November 22, 2018 – Day 388 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Happy Thanksgiving – Today’s BW portrait is an informal one of my nephew Damion as he and his cousins worked on coloring Turkeys at my niece Tracy’s home on Thanksgiving.

November 21, 2018 – Day 387 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Tabatha – Today’s BW portrait is a pet portrait of my cat Tabatha in her favorite place, the footstool of my recliner.

November 20, 2018 – Day 386 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Journey – Today’s BW portrait is of my great-great niece Journey as she peeks around her grandma, playing a hide-n-peek as I try to get her portrait with the iPhone 7 in portrait mode! I was surprised at how well it did, despite how slow the camera responds when in portrait mode.

November 19, 2018 – Day 385 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Jeremiah – Today’s BW portrait is of my great-great nephew Jeremiah hamming it up for the camera!

November 18, 2018 – Day 384 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Grandpa and grandson – Today’s BW portrait is of my great-great nephew Liam and his grandpa Henry on the day of Liam’s baptism.

November 17, 2018 – Day 383 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Dad and son – Today’s BW portrait is of my great-nephew Colt and his son Liam the day before Liam’s baptism.

November 16, 2018 – Day 382 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – One of our Karate Kids – Today’s BW portrait is of my nephew Jayden in his full karate mode before his class this afternoon.

November 15, 2018 – Day 381 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Dana – Today’s BW portrait is of Dana Classen, who is a good friend of mine from church. We ran into each other at Kroger and he was gracious enough to all me to photograph him. I shot this using the portrait mode on my iPhone 7 Plus and cropped it square as I like the way it looks better.

November 14, 2018 – Day 380 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – The Bear Hat – Today’s BW portrait is of Damion and his bear hat that mamaw dug out for him from last winter as we are fast approaching winter here this year already! He’d forgot all about it and when she pulled it out of the bag it was like a new hat all over again for him. Ah, the simple joys in life!

November 13, 2018 – Day 379 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Tom – Today my portrait is of long-time friend Tom Wortham, who joined a group of us from the local photography group for lunch. A portrait doesn’t always have to have the subject looking directly at the camera or even centered in the frame! That’s the beauty of photography, it’s your picture, do it your way!

November 12, 2018 – Day 378 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Betty – When I saw Betty Boop in our mall today during my walk I knew I had to get her portrait for my Black and White portrait challenge today! Just something a bit outside the box!

November 11, 2018 – Day 376 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Veteran’s Day – I knew my B&W portrait today would be one of a Veteran, as it is Veteran’s Day after all. I attended our parade here in Madisonville, Ky, which is said to be the largest in the state, both as a Veteran myself and to watch my niece and nephews in their first parade. While there I found my portrait subject, Ralph D. Bruce, Senior Chief, USN, and grabbed this shot of him as we were chatting about his service, as we waited for the parade to begin.

November 10, 2018 – Day 376 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Royal Wood – Today for my month-long B&W portrait challenge I decided to go with this environmental portrait of Singer, songwriter, multi-instrumentalist and producer Royal Wood from tonight’s Coffee House performance at the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts here in Madisonville, Ky.

November 9, 2018 – Day 375 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Our Butterfly – Today’s portrait is of my niece Elaina after she got her face painted like a butterfly tonight at her school’s Fall Festival.

November 8, 2018 – Day 374 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Jayden – Today’s portrait is of my nephew Jayden doing one of the many things he loves to do, eat a banana split at Dairy Queen!

November 7, 2018 – Day 372 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Brad Downall – Today’s portrait is of Brad Downall, the Executive Director of the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts here in Madisonville, Ky. A 1983 graduate in theatre from Hamline University in St. Paul, Minnesota, Brad worked in technical theatre in the Twin Cities and Duluth before moving to Madisonville, Kentucky in 1991 to serve as the first Technical Director at the Glema Mahr Center for the Arts at Madisonville Community College. Brad was promoted to Executive Director in 1999 and has focused on growing community-based activities such as the Summer Arts Academies and reviving community theatre while maintaining the quality of the presenting program and arts-in-education programs. Brad is also a member of the Kentucky Presenters’ Network and is on the Board of Directors for the Kentucky Theatre Association.

November 6, 2018 – Day 371 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Damion – Today’s portrait is of my nephew Damion’s new Minion toy! One of these days I’ll actually get a picture of them, but this will do for now! LOL

November 5, 2018 – Day 370 – iPhone 7 Plus Daily B/W Photo Challenge – Photograph the foot – Today’s portrait is of my niece Elaina! Well, sort of! I tried to get my portrait today of my niece Elaina and she just wasn’t in the mood, so this is what I ended up with! I still love it as it is so her!! Don’t worry about not being conventional in your portrait work as it will allow you to have more storytelling images sometimes! Think outside the box!