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Stop Chasing Distant Locations: How to Find Your Best Photos Right Outside Your Door
Every Sunday morning, I grab my camera and walk the same few blocks around my Seattle neighborhood. Same streets. Same coffee shop on the corner. Same stretch of waterfront. People have asked me why I don’t drive somewhere more interesting, and honestly, I used to wonder the same thing myself. For a long time, I operated under this quiet assumption that great photography required great effort to get somewhere new. I once spent an entire vacation fixating on one waterfall shot, missing dinner every single night trying to get the light right.