The junkyard and me

Today I went to a junkyard to photograph some old buses, trucks and whatever looked exciting. I know the owners because I used to take my car to their auto body shop every other week. I wanted to shoot at the junkyard to find something to go along with my FOCUS project idea of decaying Adrian. I've shot a number of buildings and my beloved train engines. I thought the the junkyard would be fun.

Once I drove around the junkyard I first went looking for my father's truck. After he died in 1998 we sold his truck to the junkyard for parts. I wanted to see it again. I found some trucks that looked like his, but his was gone. I was a little disappointed, but I continued on. After looking for my dad's truck my attention went towards the old trucks and buses. Sure there was a bunch of cars, but most of them didn't interest me. They were just too new. I was looking for something old. I pulled to the back of the junkyard and found a very old truck with branches of a tree growing on it and around it. I photographed that from all of the angles I could then I moved on to some old buses. I photographed abut 4 buses. I felt ok with what I shot.

I will post pictures of the junkyard on my photo blog next week. This week at DCO's Photo Gallery is my Principal Dancers series.

* The picture is of my reflection in a side mirror of an old tow truck.