I was invited by three of my friends to take a photo excursion into the Palouse Country Sunday. In my five day a week job as a newspaper photojournalist, I usually take snaps of moments, but today I just enjoyed shooting static subjects. My creative energy was focused on looking for light and composition. My hunt was fruitful– from a 10-year-old farm girl’s ripped jeans, to some cool old car relics that seemed to be in every farm yard we passed. I like to tell my students: There are photographs to take all around you; you just have to see them. Today was a good visual exercise and a reminder that good snaps can be just a round the corner of a country road or in my own back yard.
Farm girl, Rosalia Washington
Volvo Duett, Malden Washington
Volvo Duett interior, Malden, Washington
Corn, Rosalia, Washington
GMC late ’30s panel truck shell, Malden, Washington
GMC late ’30s panel truck shell 2, Malden, Washington
Broken car window, Malden, Washington
Palouse field , Steptoe Butte, Washington
Spectacular. And both of the car/truck fronts have faces – they just made me smile. Particularly the panel truck that looks like Frankenstein. Just lovely stuff. You need to get out more!
Hey, where have I seen these pics before, oh yea, while you were taking them. A wonderful day, good to hear that you were having as much fun as I was. I, of course, am ruined for having used that damn Nikon rig. I’ll be twisting my Canon lenses the wrong way for days.
Great company, fabulous light, wonderful subject matter. So very cool to take the road less traveled with good friends.