Our day started out in a cemetery, oddly enough. It was interesting and we learned many things. Afterwards we drove to an orchard to photograph some trees, then a lunch break. After lunch, we were taken to a back country road and parked on the road by the woods. We lathered up with the bug spray, traveled through poison ivy and traipsed into an old abandoned saw mill.
There were many things abandoned in those woods. We came upon 2 rusted up old trucks, an old rusty table with some colored glass bottles on it, apiece of Caterpillar equipment of some kind - huge and rusted, some kind of enormous block of gears, two wooden boats, and finally, the saw mill with its gigundus blades, rusted of course. Rust is a photographers dream. We stayed about an hour shooting all kinds of things. I can't say the shots were great because my camera doesn't do high ISOs well, but it was the most fun I've had in a long while. We were like kids in a candy store and Steve was there the whole while to give us guidance.
Here are some of the shots. Nothing earth shattering, but it was fun. AND I did learn a lot.
Headstone at the cemetery
OLD RUSTY TRUCK
RUSTY TRUCK II - WITH STEVE GOTTLEIB
(Note the can of bug spray under his left arm- He took real good care of us.
How we suffer for our art!!)
God only knows what this is, but I was thrilled to get a half decent shot of it.
Any Guesses what this is?
Me thinks it's a wrecking ball. About 24" round,
too heavy to move and rusted all over!
And last, but not least...
The Boat! Or what was left of it.
After the woods, we returned to Chesapeake City to do some outdoor shots of the quaint little town on the water. After all was over, Dick drove over to pick me up and we had crabs at The Tap Room, a local bar with yummy crabs. What a great day. I could spend it doing something I was passionate about, then enjoying food I am passionate about, with someone I'm passionate about. And the cold Corona didn't hurt, either.
Can't get much better than that.
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