Just a Few

Here are a few random photographs from northcentral Pennsylvania, taken with nothing in mind other than getting interesting photos that beg for a closer look to see all that’s in this small corner of the world.

A hot summer day’s a good day for a bath, but not in this tub –

A barn’s main beam with a nice joint –

Anybody for a game of chess or checker?

Well the tires have air, but it looks like something’s missing –

Speaking of missing, looks like something’s missing here –

A strange denizen of our streets, but I don’t think it presents a danger to anyone or anything –

A parade on the way to the parade –

In the coop – ladies first though this door –

Don’t let go, that glass is expensive –

At the gas station – a 1931 Ford roadster better than new –

Some of what there is to see when I take a look, it’s even better when I take a good look.

At Random

A few random photos from my part of the world –

Used to be a car wash –

Headed to the dump? What a waste!

Who’s winning? Fast food – slow game?

♪ She wheels her wheelbarrow through streets broad and narrow ♪

Antiques in a store –

Speaking of antiques –

Posies on a pole –

No comment –

Mr. Frog –

Don’t slip –

There’s always something interesting to see wherever you are – take a look.

A Few from the Streets

There is no end to the interesting photos to be made along the streets of towns and the country roads that I’ve traveled for more than 50 years. Until last year I never actually looked at the potential for interesting images along those public thoroughfares.

Late last winter I watched a video by a well known street photographer and took camera in hand and ...

Hey, that’s not a one-way street –

History can be beautiful –

A classic old diner with diner food –

This would never meet modern electrical codes –

Looks like The Little Engine That Could – couldn’t –

Remember the song “Up on the Roof”? –

Free Unlimited is quite a deal –

Some people are really creative when they make a sign –

Lift off –

Mismatched you say? –

Take a look at the little details that make these photos more interesting.

It's Spring

Just a few photos taken in the spring.

Spring brings out the bicycles, although these may be headed in the wrong direction –

How many colors and textures can you find?

There’s one in every crowd –

How many ladders do you need?

Lighting up – hasn't anyone told him that smoking is bad for his health?

April is the beginning of trout season in Pennsylvania – Good Luck –

Anyone want a Coke?

Signs of spring: willows leafing out and motorcycles on the road –

Hope the rider doesn’t try to get fuel from these pumps –

Colorful, but not spring flowers –

Speaking of flowers – these are fake –

Quite a project, new windows going in –

See you next month.

 

Hello

Although I've been a nature photographer for more than 50 years, it's only recently that a genre of photography usually called "Street Photography" has piqued my interest. Street photography is the photography of places, people and things in cities and towns. Here in northcentral Pennsylvania there are a few large communities and many small towns – not to mention a lot of rural roads. So you won’t see scenes from the streets of large cities, what you will see are photographs from the small towns, rural areas and communities outside the cities and suburbs of the northeastern United States.

There will be posts from streets in towns and along rural roads, things that catch my eye and arouse whatever artistic bent I may have.

Here's a selection of random photographs of interesting subjects; most have a backstory that invites your imagination to soar, many have a variety of features that call for a close and through look. I hope you enjoy them.

 

Did you see all the little details that make these photos worth a close look? Hopefully you did, found the photos interesting and will return to future posts of In Town and On the Road.