Highway 34 — Part 1
I’ve begun a new project to keep myself occupied. Every day I drive from Lincoln to Grand Island or the other way, and the next day I reverse it. I’ve become very familiar with the scenery along Highway 34 and decided to start up a medium format project to illustrate what I see. It’s a landscape project, or maybe an architecture project or even a people project. It all depends on my mood and what I decide to shoot.
At the moment it is still in it’s begining stages and I’m mostly focused on the major things I see. I haven’t really delved into detail shots and I haven’t been shooting long enough to show seasons. So here is the first image to be shown, and one that kick started the idea for the project. A neat barn with a flag and date. Nothing special, but it caught my eye. And the more I think about these old barns I realize they aren’t going to be around forever and will eventually be replaced by quonset huts that are far easier to maintain.
When I rolled up, I had the image of just the barn and the farmyard, but then I saw the mailbox and thought the old rusted thing added a nice touch to the frame.
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For a project like this, do you just drive and and take the shot? Or do you ask permission and all that stuff first?
Awesome Shot…You really captured what Nebraska is all about
It really depends. On a shot like this from the side of the highway I don't ask permission. If I cross the property line, I'll ask if I see some one around. It's usually more of a conversation than it is a formal permission kind of thing.