I’m a sucker for landscape photography (ok, for ANY kind of photography actually). I find myself drawn to places that don’t look like what I can see at home. You know, like… colorful ocean sunsets, rolling mountains, rocky desert skylines… that sort of thing. It doesn’t really matter if it’s someplace I’ve already been (because then it sparks memories) or if it’s a place I’ve never seen before (because then it makes me want to go).
And I wonder… if you live in the desert all the time, when you look at landscape scenery from say… the midwest — does that spark your interest? More than scenery from your locale? And, if your morning commute has you traveling alongside the ocean, does it grow old?
I know I take for granted the scenery that is constant in my life, and am often successful convincing myself it’s “prettier” someplace else. (The grass is greener thing. Oh yes, I’m guilty.) The thing is, for those of you playing along at home, every place on the planet is special! Just different.
