Wednesday Photos

2009-08-12T00:32:00.001-07:00

Hello readers of Wednesday Photos.

I am writing to let you all know that this website will be taking a short break from publishing weekly photos. I have been seeing a decline in the number of photo submissions lately and I want to take some time to evaluate the site and its future. I had hoped to run photos continuously for one full year, since it started the first week of 2009. Unfortunately I have not had enough time to market and promote the blog, and updating it on a weekly basis has become a big task. I am so happy to have provided you all with eight months of wonderful photos, and I hope you will all enjoy this look back at the many, many photos that have graced this website since its inception.

I do have plans to do more with WednesdayPhotos.com in the near future, but there may be a few changes to the site or the project as a whole. If you have any comments, suggestions, or simply some photos that you'd like to share, please send them my way. You know how to contact me! wednesdayphotos at gmail dot com.

Thank you to all who have read this blog, and many, many thanks to all who have sent me photos. Please stay tuned for more exciting changes with this site.

Wednesday 08.05.09

2009-08-05T00:10:00.000-07:00

Please enjoy these most beautiful photos, and a wide interpretation on the theme "WATER". As always, thank you for sending in your lovely photographs.

Photo by Michelle

"Jellyfish at the Georgia Aquarium"

Photo by Michael

"Ramona Falls"

Photo by Ron

"Hey I really like water. It's my home. Wanna come share it with me? I live just outside New Orleans. Come by any time."

Photo by Connie

"The bottom of the water glass"

Photo by Katie

"This is a thermal pool at West Thumb in Yellowstone National Park."

Photo by Steph

"Here is a lobster being speared for dinner off the coast of a remote island in the Bahamas."

Photo by Y.T.

"You can buy food to feed the fish at the Botanic Gardens in my city. The hungry little buggers rush and cluster around you as the pellets fall in the water. I love their colors!"

Next week's theme: LIFE, LIVING, ALIVE. Send any photos that you think meet this theme--be creative. People, plants, animals, or any other living being. Thank you for reading!

Wednesday 07.29.09

2009-07-29T00:59:00.000-07:00

This week's theme is SKY. Enjoy these beautiful photos!

Photo by Tyler

"Sunset on the lake in Flores, Guatemala."

Photo by Pat

"Lights on a summer night."

Photo by Celina

"The Sawtooth Mountains are the heart of the Idaho Rockies and my favorite place to ski in the winter and hike in the summer. These mountains embody the spirit of their iname--towering peaks jagged as the teeth of a saw, alternating keenly toward the sky and gently toward the earth."

Photo by Debbie
"Kathy's Place, Taylor Texas"

Photo by Connie

"My family was enjoying a wonderful sunset (central Texas) in our front yard, and just before I snapped this shot, my husband looked back to see me, uh, snapping this shot. :)"

Photo by Trevor

"Long exposure pulls the light from near darkness at a hidden lake in bull of the woods wilderness..."

Photo by Pamela

"Taken outside an airplane window."

Next week's theme is WATER.
Please send your photos in to
wednesdayphotos at gmail dot com.
Thank you!

Wednesday 07.22.09

2009-07-23T18:23:00.001-07:00

Apologies for the delay. Please enjoy these photos of TECHNOLOGY.

Photo by Tony

"Velcro. The most annoying useful invention since Microsoft Windows"

Photo by Wednesday Photos

"The steps of technology that go between the cow and a brick of Tillamook Cheese."

Photo by Ron

"Check it out... Touch -2-0 technology.. Touch it on... Touch it off !!!"

Photo by Pat

"Yaquina Head lighthouse: Nearly obsolete because of GPS technology."

Photo by David

"You get an interesting effect taking a time-lapse photo in low light making regular LED's appear especially bright. This is my modified XBOX gaming console."

Photo by Kevin

"Here is an example of Bahrainian Technology. They build a building with three wind turbines in it to take some of its power load off the grid. Good Idea right......not if your engineers don't account for the force applied to the building when the turbines are running. They now have to lock the turbines in place otherwise the building will rip itself apart....way to go Bahrain.....one Wind, zero Bahrain."

Photo by Ron

"The screw is a helical inclined plane, one of the original simple tools.
The others are Lever, Wheel and axle, Pulley, and Wedge.

Where would we be without this technology?"

Next week's theme is:
SKY

Please send them in to wednesdayphotos at gmail dot com. Thanks!

Wednesday 07.15.09

2009-07-14T23:51:00.001-07:00

update: there is no new post yet today. please continue to send in your photos of "technology" to wednesdayphotos@gmail.com. Thank you for checking in!

This week's photos are of all sorts of forms of TRANSPORTATION.
Enjoy!

Photo by Moira

"There's always a bigger fish..."
(Editor's note: look closely on this one!)

Photo by Kathleen

"When wandering through the streets of Barcelona with my brother, we stumbled across a street lined with people who were all staring intently in the same direction. As we approached in curiosity, we found a Spanish newspaper which said the Tour de France would be finishing in Barcelona that day. Sure enough, less than 2 minutes later the police procession led the bikers right past us. We were in exactly the right place at the right time."

Photo by Rachel
"Delivery boat in Venice"

Photo by Ron

"Having just had foot surgery, I realize how much feet are essential for transporting ourselves. Let's not take them for granted!"

Photo by Kevin

"One of the biggest reasons why I left LA....took me four hours to go 3.5 miles....."

Photo by Connie

"Mules taking a break from the trail ride in central Texas."

Photo by Graham

"From Brother's, Oregon...transportation from another era"

Next week's theme is: TECHNOLOGY

Wednesday 07.08.09

2009-07-07T23:34:00.000-07:00

Enjoy these photos of SUMMER!

Photo by Alexandra

"Sandy little shoes"

Photo by Pat

"Lights on a summer night."

Photo by Pam

"My very first garden this summer! So nice to walk outside every morning for fresh produce!"

Photo by Christy

"This is the rim of Mt. Mazama reflected in Crater Lake. The blue was so spectacular."

Photo by Kevin

"I know its summer when I have a strange urge to spend my free time blowing stuff up."

Photo by Mike

"round rainbow summer solstice sunrise"

Photo by Trevor

"Looking west toward the setting sun on July 4. kayaking downstream on the Willamette towards Portland's fireworks..."

Next week's theme is TRANSPORTATION.
Send in all those photos of those things that transport! wednesdayphotos at gmail.com!

Wednesday 07.01.09

2009-06-30T22:25:00.000-07:00

Please enjoy these photos of LIGHT.

Photo by Trevor

"On our final night in Yelapa, Mexico, we took in one of the most beautiful sunsets we'd ever seen. the rainy season coming to a close, and the tourists not yet arrived, we had the beach to ourselves, in a place reminiscent of a world gone by..."

Photo by Kori

"I took this photo lying on a bench in the park blocks while a friend and I talked about, well, nothing."

Photo by Ryan

"Some things in life are too good not to indulge...including snapping this photo at my sister's wedding!"

Photo by Pam

"A photo taken from Grant Park in Chicago, it is a view of the southwestern part of the city, from where I was standing at least! Grant Park has free concerts and free movies, you can put down a blanket, drink some wine, and sing and laugh with your friends all summer long!"

Photo by Celina

"Seven shots of whiskey at sunset. Stanley, Idaho"

Photo by Kevin

"Ship anchored of the coast of Corn Island in Nicaragua. It was very dark out....left the shutter open for about 2 min. I love playing with low light situations."

Photo by Ron

"When we were in Belgrade, our friend took us to the Cathedral of St Sava, the main cathedral of the Serbian Orthodox Church. It was undergoing renovation, and the construction dust created beams of light from the upper windows."

Next week's theme is: SUMMER.
Please send them in to wednesdayphotos@gmail.com.

Wednesday 06.25.09

2009-06-23T23:56:00.000-07:00

Happy Wednesday! This week's theme was HOME. Sometimes I am pleasantly surprised at how varied my photo submissions are for each week, and sometimes I'm shocked how similar they are. You'll have to take a look at this week's first and last photos to see what I mean. This isn't the first time I've had something like this!

Enjoy these photos of HOMES.

Photo by Nita

"Home tweet home

We witnessed the diligence of nest building which always amazes me. Then mama bird appeared and sat and sat and sat in her new home. Alas, she abandoned it and I discovered the proverbial empty nest! We'll never know the fate of the family and property values are declining!"

Photo by Connie

"Home is Sunday morning breakfast when my husband gives me a break. And dirty dishes always lurk in the sink. Yeah, that's home."

Photo by Pat

"People probably don’t think much about the stories that old barns could tell. With fond memories of times with my cousins in the barn at my grandparents’ ranch, I know there are stories of horses romping and getting saddled, cows mooing and being milked, spiders creeping, children playing, bats squeaking, hay smelling fresh in the summer heat."

Photo by Jim - The Concerned Photographer

"HOME... More or LESS"

Photo by Katie

"My favorite place is the state park in my hometown. When I was in elementary school, my mom and I went there to watch my brother's cross country meets, and then I ran there myself when I got to high school. One day's run took you on a journey through falling light, and one season took you from the bright golden end of summer, thick with grass and bees, to the silver chill of November. After we graduated and moved away to college, my friend and I would come back in the park to run together over the summer. I took this shot last summer, when I came home for two weeks in between finishing grad school and moving for my new job. The park is a little different each year - with new plants growing over old paths, or a rebuilt picnic table - but it's always home. To me, it's the most beautiful place in the world."

Photo by Trevor

"My brother's garden in early spring..."

Photo by Brendan

"The penthouse. (Two new robins moved out last week)."

Thank you for sharing your beautiful photos! Next week's theme is: LIGHT. Now that summer is here, the days are longer, the sun bats its beautiful rays in every which way, it's the perfect time for you to get out and snap those photos with interesting light. Send them in to wednesdayphotos@gmail.com.
Thank you!

Wednesday 06.17.09

2009-06-17T00:25:00.000-07:00

This week's theme was BEAUTY. And these photos are beautiful, that's for sure! Enjoy!

Photo by Graham

"Havasu Falls; Grand Canyon. The last place in America where you get a pack mule stamp on your postage when you send something out."

Photo by Ron

"The closeup beauty of nature"

Photo by Jim

"Rain-enhanced beauty"

Photo by Martha

"We saw these beautiful rose hips in late summer along the side of the trail as we walked across northern England on Wainwright’s Coast to Coast Path."

Photo by Adira

"This photo of beauty was taken in Denali National Park, Alaska."

Photo by Liz

"Atop the first ascent in the Friends of the Columbia Gorge Ride last weekend. Every time I go to the Gorge I am struck speechless from its beauty and usually end up say something unpoetical like, "It's to f-ing pretty!""

Photo by Shiloh

"Kajiado Kenya, Maasai Women"

Next week's theme is: HOME. (And as usual, interpret this as you wish!)

Wednesday 06.10.09

2009-06-10T09:32:00.001-07:00

This week's theme was BLACK AND WHITE. I love the photos I received, some old, some new, and even one with a splash of color.

Enjoy!

Photo by Connie

"I used to live in this farm house in the country. We raised our 2 children here. I cried when years later while driving by, it was gone."

Photo by Kevin

"This is my sisters cat looking pretty beat up after many hours of playing with/fighting my dog Zeke."

Sent in by Steph

"My friend Morgan took this photo of me in the dance studio. i think it won some kind of recognition. I like the grainyness."

Photo by Jacqui

"Fruit"

Sent in by Martha

"From 1963, when black and white was all there was. This is from blissful summers spent “out at the lake” in southern Iowa during high school; I’m on the left."

Photo by Jim

"Lost"

Photo by Mike

"The Coos Cedar Co - circa 1929 - Lampa Crk, Oregon"

[Editor's note: Owned by my great grandfather! Thanks for sending this in!]

Thank you all for the beautiful black and white photos. There were many more that I wanted to pick this week.

Next week's theme is BEAUTY.
What do you find beautiful?

Thanks for reading!

Wednesday 05.13.09

2009-06-02T21:12:00.000-07:00

This week's theme was DAILY LIFE.

Sent in by Audrey Mango

"A shot I just couldn't miss on the train. I love the how peaceful she looks amid the light and the shadows."

Sent in by Michael

"Eating a french toast sandwich @ mastun on alberta street"

Sent in by Rachel

"Night life on an Italian street"

Sent in by Kevin

"This is three photos of my desk at work on Monday. The photos are stitched together using a Transverse Mercator Projection."

Sent in by Steph

"I am submitting this photo for the daily life category because every day I see this multi-layer look. I think about how long it must take people to get dressed in the morning, and I feel lucky that I only have to think about two layers...well three in the winter and one in the summer, with an average of two layers year round. "

Sent in by Jacqui

"A night in the life..."

Sent in by Danielle

"Seattle street life"

Next week's theme is:
BLACK AND WHITE.
Please send your most interesting black and white photos to wednesdayphotos@gmail.com. Thank you!

Wednesday 05.27.09

2009-05-27T00:03:00.001-07:00

This week's theme was MOTION.
I hope you enjoy the many ways people interpreted the theme:

Photo by Martha
"Benjamin dives for a birdie in a backyard game of badminton on a sunny spring day."

Photo by Pat

"A new and striking motion of wind farms near Condon, OR."

Photo by Moira
"Oregon highschool Track & Field State Meet~ Hayward Field. 4A girls' 800m final. Poetry in Motion."

Photo by Ron
"This is known as "painting with the camera" I learned it in a class."

Photo by Gordon
"Anna takes a tumble in gymnastics class."

Photo by Liz
"Waterfall in the Columbia River Gorge. You can get a sense of the scale by the people walking down the trail in the background."

Photo by Erin
"Kindergarten stretches before the jog-a-thon (Seems more likely that they'll pull a muscle doing this than actually running!)"

Next week's theme is: DAILY LIFE.
It can be photos of things you do in your daily life, or snapshots of other people's lives. As always, I'm asking you to be creative and send in anything that you think fits the theme.
Thank you!

Wednesday 05.20.09

2009-05-19T22:12:00.000-07:00

This week's photos are of your favorite places. That means something different to everyone, as you can see by the selection of photos this week!

Photo by Sheila

"The view from my favorite camping spot on Orcas Island at sunset. There's nowhere else I'd rather be..."

Photo by Whitney

"At the dean dome at UNC, during a Carolina vs. Duke basketball game."

Photo by Celina

"The Sawtooth Mountains are the heart of the Idaho Rockies and my favorite place to ski in the winter and hike in the summer. These mountains embody the spirit of their name--towering peaks jagged as the teeth of a saw, alternating keenly toward the sky and gently toward the earth."

Photo by Mike

"Face Rock – Bandon, OR"

Photo by Kevin

"My favorite place is Giovanni's Shrimp Truck, North Shore, Oahu. Mmmmmmmmmmm....Shrimp."

Photo by Steph

"This is a picture of my favorite place in the whole world: Quetico National Park in Ontario. This was the most rewarding sight after paddling and portaging all day. I saw so many dragonflies and horseflies and frogs jumping and buzzing from lily pad to lily pad...it was like nothing I had ever seen!"

Photo by Martha

"I love sitting on the porch swing when the weather is nice, drinking coffee, reading the paper, and watching all the activity up and down the street."

Next week's theme is: MOTION.
Get out your cameras and start snapping photos of all those things that move!

Wednesday 5.13.09

2009-05-12T22:31:00.000-07:00

Thank you for sharing photos of all the beautiful women in your life!

Sent in by Sarah

"My sister is one of my heroine and my neices will turn out to be amazing women one day."

Sent in by Kevin

"This is my mom, new sister in law, and the bridal party preparing for the wedding in Hawaii with a spa day."

Sent in by Missy

"Expectant mother glow"

Sent in by Jen

"This is a picture of myself and my 2 good friends, Kate and Averi. This picture captures the essence of what makes every great friendship work—laughter."

Sent in by Abby

"My 89 year old grandmother and her newborn great-great niece.""

Sent in by Connie

"This is my mother and my daughter arm wrestling. You can see who's winning!"

Sent in by Gordon

"Women at the Nines"

Next week's theme is: YOUR FAVORITE PLACE.

Wednesday 05.06.09

2009-05-05T22:53:00.001-07:00

This week's theme was STRUCTURES. Many thanks for the creative submissions! Please send any comments to wednesdayphotos@gmail.com.

Photo by Stephanie

"I took this in Haerbin, a city in northern China (close to the border with Russia). This city is famous for its annual ice festival, during which they use huge machines to cut blocks of ice from the river that runs through town, and then build countless structures, statues, buildings, walls, etc with it. When the weather starts warming up, the city has a party where everyone knocks the ice down with hammers and mallets."

Photo by Michael

"PDX Airport Atrium"

Photo by Pat

"Another wonderful Oregon bridge structure. This one over Yaquina Bay, built in the 1930's was the last link on Hwy 101 in Oregon."

Photo by Agathe

"This picture represents the "dancing house" at Prague in Czech Republic. This house was realized by the famous architect Franck Ghery, which has also maked other particular buildings all over the world, as the Guggenheim at Bilbao in Spain."

Photo by Doris

"An old structure on the Kitchen Crk Ranch – Eastern Oregon"

Photo by Gordon

"This prism was built in Paris in 1868, transported by boat to Panama and carried across the isthmus, then placed in the Yaquina Head lighthouse in Oregon. It projects light for ocean-going ships that can be seen 20 miles away."

Photo by Victor

"Gateway Arch"

I never cease to be amazed at the beautiful photos that fill my inbox. It is getting increasingly difficult to narrow down my final seven. Please keep them coming! This project is not possible without the dedication and photo-taking skills of all of my followers. I ask you to please share this blog with your friends and family. Nothing makes me happier than opening up my inbox and getting photos from new fans! So please, keep passing it around! And thanks for reading!

Now, without further delay, next week's theme (in honor of Mother's Day) is: WOMEN.
Please send in photos of any or all of the wonderful women in your life.

Wednesday 04.29.09

2009-04-28T21:55:00.000-07:00

Please enjoy these beautiful portraits of beautiful people!

Sent in by Ariel

"This is Heidi, one of my most beautiful and precious friends, taking a moment during a long three weeks of hard traveling to read a magazine and sip at a mocha. The photo is taken by Kristine, one of the four Norweigan girls (Heidi included) I traveled with in Guatemala last fall."

Sent in by Benjamin

"The last 12 images from my attempts at taking a self portrait every day. "

"Please tell Benjamin that his self portraits are amazing, I really enjoyed them."

Sent in by Audrey Mango

"A self-portrait"

Sent in by Kevin

"My friends preparing to pick some coffee in Nicaragua."

Sent in by Conor

"On the way to Seaside....70's Record album back cover style."

Sent in by Michelle

"Touring New York City at dusk"

Sent in by Missy

"Baby Tyson's newborn session with Take 5 Photography"

"This weeks are my favorite WED photos....well done!"
"I loved the portrait theme this week, there's some fantastic pictures!"

Next week's theme is: STRUCTURES.

Please send in photos of any kinds of structures! As always, be creative!

Wednesday 04.22.09

2009-04-21T22:52:00.000-07:00

Happy Earth Day! Please enjoy these beautiful photos of our planet.

Photo by Graham

"Taken at the Klondike wind farm off of I-84, milepost 105. Seems like we need to be doing more to keep the earth in shape for the next generations, and using mother nature is a good idea."

Photo by Kevin

"Found this while working in my yard...this is shortly before it jumped on me and I ran around screaming like a little girl."

Photo by Katie

"I chose this photo - of the flowers, stream, and plastic bottle - because it has an Earth Day theme. I like the way the tree is almost swallowing the bottle."

Photo by Nita

"Earthlings... Creating more earth from compost!"

Photo by Erica

"Flowers at the Lamberton Conservatory in Rochester, NY."

Photo by Celina

"Mushrooms are amazing decomposers and quite tasty. If we didn't have fungi, our forests would suffocate with organic dead matter. Be sure you know your mushrooms before you eat them! ( Missoula, MT)"

Photo by Nicole

"Zion National Park. The waterfall comes from the top of one of the 1500 ft redrock cliffs."

Next week's theme is: PORTRAITS.

Wednesday 04.15.09

2009-04-14T23:40:00.000-07:00

This week's theme was PLAY.
Enjoy!

Photo by Pamela

"This is Justine age 1 year, in her drive way playing in the mud, she had such a great time!"

Photo by Steph

"I think being in the outdoors is playing for big-kids."

Photo by Brendan

"Horseplay"

Photo by Justine

"My friend's kid Seth, playing around at a weird junk/art store called Scrap."

Photo by Martha

"Bliss the neighbor cat shows evidence of playing in the children’s chalk drawings from the evening before."

Photo by Connie

"Who knew that Pea soup could be so much fun!"

Photo by Trevor

"Dune jumping with my brother's dog Dock at the large dune above Pacific City."

Next week's theme, in honor of Earth Day 2009 (which falls on a Wednesday) will be EARTH. Please send any photos that you think represent your idea of Earth. Be creative (or be ironic)! What do you think of when you think about Earth?

Wednesday 04.08.09

2009-04-07T22:27:00.000-07:00

Thank you for your photos of NEW THINGS.

Photo by Brendan

"Proud future parents of next year’s free-range eggs."

Photo by Joe

"This tree is pretty old, especially in contrast to the new houses. And I like the way it looks with all the blossoms on it this time of year."

Photo by Rachel

"New Year just around the corner, new baby brother in background, and NEW GIFTS!
Let me at em!"

Photo by Kevin

"I found the "new thing" that I had been looking for. What is that new thing you ask? BLUE TECHNOLOGY!!!!!!!!! They had me at Blue....but I stuck around for the Technology."

Photo by Brendan

"Aiden starting to discover how big the world can be on a sunny day."

Photo by Michelle

"First flowers around Athens, Ohio"

Photo by Lowell

"Two day old baby."

Next week's theme is: PLAY

Wednesday 04.01.09

2009-03-31T22:11:00.000-07:00

This week's theme was "OLD THINGS"
Enjoy!

Photo by Connie
"The old Galaxy 500 Ford car sits abandoned in the pasture among the skeletons of old farm equipment. I learned to drive in that car as a kid, years later my kid played in it pretending it was a time machine."

Photo by Michelle
"I just went to Utah and I assume these pictures are of extremely old formations... day hike at Canyonlands"

Photo by Gordon

"The oldest operating courthouse west of the Mississippi, with a century-old Simon Benson fountain outside"

Photo by Paul

"Old men playing Dominoes in Little Havana on a Friday Night."

Photo by Trevor

"The city must have forgotten this run down old firehouse just below the northwest ramp to the Steel Bridge in Portland..."

Photo by Ron

"In Split, Croatia, this Roman palace of Diocletian may be old but what is above it is even OLDER ! Hint.. It is behind the clouds!"

Photo by Graham

"This is old WWII and other wreckage in the Marshall Islands"

Next week's theme is: NEW THINGS
Send them in to wednesdayphotos@gmail.com

Wednesday 03.25.09

2009-03-24T23:15:00.000-07:00

This week's theme was SHAPES. Thank you all for the great shape photos!

Photo by Victor

"The new kid on the blocks"

Photo by Trevor

"Detail and shadow of a scale model ship hiding on a shelf"

Photo by Paul

"Skyway at Seattle's Museum of Flight. Very Geometrical."

Photo by Ron
"Walking the shopping district of New York. What shapes, how could I resist the shot?"

Photo by Stephanie

"After a week of hypothermia canoeing in Canada, I saw this rock and it reminded me of why I was out there in the first place."

Photo by Chris

"My girlfriend and I traveled to Austin from Oklahoma for a weekend getaway."

Photo by Connie

"Damage to neighbors brand new grain bins from wind storm. I call these "singing silos" They aren't singing solo."

Next week's theme is: OLD THINGS

Wednesday 03.18.09

2009-03-17T22:27:00.000-07:00

This week's theme was FOOD. I got lots of creative entries! Here are my seven for the week.

Photo by Steph

"This one is dedicated to Spring. Dying brown eggs is the prettiest!"

Photo by Andrew

"Lunch, Goree Island, Senegal. On our first day in Africa, they served us a whole grilled fish for lunch. I hacked it apart and had lots of trouble avoiding bones, but by the end of my week in Senegal was able to fillet it perfectly in half and remove all the bones in one smooth motion, a skill I have never had to use since then!"

Photo by Jacqui

"Multi-tasking"

Photo by Martha

"These are drinks made for a clinical nutrition research study. One contains glucose and the other fructose. They have been made to look as identical as possible so the subjects will be “blinded” to the diet they are receiving."

Photo by Jami

"Tortilla chips, anyone?"

Photo by Sarah

"This is a shot of beans from the market in Cusco, Peru."

Photo by Celina

"Guinness and barley stew, the perfect St. Patty's Day meal."

Next week's theme is: SHAPES

Wednesday 03.11.09

2009-03-10T21:53:00.001-07:00

This week's theme was NEIGHBORHOOD. Thanks for the great photos!

Photo by Carlos

"Wallace Park"

Photo by Jacqui

"An ironic day in the neighborhood..."

Photo by Martha

"There are a lot of people walking their dogs in our neighborhood, rain or shine."

Photo by Gordon

"In our urban Portland neighborhood, one of our long time favorite neighbors is Mushi, the potbelly pig, now 18 years old. Today, as so many times with our daughter as a little girl, we walked by to visit Mushi and her family."

Photo by Tony

"This is my favorite rock down the street. You rock....rock."

Photo by Joe

"New Columbia"

Photo by Ron

"A Neighborhood of Tulips"

Next week's theme is FOOD.

Wednesday 03.03.09

2009-03-03T22:02:00.000-08:00

Thank you for your detail photos!

Photo by Jacqui
"Tree Stump!"

Photo by Dana

" When learning how to sew, attention to detail is very important. This picture shows the larger work, the quilt or jeans, but it also shows the concentration on a particular part and the detail involved. "

Photo by Martha

"The African Violets on my kitchen windowsill know spring is coming. With their velvet leaves, rippling petals and sweet pistils and anthers, they surge with life. They need some honey bees, but they just have me."

Photo by Ron

"When I was in New York I tried out my Tele lenz and thought this detail of
the skyscraper was interesting ...."

Photo by Rachel

"Roman bath tiles : where is the rubber ducky?"

Photo by Meghan

"Some flowering moss at the coast. Taken in Yachats, Oregon."

Photo by Kevin

"Picture of a dying tulip in a vase in my living room"

Next week's theme is: NEIGHBORHOOD

Wednesday 02.25.09

2009-02-24T21:42:00.000-08:00

This week's theme was COLOR. Thanks everyone for sending in your most colorful photos!

Photo by Erin

"Happy Mardi Gras!"

Photo by Ron

"The Tunnel of Glass at the Chihuly Museum of Glass in Tacoma, WA"

Photo by Kevin

"I had to go through 2 days of background checks in order to get onto a nuclear power plant's grounds for a survey job. Once I made it through there were some really cool cold water tide pools that had formed on the breakwater. Near Avila Beach, California."

Photo by Don

"My apartment is the most colourful place I know, every wall is a different colour!"

Photo by Justine

"Carnage in my practice battle of gummis"

Photo by Suzie

"Ferris wheel at night"

Photo by Michelle

"Super cool TV thing at Baltimore aquarium"

Next week's theme is: DETAIL

Wednesday 02.18.09

2009-02-17T21:49:00.000-08:00

Photo by Jacqui

"Robbie, Jackie, and one week old Pepper"

Photo by Liz

"Brotherly love."

Photo by Matthew
"Our niece loves spending time with grandma!"

Photo by Gordon

"A tanning salon sells a winter tan as the pathway to love."

Photo by Micah

"Five minutes after his birth, Vegas the alpaca is already in search of his mother's love, and (more importantly?) her milk."

Photo by Gordon
"A couple that is happy every day, not just on Valentine's Day"

Photo by Melissa
"My fiance got me chocolate covered strawberries for Valentine's Day- which I loved, but I think my dog Toby them loved more!"

Next week's theme is "COLOR"

Wednesday 02.11.09

2009-02-10T21:09:00.000-08:00

Special announcement!

I have decided to try something new for next week. I am going to announce the theme in advance, and then you all can go in and take photos within that theme. The point is to get you out there taking photos rather than digging through your computer files to find ones you like. I am going to try it this week, if it catches on, we'll continue the new way. If you all prefer it the old way, we'll switch back!

In the spirit of Valentine's Day, next week's theme will be "LOVE".

Be creative! I won't tell you what to take photos of, but I'm excited to see the results.

Now, on to your regularly scheduled photos.

This week's theme is "Family".

Photo by Martha

"Well-experienced hands
This shows Aunt Mary knitting at the cabin. At age 81 she is has decades of knitting experience. This photo shows her using 4 wooden needles to make a circle pattern."

Photo by Trevor

"Baby staying warm/rosy cheeks"

Photo by Liz

"My brother- Rules are made to be broken."

Photo by Adira

"Tattoo Fun. My eight-year-old cousin received a tattoo kit. She was ecstatic!"

Photo by Ariel

"This is a picture of 22 year old Shannon Buckley and her dad Brian having dessert at the Konditorei in Salem, OR after she performed her senior cello recital at Willamette University."

Photo by Kevin
"My cousin Reed at my Dad's 50th birthday party in San Diego."

Photo by Diana

"My brother (in the photo) told me recently that he's happy to have inherited our dad's quirks, because they could be so much worse! This picture embodies it for me: he's wearing my dad's iconic blue vest, paddling the old cedar canoe that is the love of Dad's life, and a family treasure that has been passed down from my grandfather."

Don't forget, next week's theme is "LOVE".

Wednesday 02.04.09

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Photo by Danielle

"Lower Floor Sign, Seattle"

Photo by Nora

“An Irish caution on the way to board the ferry to the Aran Islands.”

Photo by Kevin

"This sign implies that at one time the 'Public Indoor Shooting Range' was NOT open to the public.....awesome."

Photo by Gordon
"We've seen plenty of signs for lost dogs and cats, but a lost tiger? This one must have fallen out of a baby stroller. "

Photo by Rachel

"Amsterdam... where everything rolls, except dog parking!"

Photo by Ron

"Last week I was in Panama City, Panama. On a walk through the neighborhood I came across this sign. A straightforward message especially with the splotchy additions by other passers-by!"

Photo by Kevin

"On the wall behind a dive bar in San Luis Obispo, CA."

Wednesday 01.28.09

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Photo by Danielle

"Free Hugs, Seattle."

Photo by Kevin

"Thomas the Train meets Thomas X."

Photo by Benjamin

"My parents' refusal to turn up the heat might be getting out of hand."

Photo by Maria

"Sarah, playing with a light saber on our way to Medieval Times!"

Photo by Kevin

"BEERZILLA. Life through the bottom of an empty beer glass..."

Photo by Peter

"Philippe's, the home of the French Dip Sandwich, in Los Angeles using a polaroid 180 land camera. The light in the room actually looked like this, it's not sepia film or anything."

Photo by Matt

"This was taken after a run Sunday morning. We went out and hit Red Rocks Canyon and Section 16 (local trails in the foothills in mountains near Colorado Springs), for a 14+ mile run at about 10 degrees with a light snow.

Icicles aren't just for roof lines anymore!!"

Wednesday 01.21.09

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Photo by Gordon

"Just hours after Barack Obama became president, The Oregonian was selling a commemorative edition of the ceremony."

Photo by Jacqui
"Danielle blending in with the locals."

Photo by Erin

"California Desert in Winter"

Photo by Katie
"I took this yesterday and could not believe the placement of the picture and headline!"

Photo by Jacqui
"Quebecois tricyclist"

Photo by Beth

"A friend wipes down her counter top as the evening's festivities wind down. Cincinnati, Ohio."

Photo by Meghan
"The free inauguration viewing at the Paramount Theater, downtown Seattle."

Wednesday 01.14.09

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Photo by Martha

"View from Portland Tram

This was taken at dusk on a stormy winter day before I entered the tram for a ride down to the waterfront from the upper station at OHSU Hospital. It was cold and windy looking down on the Portland downtown with the Willamette River and some of the city’s bridges."

Photo by Kevin

"This is a Grandfather teaching his Grandson how to preform quality control on the freshly picked and skinned coffee beans on a coffee plantation in Nicaragua."

Photo by Kate

"Flying Fish at the Seattle Aquarium."

Photo by Celina

"A goat prince? (Mission Mountains, MT)"

Photo by Gordon

"Workers are still building apartments in downtown Portland - but who will be able to afford the $5,000 monthly rent?"

Photo by Liz

"On the main street in Alpine, TX found objects create art at the top of a street sign, with the defunct 1928 Granada Theater down the block."

Photo by Graham

"This is at Roaring Springs cattle ranch in Eastern Oregon. The cows are coming in for dinner."

Wednesday 01.07.09

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Welcome to the first week of photos. There are seven photos that follow, all submitted by viewers of this site. Every Wednesday, this page will be updated with seven more photos, one to represent each day of the week. At any time, you may click "About This Project" to see the motivation behind this website.
And without further delay...
Your Wednesday Photos.

Photo by Kevin

"This is Zeke.
A while back a friend and I decided that Zeke only knows one word and he just repeats it over and over in his head. That word is ZEKE! and the rate at which he repeats it depends on how excited he is at the time. So I would say that he's going at about 300 zekes per minute in this photo. He gets really excited when it snows."

Photo by Phil

"Christmas lights lining the walking district of Arhus, Denmark. On Friday nights this street is lined with 16 year olds drinking outside McDonalds. On Tuesdays, it looks as is in the picture."

Photo by Melissa

"Our Yorkshire Terrier, Toby, begged us to go out and play with him in the ridiculous amount of snow we got in Spokane... he soon realized that was a bad idea when he saw that the snow drifts were twice his size. "

Photo by Paul
"Christmas in the desert. Where else would we put our lights?"

Photo by Brenda

"A wacky thing I made on our driveway during Arctic Storm 2008."

Photo by Whitney

"I saw this cat at the restaurant "Blue Heaven" in Key West, FL. The restaurant is outdoors, and like Key West as a whole, there are lots of chickens, roosters and wild cats roaming around. (There is also an outdoor shower with a sign that reads "Showers - $1.00. To watch - $2.00) This cat, being so preoccupied with the morning's headlines, didn't even notice me taking his picture."

Photo by Ariel

"Cozy Christmas dad with hot buttered rum."

Please email any comments to wednesdayphotos@gmail.com.

Welcome to WednesdayPhotos.com

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Welcome to WednesdayPhotos.com!

This new site is based on my personal photographic journey around the United States, and the world, which began for me on a Wednesday in August 2006 with this email:

Right now I'm in Orlando, and will be in Florida for the next few months. I was thinking about sending out a weekly photo to tell everyone what I've been up to. I probably won't write much in the email because group emails are generally annoying, but I thought I'd send out some photos from time to time. With that said, here's the first photo:

Tropical storm Ernesto brewing on the horizon.
Wednesday, 8/30/06

This email sparked what has become for me a long and fun documentation of my life. Every Wednesday I send out a new photo.

Sometimes the photos have been silly

or pretty

or just a snapshot of something I saw that week.

But all together, they tell the story of my life.

This website invites you to join in on the fun. I want to know about YOU, your life, the things you value, the things you see on the street in your town, the members of your family.

Please submit your photos to wednesdayphotos@gmail.com. Each Wednesday I will post a selection of photos on this site. I ask you to please tell your friends and family about this site and invite them to share as well. Over time, this place will begin to tell the story of our society, and of our time. Each week, your story has a chance to be told. I invite you to tell it.

Thank you.
Maureen

Please Read Before Submitting Photos

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Submitter takes legal responsibility for source of photo, including permission, re-use, or privacy issues or any other claim that might arise. Submitter also gives permission to WednesdayPhotos.com author to re-use all content for future projects.