The Old Barn Photography Site

The First Shot

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 16:45:22 GMT

This was the very first shot that I took with the new camera. This barn is found in Reno County, Kansas.

Barns by David Planthold

Mon, 15 Aug 2005 17:02:50 GMT

My buddy took these shots to try out his new camera shortly after he got it.

Oklahoma - 4th of July Trip

Sun, 28 Aug 2005 21:20:59 GMT

This was our Fourth of July trip to see our family and wanted to photograph old barns along the way. We were using this opportunity to learn how to use the camera. There were a lot of interesting old barns along the way; these were the best shots from this trip.

Sedgwick and Reno County Barns

Sat, 10 Sep 2005 17:40:11 GMT

We took a quick jaunt through Sedgwick and Reno counties in south-central Kansas one Saturday morning. There are lots of farms throughout this area, including a large Amish community. These are only a fraction of what's around in these 2 counties.

Barns on Labor Day

Sat, 24 Sep 2005 20:59:28 GMT

We took these photos coming home from Meade, Kansas after visiting some friends for the Labor Day weekend. These were taken primarily along Highway 160, except for the first two shots.

Sunset on the Hardesty Farmstead

Sat, 24 Sep 2005 22:06:50 GMT

This is the barn from the farm that my mother grew up on near Caldwell, Kansas. It's pretty worse for wear. The house is gone. This barn, an old chicken coop and a metal round building are left.

This is our first attempt at doing sunset photos. We arrived later than I wanted so we were scrambling to get set up. We also realized that we had left the tripod attachment at home so we had to improvise with the tripod. We managed to get a couple of ok shots. I'm planning on returning to get some more photographs.

This is part of my family heritage and I want some memories before it's gone. And yes, my grandmother was Chekoslovakian/Bohemian.

Barns by Daryl Miller

Thu, 20 Oct 2005 21:54:14 GMT

These are a few photographs of old barns taken by Daryl Miller. Daryl is a painter and these were taken for studies and inspiration.

First Fall Old Barn Excursion

Sun, 06 Nov 2005 19:37:55 GMT

I had a couple of hours to burn one Sunday morning and decided to take a quick trip through the local countryside and take a few photographs of the fall colors. I didn't really see any great colors, but the trip wasn't a total loss.

Barn Photographs on Opening Weekend

Sun, 20 Nov 2005 11:41:09 GMT

I took these photographs on my home from the pheasant season opening weekend (which I didn't do very well, thank you). These are barns are along Highway 54 and are from several different counties. There are others that I should have photographed, but it was late, I was tired and these were the most accessible.

I'm really trying to understand how ISO, f-stop and exposure times affect the final photograph. Maybe after more experimenting, I'll begin to see how it all works together.

First Barn Photographs of 2006

Sat, 07 Jan 2006 18:43:37 GMT

I've been itching to get out and find some more old barns to photograph. The weather hasn't really been very accommodating. Neither has my job. I missed the hoar frost that came through in December. And the one snow that we had melted before I could get out.

I decided to go out for a couple of hours and see what I could find. I found some barns, but the settings weren't very interesting. It's been very dry, so everything is grey and brown, natural for this time of year, I know. But again, nothing really caught my eye.

I went ahead and photographed these two just so I wouldn't return empty handed.

January 2006 Barn Photographs

Sat, 28 Jan 2006 22:29:02 GMT

I found these barns on my way home from the last pheasant hunting trip of the season. I had left for home early to have some extra time to photograph some finds on the way home. There are so many barns along the way home that I wanted the extra time.

Chad Beatty Photographs

Mon, 29 May 2006 19:38:39 GMT

These are from an artist friend of mine, Chad Beatty. You can find his paintings and drawings here. This building, which looks a little like a train station, is between Yoder and Hutchinson, Kansas. Three are the original photographs. The other three are those shots with some Photoshop filter work done on them.

Harvest Time

Tue, 04 Jul 2006 11:37:43 GMT

We took these photographs coming home from a family reunion in Harper, Kansas. Harvest was winding down in much of the state but we came across a crew still going strong. And we found several old barns. There are many farms in this area, way to many to shoot in a single afternoon.

But I really need to get my head wrapped around white balance and do something about that color cast. The late afternoon sun and the partly overcast day was really causing me some issues with the camera.

Beagle, Kansas Barn

Sun, 25 Feb 2007 15:10:00 GMT

This barn photograph was sent by reader Dwight Clark of Beagle, Kansas. Really nice. I love the belfrey on top. Thanks to Dwight.