These hunting tree stands are very prominent around the rural areas where I work. They range in style from small, manufactured generic ones to elaborate homemade versions, like the one pictured here. They all seem a little sketchy to me, from a safety standpoint. But I guess the idea is once you are in one you are not going to…
Tag: rural
One thing about rural life
They know how to extend the use of something. Broke down car? How about using it for a shed or dumpster!
Old vehicles in black and white
Just a few roadside finds from the weekend. Nothing much in the way of interesting subject matter but it gave me a chance to work on my B&W processing skills. Old junk cars look good in black and white. The only thing I don’t like about this first photo is the newish garage doors in the background. Kind of the…
Another lost weekend
I actually attempted some photography this weekend. Well, attempted in the sense that I drove out to shoot, but I rarely actually pressed the shutter. The problem was I didn’t really know what I was looking for and I didn’t know where to find it. I knew it wasn’t anywhere familiar and I knew it wasn’t anything familiar. The light…
Out on a limb
That’s the way I like to approach art. I think I do my best work, and sometimes my worst work, when I am either not thinking at all or when I need to think of something, if that makes any sense. By not thinking I mean not preconceiving. Just going out and shooting whatever I come across that interests me. It…
Switch it up a little
Giving everybody a break from the spring theme photos. The fact that this outhouse in the woods is at least 1,000 feet from the nearest house is a little frightening. That would be one long hard walk, especially in the middle of winter! 😉 Looks like it hasn’t been used in a while though. I didn’t dare look inside.
We-eeell, I can’t quit you, baby, But I got to put you down a little while
To quote the late great Willie Dixon I think I’m going to take a little break from the blog and photography for a week or two. I just need to spend some time catching up on things like my guitar playing, some reading, research, work on the house, etc. Maybe even sit down and watch a movie or two. It’s…
fence
I seriously cannot think of anything to talk about lately. I am sorry about that, although I don’t think anyone comes here to read anything. 😉 With that, I present a couple wire fence shots. Careful, don’t get pricked.
You got to moo(ve) it
Another rural portrait of a willing subject. I seem to be hitting the livestock jackpot lately. Shooting a black bull (cow?) against a white landscape and sky certainly presents its own set of problems. Fortunately my subject was patient while I experimented with different exposures. I first did a normal black and white conversion after doing some contrast adjustments and dodging the…
Sticks
In my never-ending quest to get out and purposely do more photography I have been failing miserably. Between work and just general household time I haven’t been able to make a day of just shooting and it’s been frustrating me. As a guitar player I know that the more I play, the better I get. The same goes for photography.…
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