Tim's Photo Gallery
I'm an aspiring photographer. I'll admit it. I love to take photographs. I've read a couple of books--I have just enough knowlege to be dangerous. I really should learn more about the art of photography and I could very well get obsessive about developing and other such, but right now I have too many hobbies, and so for now I'll use photography as a means to an end. The ends being documentation, display, archiving and supplying content for my website.I'll take a shot anywhere, doing just about anything. A favorite time to shoot of mine is when I'm driving.
This shot was taken in Mahtomedi, Minnesota the first year I was driving a school bus. This was just one
of the many sucky days I had to drag my ass out of bed and drive your little monsters to school.
Imagine driving a 14 ton bus in this weather while trying to keep 50 kids from killing each other. Now
imagine having to do that with your back to the kids. While driving. Does anyone ever wonder why we can't find
qualified school bus drivers?
When you're out on the road alone, life can get very focussed. I had a job for several summers that had me traveling around
the eastern half of the U.S.. It was fun work (sorta), but the fringe benefit is that I got to drive a new vehicle to
places I'd never seen before. That is quite a perk. Unfortunately, after about 9 weeks of driving around rootless and
either sleeping in the van or in hot-sheet motels, one could get a bit burnt out. Did I mention lonely?
I really focussed in on work to try to beat any
lonely feelings I had. At the time I had a girlfriend, two cars, a motorcycle, my friends,
my own apartment and a life waiting for me
back in Minnesota, but in this shot I found myself somewhere in central Kentucky. I'd been out on the road for about 9 weeks
and had another 2 or three to go. I had just slept a night in a
truckstop and was waking up to the fog and sun. A revival(!) meeting nearby had kept me from sleeping much
and the sight of this sunrise was just about too much to bear.
I needed a shower, food and some company. I got a shower, some biscuits and gravy and then just took
the rest of the day off. To heck with it. If you see a sunrise like this, it's nature's way of telling
you to think about stuff...So I did.
I caught this picture just as dawn was breaking and I had just pulled into the bus yard's lot. It's peaceful, slightly fuzzy
and quite a fetching picture.
Frosty Morning In The Bus Yard
