Old Car City USA

  Our vacation a couple of weeks ago included going to Old Car City USA in White, Georgia.  Their claim was to have 34 acres of rusty, crusty, patina covered cars, trucks and other modes of transportation, predominately American made.  We were a little disappointed in it once we got there, I think they need to measure their property again and a lot of the vehicles were really stripped of features we wanted to photograph.  We still had an enjoyable day but I do have to say I will never, the Lord willing be moving south with all that humidity!

Weighing In

One of the treasures Dan was able to inherit from his Mom after he and his siblings were there one weekend to help go through some things in storage was this old vintage scale.  I have been wanting one of these for such a long time and to have come from the family makes it all the more special.  I have lots of ideas for this piece that is for sure.  While I like the  straight out of camera image I couldn't help but play with it using some textures, two different versions which gives it a complete different feel.

 



 



   

Closed for the Season

Old gas station in eastern Kansas we came across coming home from Kansas City.  Sure wish I could of gotten inside, looked like there were promising treasurers.

Out of Order

  Coming home from Missouri we came across these abandoned gas pumps and they were calling my name.

...and some more from the Windmill Museum

  I am so in love with this place and have hundreds of more ideas for photos I would like to take.  It fascinates me how you feel like you are stepping back in time.

Kregel Windmill Museum Trip #2

  What a fun morning, I got to spend the day with 6 wonderful girl friends who share the love of photography.  Spent time at the museum and then off to the Lied  Lodge to enjoy lunch together.  Great food and fellowship and I can't wait to do it again.
  I am still working on the HDR technique and learning more each an every time I try it. Still have lots of  ideas to try out.

Kregel Windmill Factory Museum

Kris took me on an outing for my birthday to Nebraska City, we had a wonderful lunch at the Lied Lodge and then went to the museum.  I can not even begin to explain the excitement I felt when I walked in, this is my kind of place.  When we got done I felt rejuvenated photography wise as I had been quite a slump, nothing was inspiring me, but one look at all that rusty and crusty and my heart was going pitter patter. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Red Wing, MN

Yesterday we just drove to Red Wing, MN, by the time we got there it was dark so we grabbed some supper and headed to the hotel.  This morning we went and checked out the Red Wing Pottery store and the Red Wing shoe store.  Will have more pictures to post of them but for now I only download the 7D.  We left there about 11 and headed to Ironwood, MI.  Beautiful drive, cloudy with some rain.  We spent time driving through a forest on some rustic roads but didn't see much for wildlife except as we were headed down a road there were turkeys on the side and all of a sudden an eagle swooped through and was head straight for us before it pulled up.  Wasn't able to get the camera up in time but what a sight to see.   There was snow on the ground and the temperature when we got to Ironwood was 35 and there was slush on the windshield.  Tomorrows high is suppose to be 45 but then the rest of the week in the upper 50's to low 60's perfect!  These photos were from around the Red Wing Pottery building, I love the old bricks and grungy feel.  The barn was only lit for a few seconds when the sun peeked out from the clouds.

Goodbye

  A few images from my last day of photographing these old gems, they were auctioned off, some to be restored to their previous beauty. Personally I think their years of patina, rust and pealing cracked paint is stunning and holds so many stories that we will never know.

For Sale

Kris and Darwin, Robert, Dan and I had a wonderful morning shooting the Rusty Relics that are going to be sold off.  Worked with using off camera flash with a snood, I really need to learn my flash and that is my goal for the next year.  We ended our morning with a delishes breakfast at Mimi's, nothing beats spending a day with such great friends.

Ford's and More

A few Ford's and more.