Where do you do most of your photography?

I don't think this relates to miscellaneous as it is not about equipment, so I will try here, feel free to move it though.

I haven't spent a night away even in my own country since 2010. May do a trip for a week or a bit more and do some shooting. I've struggled to shoot this way. I'v shot the same area but tried to look for different point of views, diff times of the day, different weather patterns etc. I guess there may be city events, sports, streets, or simply friends and family occasions.

What are your views on this.

Mostly will always be 'At home or near the town where I live' however I travel as much as I can and the deepest reason for me to buy a large format camera was always to use it far from home, however it is used at home too of course for some practicing now and then. We tend to travel to near or not so near places during weekends.

I tend to photograph the same places over and over.

i so mos of my photography ( personal ) within 1-30- miles of where i ilve
sometimes i travel out of mu jurisdiction .. maybe for a job, mabye a family trip

but it isn't very often ...
the way i see it is if you can't find anything interesting locally
( less grand projects like US peaks over 49,000 feet, of all us national parks &c )
then you probably need to pay attenion to what is around locally. plenty of stuff to photograph
whether it is your last meal, the tools to make it, or friends, family or your immediate surroundings.

of course a lot of people disagree, but that is life

YMMV
john

added later: not to say there is anything wrong with photographing high peaks, or the parks system
but for me i don't have a plane or itchy feet

I chose the day trip option, but most are within an hour of home. When I go to Ohiopyle, I usually spend the day. I do take a large number of shots close enough to home that I walked, but I'm not sure I'd say more of what I like is that close.

Because my work is mostly a series of documentary studies of life in Indiana, with emphasis on the northeast part of the state and the city of Fort Wayne, most of my work is done in my hometown and the surrounding region.

I checked "Trips within my country with extensive travelling", but basically where ever I am.

jnanian said:

i so mos of my photography ( personal ) within 1-30- miles of where i ilve
sometimes i travel out of mu jurisdiction .. maybe for a job, mabye a family trip

but it isn't very often ...
the way i see it is if you can't find anything interesting locally
( less grand projects like US peaks over 49,000 feet, of all us national parks &c )
then you probably need to pay attenion to what is around locally. plenty of stuff to photograph
whether it is your last meal, the tools to make it, or friends, family or your immediate surroundings.

of course a lot of people disagree, but that is life

YMMV
john

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I've actually photographed every peak over 49,000 feet.

Most of my photography is also w/in about 1-30 miles from home, usually while walking the dog...

jnanian said:

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the way i see it is if you can't find anything interesting locally ... then you probably need to pay attenion to what is around locally.
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Completely agree. This is what I practice.

NedL said:

I've actually photographed every peak over 49,000 feet.

Most of my photography is also w/in about 1-30 miles from home, usually while walking the dog...

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Where are peaks above 49,000 feet? Mars' Mons Olympus?

Anywhere, everywhere.

I live in Kyoto so I really have no excuse about not shooting more locally, but I struggle with the same problems I've had no matter where I have lived - I work 50-60 hour weeks, and I'm single, which means I have a lot of housework and other errands to take care of whenever I have free time. Also, I don't have a car or a Japanese license, so it makes it difficult to explore other areas for day trips. Yas, there may be public transportation, but trains and buses may only run every hour or less, from about 9-5, whic is less than ideal for me.

Plus, the problem is, I live in Kyoto, one of, if not the most, popular tourist destinations in Japan. So from about now, to early December, means fighting the hordes of tourists on my days off, which I find exhausting. The good thing is, is that it forces me to explore lesser known areas of the city. Still, I don't shoot as much as I would like. On the otherhand, I usually travel overseas at least once or twice a year, and since I travel solo, it is very easy for me to make the trip as photo-heavy as I want, which is usually the case. If I had to guesstimate the mix, I'd say 2/3 of my shooting is done overseas, and a third is done locally, or due extensive travel within my country.

To be fair, I have university holidays, which gives me at least four months vacation a year. If I didn't have that time off, I'm sure most of my photography would be done locally.

About 90% within a day's drive of my house in Scottsdale, the rest, was in Paris last Fall, LA this winter, will be Wyoming this summer, may make another trip to New Mexico next month, haven't work out the details yet. I live near the Phoenix Zoo, the Botanical Garden, a hour to the Superstition Mountains and Lost Dutchman's State Park, and a walk to old town Scottsdale, 2 hour drive to Flagstaff and Tucson. Overall lots of opportunity. This weekend I will go to Pichacho (sp?) State Park for a Civil War Enactment, yes, there was a small civil war battle in Arizona. I have hundreds of negatives from the Zoo and Botanical a Garden, every time I go something new, use different gear, 35mm, MF, LF, different cameras, often times will shoot just a few frames.

Mostly at home and of course working I love to travel but not always possible