Photo Walks

Stop Chasing Distant Locations: How to Find Your Best Photos Right Outside Your Door
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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.

How Street Photography Became My Mental Health Practice (And How It Can Become Yours)
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How Street Photography Became My Mental Health Practice (And How It Can Become Yours)

Every Sunday morning I do a photo walk. Rain, shine, or the classic Seattle grey drizzle that falls somewhere between both. I started this tradition partly for the creative practice, but I kept it going because of how I feel when I come home. Clearer. Quieter. Like something that was coiled up has been allowed to unwind. I didn’t have a good framework for explaining why that happened until I watched this interview.