>>3393281I don't think were on same page. Completely agree that LA is dumpster of a town. I've also heard first hand accounts of how sweat San Diego is. Then again, I think that is completely irrelevant to photography. I firmly believe that location is secondary. It gives you canvas to work with, then it's up to you to find the rays of light that show it.
I oppose locations hunting. People will try finding spots from successful previous photographs, analyse sunsets locations, and use google maps to find appealing sceneries. To a degree I understand the approach, but then I rather hunt the unpredictable.
I've seen it defined in literature, Freeman will call it chasing light. It's totally unpredictable and momentary light. Light out of the heavy overcast; when you see sun, for a brief moment come crashing from the clouds only to be engulfed a second later. Or brilliant explosion of colours you get from a solitary tree when it's back lit with a sun setting over a crest behind it. It may even be sun lost in the smog of the city midwinter, but it is there to be found. You need an eye, a friend in high place to give you luck, knowledge to do it justice when it comes, and then it will be presented to you. I take immense pleasure capturing that. I'll be on imperfect location, with trees all around me, and I'll only get a glimpse of sunrays and clouds struggling for dominance on the cliff ahead of me, but it will be unique and one of a kind, and I'll treasure that picture more than some exquisite and planned vista, and I'll look up to the future with hope of glancing it again. I do believe I've seen a promise for that in LA. Doubtful I'll ever have another opportunity to capture it, jet it is there.
