeks (IA, BHS, MN)
4-Suzie Brannen – 7 weeks (IA, MD)
5-Mike Vest – 7 weeks (IA, MO)
6-Alexis Stensland – 9 weeks (IA) <2>
7-Sabas Hernandez – 11 weeks (IA, OH)
8-Adam Gordon – 18 weeks (IA, MS, MO)
9-Lowell Davis – 25 weeks (IA)
10-Michelle Haupt – 25 weeks (IA, MO, KS, LA)
11-Brandon Kahler – 26 weeks (IA, MN)
12-Scott Degeneffe – 44 weeks (IA, FL, UT, CO, KY, IN, IL)
13-Sheri Fakhouri – 54 weeks (IA, NE)
14-Logan Kahler – 54 weeks (IA, MN)
15-Nathanial Brown – 56 weeks (IA, SD, GA, TN, IRL, UK)
16-Jesse Howard – 56 weeks (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW)
17-Tamara Peterson – 68 weeks (IA, MN)
18-Mindi Terrell – 71 weeks (IA) <2>
19-Linda Bennett – 100 weeks (KS)
20-Sarah Toot – 101 weeks (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ)
21-Angie DeWaard – 105 weeks (IA, IL)
22-Dawn Krause – 109 weeks (IA)
23-Kim Barker – 115 weeks (IA, CO, LA)
24-Joe Duff – 116 weeks (TX) <2>
25-Teresa Kahler – 127 weeks (IA, NE) <2>
26-Carla Stensland – 127 weeks (IA, MO)
27-Micky Augustin – 129 weeks (IA, IL, FL)
28-Andy Sharp – 130 weeks (IA, NE, AR, MS, MO, TN, LA, IL)
29-Bill Wentworth – 131 weeks (NE, MO)
30-Cathie Morton – 134 weeks (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA)
31-Elizabeth Nordeen – 136 weeks (IA, OH) <2>
32-Shannon Bardole-Foley – 138 weeks (IA, CA, NV)
33-Kio Dettman – 140 weeks (IA) <2>
Here is the list of rules for Year 11 of THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE:
1. The picture must be taken between 12:01 PM today and 11 AM next Monday. This isn’t a curate your photos project. This is a get your butt off the couch and take pictures challenge!
2. There is a limit of 2 submissions per person per theme. If you send me more than 2, I will use the first 2 that you submit.
3. Deadline to submit your submission is 11 AM next Monday.
4. To be considered the photographer of an image, you have to be the one that clicks the shutter. If you hand your camera over to somebody else to take a picture of you, you are NOT the photographer of that image.
5. No screen captures. This is a photography challenge. Not a “look at what I found on the internet” challenge.
There are still 2 ways to submit:
1. Email your submission to bennett@photography139.com.
2. Text your submission to my Google Pixel 8 Pro.
But you didn’t come here to listen to me talk all tommyrot about participation rates or streaks or the rules of the challenge or how to submit. You came to see the submissions and what streaks continued and what streaks flamed out:
Jen Ensley-Gorshe (Iowa) – 1 week
Willy McAlpine (Don Williams Golf Course – Boone County, Iowa) – 1 week
Amy Peterson (Ames, Iowa) – 1 week
Deanna McClain (Iowa) – 3 weeks
Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa) – 4 weeks
Mary Green (Manchester, Iowa)
Sara Lockner (Waukee, Iowa) – 4 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Iowa) – 8 weeks
Suzie Brannen (Iowa)
Mike Vest (Iowa) – 8 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa) – 10 weeks
Alexis Stensland (Iowa)
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa) – 12 weeks
Sabas Hernandez (Iowa)
Adam Gordon (Busch Stadium – Saint Louis, Missouri) – 19 weeks
Adam Gordon (Iowa)
Lowell Davis (Iowa) – 26 weeks
Michelle Haupt (Iowa) – 26 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa) – 27 weeks
Brandon Kahler (Iowa)
Scott Degeneffe (Slater, Iowa) – 45 weeks
Scott Degeneffe (Iowa)
Sheri Fakhouri (Ankeny, Iowa) – 55 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa) – 55 weeks
Logan Kahler (Boone, Iowa)
Nathanial Brown (Tampa, Florida) – 57 weeks
Nathanial Brown (Tampa, Florida)
Jesse Howard (Minneapolis, Minnesota) – 57 weeks
Tamara Peterson (Perry, Iowa) – 69 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa) – 72 weeks
Mindi Terrell (Iowa)
Linda Bennett (Kansas) – 101 weeks
Sarah Toot (E. Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania) – 102 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Chicago Museum of Science & Industry – Chicago, Illinois) – 106 weeks
Angie DeWaard (Chicago Museum of Science & Industry – Chicago, Illinois)
Dawn Krause (Galena, Illinois) – 110 weeks
Dawn Krause (Boone, Iowa)
Kim Barker (Estes Park, Colorado – Prospect Mountain Road) – 116 weeks
Kim Barker (Rocky Mountain National Park – Estes Park, Colorado)
Joe Duff (New York) – 117 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Noir – Ames, Iowa) – 128 weeks
Teresa Kahler (Iowa)
Carla Stensland (Mount Rushmore National Memorial – Keystone, South Dakota) – 128 weeks
Micky Augustin (Florida) – 130 weeks
Andy Sharp (Boone, Iowa) – 131 weeks
Andy Sharp (Olive Garde – Ankeny, Iowa)
Bill Wentworth (Omaha, Nebraska) – 132 weeks
Cathie Morton (Near Cumming, Iowa) – 135 weeks
Cathie Morton (Des Moines Arts Festival – Des Moines, Iowa)
Elizabeth Nordeen (Iowa) – 137 weeks
Shannon Bardole-Foley (Summerset, Iowa) – 139 weeks
Kio Dettman (Boone, Iowa) – 141 weeks
Christopher D. Bennett (Des Moines Arts Festival – Des Moines, Iowa) – 562 weeks
37 participants this week! A pretty good week!
There were submissions this week taken in the following places:
+ Colorado (2)
+ Florida (3)
+ Illinois (3)
+ Iowa (38)
+ Kansas (1)
+ Minnesota (1)
+ Missouri (1)
+ Nebraska (1)
+ New York (1)
+ Pennsylvania (1)
+ South Dakota (1)
Here is the Year 11 list of places where submissions have been taken (submissions taken in each places):
+ Arkansas (15.5)
+ Aruba (1)
+ Bahamas (2)
+ California (3)
+ Curacao (1)
+ Colorado (8)
+ Florida (12)
+ Georgia (1)
+ Hawaii (2)
+ Illinois (11)
+ Indiana (4)
+ Iowa (901)
+ Ireland (3)
+ Kansas (36)
+ Kentucky (1)
+ Louisiana (8)
+ Maryland (1)
+ Michigan (5)
+ Minnesota (9)
+ Mississippi (2.5)
+ Missouri (16.5)
+ Nebraska (33)
+ Nevada (4)
+ New Jersey (1)
+ New York (15)
+ North Ireland (1)
+ Ohio (2)
+ Oklahoma (1)
+ Pennsylvania (18)
+ Puerto Rico (4)
+ South Dakota (4)
+ Tennessee (2.5)
+ Texas (38)
+ Utah (1)
+ Vermont (1)
+ Virginia (1)
+ Wisconsin (1)
30 states so far! 1 U.S. Terriorty! 5 foreign countries! Not bad! So far, the following people have submitted from multiple places:
+ Jen Ensley-Gorshe (IA, CO, MO, TX, TN, VA, IL, FL) – 8
+ Andy Sharp (IA, NE, MO, AR, TN, MS, LA, IL) – 8
+ Scott Degeneffe (IA, FL, UT, CO, IN, KY, IL) – 7
+ Nathanial Brown (IA, SD, TN, GA, IRL, NIR, FL) – 7
+ Jesse Howard (IA, MO, NE, FL, ABW, CUW, MN) – 7
+ Christopher D. Bennett (IA, MO, NE, IL, IN, LA) – 6
+ Cathie Morton (IA, FL, BHS, MO, LA) – 5
+ Mary Green (MI, IA, IN, IL, RP) – 5
+ Sarah Toot (PA, NY, VT, NV, NJ) – 5
+ Michelle Haupt (IA, MO, KS, LA) – 4
+ Kim Barker (IA, CO, LA) – 3
+ Shannon Bardole-Foley (IA, CA, NV) – 3
+ Adam Gordon (IA, MS, MO) – 3
+ Becky Parmelee (AR, IA, OK) – 3
+ Sara Lockner (IA, BHS, MN) – 3
+ Micky Augustin (IA, IL, FL) – 3
+ Carla Stensland (IA, MO, SD) -3
+ Susanna Funk (IA, CO) – 2
+ Brandon Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Logan Kahler (IA, MN) – 2
+ Tamara Peterson (IA, MN) – 2
+ Mike Vest (IA, MO) – 2
+ Teresa Kahler (IA, NE) – 2
+ Sheri Fakhouri (IA, NE) – 2
+ Angie DeWaard (IA, IL) – 2
+ Sabas Hernandez (IA, OH) – 2
+ Suzie Brannen (IA, MD) – 2
+ Elizabeth Nordeen (IA, OH) – 2
+ Linda Bennett (KS, IA) – 2
+ Bill Wentworth (NE, MO) – 2
+ Deanna McClain (IA, MN) – 2
+ Dawn Krause (IA, IL) – 2
+ Joe Duff (TX, NY) – 2
Jen and Andy are now tied to be crowned “The Most Travelled THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE Photographer!” Jesse and and Scott and Nathanial are in striking distance though! Joe and Dawn joined the group of people to submit from multiple locations.
There were lots of milestones reached this week. Alexis joined the Double Digit Streak Club! WooHoo! Lowell and Michelle joined the Half Year Streak Club! WooHoo! Micky joined the 2.5 Year Streak Club! WooHoo!
Also, there were no streaks broken this week!
But enough dwelling on the past. Time to look to the future. We are all interested in the future, for that is where you and I are going to spend the rest of our lives. And remember my friend, future events such as these will affect you in the future! This week’s theme:
BLACK & WHITE – Modified suggestion by Joe Duff
Joe actually suggested MONOCHROME, but I think MONOCHROME and BLACK & WHITE are very similar and BLACK & WHITE will always be a theme for THE WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE, so I’m just crediting Joe with suggesting BLACK & WHITE.
BLACK & WHITE is my first love in photography and it is my favorite theme as well.
I look forward to seeing your interpretation!
That is all I got, so if the good Lord’s willin’ and the creek don’t rise, we will see your idea of NECESSITY in this place that I hope some of you find to be one next Monday.