The older the better, right? HELP?

[Rachel Ann]

So i found an AMAZING old barn with AMAZING scenery behind it. I checked, and its totally fine to take pictures of it; its for the public use, therefore there will be no trespassing.

I am feeling pretty confident, and have a lot of ideas for the pictures of the outside of it/landscape, but i am not so confident with what to do for the inside. Its so breathtaking, and i just feel like i need to capture it somehow, but i am feeling kind of stuck on ideas, angles, ect.

Any ideas?


Thank you

[LeeR]

You are overthinking this. Much of photography is intuitive; what interests you when you the first time you go inside the barn is likely to be the same things that will interest your viewers. So go, look at it with fresh eyes and have some fun.

[dcclark]

Go in with your camera and a lot of spare time (so that you don't feel pressure to get out again). Then just go NUTS taking every photo that you can think of. As you get more experience, you'll start to figure out what YOU like the most and focus on that -- but for now, try everything you can think of. You might be surprised at what you get!

[Michael_2010]

Yesterday morning (7-17-2010) I came across an old barn and tree I liked, but I don't know what to do with it either. Just like my boat problem in the other thread.

The more I look at it, the more I think I need to go back to the location this winter, when some of the other trees have dropped their leaves. Any thoughts on this one?

[RichardTaylor]

The bottom line is to work the subject.
If possible try shooting in different lighting & atmospheric conditions.

If you can only visit it once then look and walk around it. Try it from different point of views, Shoot detail.

Here is one from earlier this month. Same camera, same lens, same focal length, Same aperture, same subject and within 3 minutes from first to last.
The only thing that changed was my POV and look at differnt parts of the same bush..

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[Michael_2010]

That is amazing and really tells the composition story!

[RichardTaylor]

Thanks very much.
I can post other examples.