Saturday Day Trip.

Last Saturday, March 17th, St. Patricks Day, my friend Rob and I went out shooting.  We started moderately early, around 7:30AM, and were gone until early evening.  We started out in the Heartland area to the northeast of the city.  We explored a bit, looking for some ideas for the Heartland Photo Essay project that we may pursue with the Monochrome Guild.  Then after that, we moved up further north and east.  

Later in the day we found a cool old farm yard.  The owner of this place was obviously a "collector" as there was a lot of old junk around.  This included a couple of old cars... A Rambler, and a Buick Century.  And, there were old clothes hanging in some of the buildings.  We spent quite a bit of time shooting here with our view cameras.  The temperature rose above the freezing mark and the snow got very wet.  But the sun was just barely burning through a heavily muted sky, and there was a breeze that was somewhat chilly.  Nonetheless, I think we can home with some pretty good shots.

Late in the afternoon we found another really interesting old yard.  The buildings in this one were OK, but nothing exceptionally photogenic.  But there were a lot of abandoned old cars and vehicles.  By my count there were two old pickup trucks, three tractors, and at least a dozen old cars.  We found ourselves running out of time, and the light was getting very flat.  So, we didn't shoot anything here with our view cameras.  But I certainly hope to find time to get back to this place at some point in the near future.