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I Found Beautiful Locations In My Boring Neighborhood
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I Found Beautiful Locations In My Boring Neighborhood

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Do you sometimes wonder where photographers find all the beautiful locations? I usually shoot in my neighborhood, like in this front yard, which looks very dreary at first glance. Okay, also on the second and third glance… but not for a photographer. This front yard with the dead flowers is pure gold.

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    No matter where I am, I see photo locations. They are everywhere. When I see such a garden, I already think about how the photo might look, choose in mind a matching dress and look for a model.

    My model that day was Saskia Wilken. I chose a dress that has nearly the same color as the flowers.

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    When I photograph in gardens or on house walls, I ask the inhabitants. It is important to me that I can take relaxed pictures without fear that someone will interrupt me or get angry. So far, almost everyone has agreed. Only once a crazy cat lady think I was a cat thief and yelled at me after my question. She had a very nice ivy-covered house – too bad. But asking beforehand was better than having the woman yell at my model later.

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    If you do not like ringing on other doors, then you will also find such beautiful places on the roadside or in public parks. Do you find this way boring?…

    … Then you are wrong. The ivy on the fence is a good location.

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    Here you see a rhododendron bush in the small park around the corner. Next to a bench and a trashcan.

    Model: Rova_Design

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    Model: Saskia Wilken

    Even a unmown lawn can be beautiful.

    Model: Regina

    Or just a wet street… No matter where I am, I see photo locations. They are everywhere.

    Model: Catalina Koe

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    Katja Kemnitz

    Katja Kemnitz

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    Photographer from Bonn, Germany.

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    Katja Kemnitz

    Katja Kemnitz

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    Photographer from Bonn, Germany.

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    Ekaterina Klimova
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, but i think, that photo "before" looks mush better than "after". Skin color and dress - on photo "after" it looks as zombi((

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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely. Using a long focal length can go a long way to letting the framing just include the small, pretty part instead of the whole scene. You're dead right, good locations are all around us if you know how to spot them. Great job!

    Ekaterina Klimova
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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Sorry, but i think, that photo "before" looks mush better than "after". Skin color and dress - on photo "after" it looks as zombi((

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    7 years ago DotsCreated by potrace 1.15, written by Peter Selinger 2001-2017

    Absolutely. Using a long focal length can go a long way to letting the framing just include the small, pretty part instead of the whole scene. You're dead right, good locations are all around us if you know how to spot them. Great job!

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