I finally did it! I woke up a bit early and went out in search of morning light. I will admit, it’s not easy for me to get up earlier than normal and to get myself out of the house, but it was worth it in the end.
First…I got lost lol. Where once stood rows of farms and fences are now homes on streets with stoplights. I was completely turned around and precious light was slipping away before I finally got my bearings. Fortunately, my laser-like eye and deft maneuvering of the vehicle allowed me to spot this barn tucked amongst the trees and park to get a decent perspective.
It’s sad to see the past fade away. I hope this barn is around for awhile longer.
Old Suburbia
Laura Macky Photography 
June 5, 2014 at 6:44 am
Beautiful light!
June 5, 2014 at 6:48 am
Thank you. FINALLY i got some morning light. 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 6:48 am
There are two things that I really like about this picture, the morning light and the subject matter. Excellent shot!
June 5, 2014 at 6:49 am
Thank you Norm….I love old barns too.
June 5, 2014 at 6:56 am
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Gorgeous capture….I just love old barns!
June 5, 2014 at 6:59 am
Lovely!
June 5, 2014 at 7:00 am
Thank you Victor!
June 5, 2014 at 7:18 am
Beautiful my friend
June 5, 2014 at 7:25 am
Aww thank you Jefferson!
June 5, 2014 at 7:26 am
You are very welcome Laura
June 5, 2014 at 7:30 am
😀
June 5, 2014 at 7:23 am
Oh wow that is a great photo…
June 5, 2014 at 7:26 am
Thank you!! I love old structures like this.
June 5, 2014 at 7:24 am
Very nice light and photo Mark 🙂
Have you heard anything from Angie in the last week? I haven’t been much online in last week.
June 5, 2014 at 7:26 am
Irene…I think you meant this for someone else lol.
June 5, 2014 at 7:28 am
Sorry Laura, I can’t edit from Android, the first message was for another:-\
I really like your photo 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 7:30 am
hehehehe thank you! 😀
June 5, 2014 at 7:38 am
Definitely worth getting up early! Great Shot 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 7:39 am
Thank you 🙂 I really need to do this more often. *cough cough*
June 5, 2014 at 7:55 am
haha 😀
June 5, 2014 at 7:57 am
😛
June 5, 2014 at 7:50 am
This would be a wonderful new habit to nurture! …. I’m working on this myself right now 😉
There is a such impact when the morning light is captured like this. A beautiful photograph.
June 5, 2014 at 7:55 am
Morning light really is a beautiful time for photographs. Thank you for liking it and for your comments!
June 5, 2014 at 7:52 am
Wonderful picture – the light and composition are excellent.
June 5, 2014 at 7:55 am
Thank you so much 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 7:53 am
Such character in these these old barns…beautiful capture and love that golden light!
June 5, 2014 at 7:57 am
They do have a lot of character don’t they. Thank you so much. 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 7:57 am
What a great selection for your next blog Laura. I really like the lighting, colors, and overall feel of this image. And you’re right, we NEED old barns like this to stick around for a while. I think it gives us a profound sense of our history, if not our youth. Cheers my dear friend 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 8:25 am
Thank you Dan…I agree that we need history around us. I hope cities keep a bit of these old places instead of opting for more tax dollars.
June 5, 2014 at 11:12 am
Couldn’t agree more 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 8:02 am
Wow! I love this. The sunken feeling, soft light, makes you want to take a deep breath and relax into yourself. Just be, and be okay with what you are, in this moment. Way to get up early, that is hard and yet so rewarding. Thanks for sharing!
June 5, 2014 at 8:26 am
Aww thank you for your comments Carrie! I appreciate them 😀
June 5, 2014 at 8:17 am
What do they say? Early bird eats the worm…. Nice light
June 5, 2014 at 8:27 am
that’s what they say and I finally found out! Thank you 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 8:34 am
Beautiful, Laura! And bravo for getting up early. I will have to try that sometime :-).
June 5, 2014 at 10:31 am
Thank you! And yes, I think we should all do that once in awhile. Why suffer alone eh? 😉
June 5, 2014 at 8:57 am
You’ve proved that early morning light is one of the best lights. Getting up early is tough but you’ve been highly rewarded with this photo. Congrats!!!
Where is this barn located? I’m also looking for additional photo sights in the Bay Area – particularly in the North Bay. Landscape would be my main interest. Suggestions. Have you come across websites that might have some good suggestions? Thanks.
June 5, 2014 at 10:34 am
Thank you Tim 🙂 This was in Contra Costa County. They’re around for sure. I’m not as familiar with the NB though. 😦 Probably best to just google “barns” in the town you’re interested in. Maybe then look at the images and click on them? That’s about all I’ve got as far as suggestions there. 😦 Sorry i couldn’t be more help!
June 5, 2014 at 9:08 am
Nice shot and I like the story that goes along with it. I have been in that situation more than once…perfect sky, perfect clouds when I leave home – then time slips away and by the time I get to the target – gone & gone…
getting up early is so worth it 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 10:35 am
Thank you Robert. I really need to do more of this…and get up even earlier lol.
June 5, 2014 at 9:22 am
Love the light. This makes me miss home so much…lovely.
June 5, 2014 at 10:35 am
AWw thank you! I didn’t know you lived in a barn! 😛
June 5, 2014 at 12:33 pm
Near many and I would be suited just fine for barn living. 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 2:53 pm
glad I made you feel at home 😉
June 5, 2014 at 10:00 am
Very nicely done, Laura. Getting lost might be a technique I should try. Great lighting and I know such moments at this time of day are fleeting.
June 5, 2014 at 12:10 pm
Thank you Robin. They really are! Seems like there is a lot more good light at sunset than sunrise.
June 5, 2014 at 10:01 am
It is a chore to get up early but like you said Laura the light is beautiful and you image clearly shows that 🙂 Wonderful image.
June 5, 2014 at 12:11 pm
Thank you Joe, I’m glad you like it. 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 10:19 am
Great shot Laura. I like old barns as well.
June 5, 2014 at 12:11 pm
Cool! And thank you. 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 10:58 am
Very subtle…nice!
June 5, 2014 at 12:11 pm
Thank you BoB! Hmm I like that! lol
June 5, 2014 at 11:19 am
May be it’ll last for a while if hidden away. If not, perhaps the old wood of the barn will find a second life.
June 5, 2014 at 12:13 pm
Perhaps! I hope so!
June 5, 2014 at 11:19 am
What a lovely photo, so enchanting.
June 5, 2014 at 12:13 pm
Thank you 🙂 *blows fairy dust your way*
June 5, 2014 at 12:20 pm
Oh, I hope I am not the only one that spoted those two gnomes lurking from the inside of that old barn?
June 5, 2014 at 11:30 am
Nothing beats the light in the morning, does it? But be careful – it’s like a drug – once you experience that magical light in a morning you’ll find yourself getting up early again and again, on the chance you’ll get that serene light in your images. 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 12:14 pm
ut ohhhh….i’m in trouble!
June 5, 2014 at 12:03 pm
Well done Laura! I’m utterly useless in the mornings which really isn’t great for a photographer 😉 Lovely saggy old building!
June 5, 2014 at 12:14 pm
LOL you crack me up! Lovely saggy old building! Kinda like me! hahahaha
June 5, 2014 at 12:20 pm
Laughter is the best medicine 😉 It just stuck me as what I call Bagpuss buildings “just an old, saggy cloth cat, baggy, and a bit loose at the seams, but Emily loved him”!
June 5, 2014 at 12:25 pm
What are you talking about?? LOL. Is this something that’s common outside the states? What in the world is Bagpuss???????????? lol i’m cracking up!
June 5, 2014 at 12:59 pm
OMG I thought the whole world knew of Bagpuss! 1970’s iconic children’s program 🙂 Watch this https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9beAp3TG2E&feature=kp
June 5, 2014 at 2:58 pm
oh lordy lol…..
June 5, 2014 at 3:00 pm
hahahahahaha! That’s my childhood that is 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 3:26 pm
It’s cute!!! Mine is captain Kangaroo lol
June 6, 2014 at 4:17 am
We used to get Skippy here 🙂 Mention Bagpuss to any Brit and they’ll melt! I do hope you’ve heard of the Wombles?
June 6, 2014 at 7:04 am
Nope never heard of any of those! We are isolated y’know. lol
June 7, 2014 at 5:59 am
More isolated than I’d ever realised!!! What about Dangermouse?
June 7, 2014 at 6:08 am
Nope! lol
June 7, 2014 at 6:23 am
hahaha! It’s on YouTube and it’s hilarious 🙂
June 7, 2014 at 6:08 am
We had an Underdog growing up though 😛
June 7, 2014 at 6:24 am
Now I don’t remember that one!
June 7, 2014 at 6:33 am
See??? We have our own iconic stuff here!
June 7, 2014 at 7:16 am
These days everything is shared across nations!
June 7, 2014 at 7:18 am
Well the days I”m referring to are yesteryear…like 1968!
June 7, 2014 at 7:26 am
My yesteryear is late 70’s and the 80’s. Lots of our childrens programs have crossed many generations though!
June 7, 2014 at 7:28 am
Same with ours.
June 7, 2014 at 8:02 am
🙂
June 5, 2014 at 12:06 pm
Love!
June 5, 2014 at 12:14 pm
thank you!
June 5, 2014 at 1:15 pm
I always like to see the use of light to reflect off of objects rather than to shoot straight into it like the traditional sunset/sunrise photos. I get up at 4:50 am for work every morning and already see it getting light outside. I couldn’t imagine getting up earlier than that at the moment as I’m always so tired. I always enjoy a sunrise photo over a sunset one though. Great shot! 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 4:31 pm
Thanks Justin. Wow, you do get up early. That’s about the time I really need to get up for beautiful morning light.
June 5, 2014 at 2:00 pm
so graceful. i love it.
June 5, 2014 at 3:25 pm
Thank you 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 4:32 pm
Thanks so much 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 4:19 pm
Nice capture Laura. I am always up at daylight. One day I might just go for a walk and see what I capture. 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 4:33 pm
Thanks Sue. Yes! Do go and take some morning pics. I’d love to see them.
June 5, 2014 at 4:47 pm
The same sort of thing is happening here Laura, farms are turning into housing estates, it is so sad to see them disappear. Where we are it was once the edge of the city, not anymore, it spreads out a lot further now.
I love the light hitting the barn, and so glad you didn’t get so lost you couldn’t find it.
June 5, 2014 at 4:54 pm
I think a lot of people feel the way we feel. I wonder what it would be like to look into the future about 200 years. I’ve often thought this would be a good question to ask on a blog but need to figure out how to incorporate my photos and a poll. 🙂 Thank you for liking the image and the light.
June 5, 2014 at 5:06 pm
Looks like that barn has a story ? great image Laura
June 5, 2014 at 5:41 pm
Thank you Mike. I wish I knew the story!
June 5, 2014 at 6:58 pm
I’m so pleased you got up early Laura. Super pic .. and I like you find it sad to see so much disappearing.
June 5, 2014 at 7:04 pm
Thank you Julie. hugs
June 5, 2014 at 8:01 pm
love the light.
June 5, 2014 at 8:24 pm
Thank you 🙂
June 5, 2014 at 8:42 pm
First of all, congratulation for getting up early. I absolutely love this photo. I could lose myself in it for hours. I must admit that I have always had a soft spot for old barns. Great catch Laura. -Max-
June 5, 2014 at 8:57 pm
Aw thank you Max! I’m so glad you like it. I should’ve included a pic of my Starbucks too….soooo early, lol. 🙂
June 6, 2014 at 12:22 am
This is really beautiful Laura… worth the early morning!!
Such a lovely old barn and yes I feel sad too that the things of old move on.
So good to capture them while they are there. This has loads of character!!
June 6, 2014 at 6:59 am
Thank you so much Robyn. 🙂 I’d like to find more of these!
June 6, 2014 at 2:33 am
Love how the morning light gently falls across the barn. It looks doesn’t look historical or antique, it looks vintage in my opinion. It does look like it’s falling apart. I’m guessing you played it safe and didn’t venture beyond the fence 🙂
June 6, 2014 at 7:01 am
Glad you like the light 🙂 It was somsone’s property with horses on it lol, so I stayed behind the fence.
June 6, 2014 at 2:47 am
People who are not bitten by the photography bug don’t understand the golden hour of light you get in the morning and again at sundown. I’m usually a solo act as I drive long distances in uncomfortable weather condition just to capture that light. The results are always worth the effort, at least to me. 🙂 Very nice capture in this post! I love old building & barns. 🙂
June 6, 2014 at 7:01 am
Thank you so much for recognizing how hard it was for me to get up! 😉 But seriously, the good light is fleeting. I’d like to do it again soon.
June 6, 2014 at 6:25 am
Exceptional lighting and a variety of shades – a great image, Laura!
June 6, 2014 at 7:11 am
Thank you so much Ravi!
June 6, 2014 at 9:17 am
good for you!! and beautifully worth it!! I love the light and I love old barns.
June 6, 2014 at 10:04 am
Thank you 🙂
June 6, 2014 at 9:33 am
Old barns are the best. . . . especially if they are falling down. . . .
June 6, 2014 at 10:05 am
True….I just hope it doesn’t completely fall down!
June 7, 2014 at 1:16 pm
That would not be a very beautiful. picture . . . . . .
June 6, 2014 at 2:01 pm
Your early rise certainly paid off
June 6, 2014 at 2:02 pm
Thank you Diana. 🙂
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June 10, 2014 at 6:09 am
nice image laura! love the way you used the light to bring out the texture of the barn!
June 10, 2014 at 7:07 am
Thank you so much Rob! I loved that old barn. Fun to be there as the morning light came.
June 10, 2014 at 9:12 pm
I’d say the photo was well worth getting out of bed 🙂
June 10, 2014 at 9:28 pm
Thanks much! One of these days I’ll drag myself out again lol.