Super Bowl Sunday I ventured off to Green County, Ohio to capture 5 covered bridges. Thinking Green County is only about 50 minutes away, I figured I could get up the drive around the county, grab some nice snowy covered bridges and get back in time for kickoff. Wrong! For the first time,  my favorite website for locating bridges and barns sent me off in the wrong direction. 40 miles to be exact. I followed my trusty iPod GPS only to find myself in the middle of no where. I’ve been in the middle of no where before, and actually found what I was looking for, but not this time. No bridge. And not even a creek or river to put a bridge over!

I eventually found the bridge I was searching out, but the 80 mile round trip to the empty field didn’t help my schedule. All said and done, I ended up shooting the 5 bridges I went to shoot. My timing was way off though. I was out for seven and a half hours from my front door to Green County and back. I missed the first quarter of the game, but I figure there will be another Super Bowl next year, and who knows how long these bridges will be around.

Click here to see the Green County covered bridges and more. Enjoy!

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Last weekend we decided to run up to Dayton, Ohio to visit with my son and his wife and our grandson. It’s a quick one hour drive to Dayton so we try to get up and see them whenever we can. Along the drive I mentioned to Betsy there “may” be a covered bridge on the way and maybe I’d stop for a “quick” shot of the bridge. But really… I knew of a bridge and yet another Mail Pouch barn we may happen to “stumble” across!

All said and done our one hour drive to Dayton took about two and a half hours. Not only did I shoot the bridge and barn, but I also found a previously unknown Mail Pouch barn. I have such a understanding wife. Not only did she accept the fact I was dragging her along on another of my crazy “barn storming” trips, but she didn’t even complain when we got to Dayton and my son and I went off to find a Mail Pouch sign he had seen and wanted to show me! She’s great!

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

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I was hoping to catch some fall colors on a return trip to Parke County, Indiana last Saturday but the two days of rain prior to my trip took away most of the color. Although most of the fall leaves had dropped I still had a nice “blue sky” day. I was able to add nine covered bridges to my collection as well as a couple of nice barns and a mill.

I’ve wanted to go back to Parke County since my first trip a while back. It’s a full day (and more) travel and shooting, but worth it. If you’re into covered bridges at all Parke County is a “must see”.

Here’s the entire gallery. Enjoy!

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I have a great wife! Right when I think she’s fed up with my covered bridges and Mail Pouch barns, she surprises me with, “I found a covered bridge you should shoot”. She saw this on the way to visit some friends that were camping up north of Oxford when I was in Flemingsburg shooting a bluegrass festival.

Last weekend she took me back to her “find” and this is the resulting photograph.

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A friend of mine has a big all-weekend jam session at his farm in Robertson County, Kentucky every year. I’ve gone gone a few times in the past and thought this would be yet another good reason to get out and use the new camper, listen to some good music and shoot some photos while I’m at it.

This is not all the images I shot over the weekend, just some of the “stand outs” I noticed while going through the raw files.

I actually headed out to find the “Johnson Creek” covered bridge, which I located and as you can see in the gallery, was an awesome find. There was a tobacco field right next to the bridge which I thought really made the shot. I also ran across my first “See 7 States from Rock City” barn, a great find in my book. It was sunset when I ran across that barn. The shots in this gallery are from that night. I ran back the next day and shot it in the daylight. Those images will be posted soon. I also ran across another Mail Pouch barn. All in all, it was a pretty good weekend of shooting.

Take a look at the first part of this series here. More to come soon. Enjoy!

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One of the best purchases I’ve made for my photography is not a lense or body, it’s my GPS! I love to go out in the country and just “get lost” on the back roads looking for old barns and building to shoot. And with the GPS I just go for it not worrying about getting home.

These shots were taken on a family campout weekend at Clifty Falls State Park in Ripley County, Indiana. I took Saturday when the family was at the pool and hit the road. My main goal was Otter Creek Covered Bridge which I found and shot rather quickly, so I decided to continue on with “getting Lost”.

Take a look at the whole gallery here. Enjoy!

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This is a gallery I put together when I first opened my Zenfolio account. This is a variety of barns, Mail Pouch Barns, old churches and more. These were taken at various times and locations. From around Campbell County, KY, parts of Ohio, Indiana and West Virginia. Since I shot most of these I’ve attempted to document my shots much better so I’m not even sure where some of the images are from. Big mistake! I’ve vowed to document better because people ask, and I suppose I should know.

As I said there are a ton of images here, some of what I think are my best stuff to date.

Here’s the entire gallery. Enjoy!

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They claim to have 31 covered bridges in this eastern Indiana county. I was attempting shoot them all, but it’s going to take a second trip.

This was a special “capture as many bridges in a day” trip for my wife and I. It’s after a 3 and a half hour trip from our house I wanted to make sure I made it worth my while. It really turned out to be an awesome day of shooting. I also found some nice old churches and barns.

Take a look at this gallery and see if you agree. Enjoy!

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Covered bridge, and a Mail Pouch barn in the same shot!

Whenever my son has a soccer game away from home I look into the local area on the net and see if I can turn it into a photo trip as well. When I did a Mail Pouch Barn in New Albany Indian search this is what I found. This doesn’t come around every day so I knew I had to shoot it.

I also found a couple of nice old churches and cemetaries to shoot.

Check out the entire gallery here. Enjoy!

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I have been to this little town in Indiana a few times. The town is filled with tons of antique shops, art galleries, and all things “crafty”. I really enjoy Nashiville because I get into shooting the surrounding area and my wife enjoys the shops. You’re sure to find something of interest inthis little village on the edge of Brown County Sate Park. There’s camping at the state park, the city of Columbus, IN is right down the road. And for the Bluegrass fans in the crowd there’s always the Bean Blossom, the birthplace of Bill Monroe!

This gallery was shot on a trip Betsy and I took back in November 2008. Enjoy!

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