More of the story, and why the disappointment... As some of you know, I'm a classic car geek, with a particular interest in classic European cars, what that farm auction was all about
Back in 1999 I moved to Ontario from Alberta (born and raised here in Alberta), and had just discovered car show photography, film of course back then
For three summers I chased lots of car shows, mostly classic import car related (British/European), and there is so much of that in Ontario and all over eastern North America for that matter, there are so many unique and unusual classic cars in Ontario alone, perhaps a function of high population, perhaps a different classic car culture
In Autumn 2003 I moved back to Calgary, because I had only wanted to live in Ontario for a few years but I knew I was leaving a dynamic and active classic import car scene behind... Over the last 20 years, I have been involved in the classic car scene here, but for the cars I like nothing compares to Ontario... I have photographed "some" unique European cars here but not at the same volume... And there are cars I have not seen/photographed since moving back, simply because they probably aren't even here in Alberta...
I sometimes wish I could go back in time with digital photography and re-live those years with all the better photography I've learned since then, but then digital photography was in its infancy back then, it barely existed
There are other reasons why I still live here, it's where I grew up for one thing, plus the prairies and badlands, and I never liked how crowded in southern Ontario is... But I still have a twinge of regret sometimes
Thus, going to the auction preview - on the prairies! - would have been a real treat of seeing a bunch of oddball European cars
