hold my calls ...

[reagan]

I'm takin' the day off.

So I'm loadin' up a bunch of cameras, a bunch of lenses and a bunch of film. And probably the wife. Maybe the brother. Puttin' it all in the family Ford and going for a drive. It's a pretty, sunny day. Good light, perfect temp. So should I ... ??

(a) go to nearby big city (shoot the hustle/bustle weekend rat race)
(b) go to nearby small towns (shoot various stages of dilapidation)
(c) go to nearby small town craft / music fair. (shoot lots of small town folks doing stupid stuff.)
or (d) just go to rural countryside (shoot landscapes, barns, tractors, my brother sleeping in the back seat)​

Feel free to post. I'm headin' out the door, but I'll check in when I stop for an RC & Moonpie.

 

[gb hill]

I'd stay away from the big city since you'll have youe wife & brother in tow. not that they'd be in any danger but that they might get bored sooner. I'd think you could apply b,c,& d all together as you drive.

For me I think I'll go out & catch the Southern 630 Steam train. That RC & Moonpie sounds great. I love RC Cola. Some places still sell em in a bottle round here.

 

[Thardy]

I started a project called Tennessee back roads a while ago. It never really got off the ground, because of :
A, work hassles
B, hard to shoot when you can't park the car
C, general laziness

I would do "d", and save a moon pie for me.
Btw where are you?

 

[back alley]

'c' sounds the most appealing to me today...

 

[zauhar]

I'm takin' the day off.

So I'm loadin' up a bunch of cameras, a bunch of lenses and a bunch of film. And probably the wife. Maybe the brother. Puttin' it all in the family Ford and going for a drive. It's a pretty, sunny day. Good light, perfect temp. So should I ... ??

(a) go to nearby big city (shoot the hustle/bustle weekend rat race)
(b) go to nearby small towns (shoot various stages of dilapidation)
(c) go to nearby small town craft / music fair. (shoot lots of small town folks doing stupid stuff.)
or (d) just go to rural countryside (shoot landscapes, barns, tractors, my brother sleeping in the back seat)​

Feel free to post. I'm headin' out the door, but I'll check in when I stop for an RC & Moonpie.

I vote for various stages of dilapidation - you can't go wrong!

Randy

 

[reagan]

Ok, so "day off" turned into "4 hours off". With smartphone in tow, I'm never really off. But had a nice drive away from city. Got a few dilapidation shots and opted for calazone + coffee + ice cream rather than Moon Pie. Highlight of the day, I rescued a Zenit B from a roadside flea market for $quat. Seems to work fine, dirty but decent cosmetically, case included, but ... no lens. :-/ M42 mount, shouldn't be hard to acquire. Yet another one-of-these-days projects added to the pile or resale to a loving home.

Thardy, I live in the NE corner of Oklahoma, work and shop in NW Arkansas, 15 minutes from my home. Spent the day driving in OK, AR & Missouri.