Archive for July, 2009

My sister recently told me about a Mail Pouch barn she had seen on a ride with her husband. A Mail Pouch barn right here in Campbell County! Now I’m pretty sure I’ve shot every one in Campbell County so I went off on a mission to find it. Afterall I can’t miss an opportunity to add to my collection. She didn’t remember exactly eher it was, but was pretty sure it was on Krift Road. I did a search and couldn’t even find Krift Road in the county. I then called a friend that works for the Agricultural Extension and he told me that he knew for sure I had indeed shot that particular barn. He knew that because I had called him one Saturday from out in the county asking him to walk me through getting to it that day.

I knew I hadn’t missed one! I’m 90% sure this is the barn she was telling me about. The reason I hadn’t posted it up till now is that I really wasn’t happy with the shots from that day (31 December 2008). It was a rather gray nasty day. I thought I’d go ahead and mess with it see if I could make something decent out of the shot. The shot above is the result of about an hour of editing.

I need to make it a point to get back out there and re-shoot this barn. Shooting it from the side will reveal and American flag painted on the roof. Maybe someday soon I’ll get back out there. This will do for now!

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I had traveled to San Francisco long ago when in the Air Force but was unable to shoot while there. I knew at that time I wanted to return at some point and take lots of photographs.

In June of 2008 I finally had my chance to return. Although it was a business trip with a pretty packed schedule I did get out and shoot some stuff. I would imagine San Francisco has to be one of the most photographed cities in the country, it’s just an incredible place.

This gallery contains a small group of the images I shot while there, mainly panoramic. At some point I’ll post the entire group of photos, but for now it’s just these.

You can see all of them here. Enjoy!

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I rarely go out on a “Photo Trip” during the week, and very rarely after work. But last night I was surfing the web looking for Mail Pouch barns near home and ran across one close to the office. After work tonight I decided to track it down and shoot it. I located the barn through a Google search on “Mail Pouch Barns, Ohio”. The result was actually an old abandoned house, and the web page mentioned a Mail Pouch Barn behind the house.

I found the house, located on Route 50 just outside of Milford, Ohio. Unfortunately the barn was gone! I did however find a pile of rubble that used to be the barn. I was surprised to see that a few planks of old oak showed the signs of the signature Mail Pouch signage. You can see the Mail Pouch red boards in the first 2 photographs. The let down of not getting the barn was made up by the old house that sat next to it. I decided that I shouldn’t waste the trip and shoot the house while I was there.

These shots are rather stylized in that they are dark and saturated. I’m not sure if it’s that I’m in that kind of mood or what, but after I edited them I just feel like they capture the mood of the house. Abandoned houses like this are awesome to me. Although the house had the signs of abuse there were signs that at one point this was someone’s home. That’s what intrigued me the most. I’m curious about the lives of the people that may have lived their lives in the house.

Here’s the entire gallery from today’s trip. Enjoy!

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