Week 41
Anywhere, USA
October 11, 2010
I feel fortunate to be able to travel. I've said it before I'm sure, but the traveling part of my profession is pretty cool. I get to visit with friends and family, make new friends, see new and beautiful places, and be exposed to the many, many subtle subcultures out there....
The image above was taken on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, DC at sunset as I was finishing up a shoot with some dear friends there in the capital city. DC is definitely one of those places I could see myself living if I were not in the Bay Area. In fact I have lived there, and it's an amazing area. I've also lived in Maryland, Virginia (all over), North Carolina, Michigan, and of course California. My prior career moved me around a lot, and I had a chance to experience living in some different environments than that in which I was raised, and I think that has been valuable. You gain perspective that way.
Another thing I've realized is that of the many places I've traveled, I can't think of any of them in which I wouldn't enjoy spending more time... even making my home there. There are so many things about the places we go and see to love and appreciate. As a general statement, there is beauty and culture anywhere you go. We may have to shift our outlook a little, but if we can move beyond the grass is greener syndrome, we really can be awestruck by what is right around us, regardless of where we are. It's a choice. Whether it is where you are living, or what life is giving you, you have a choice to look around you and see beauty, culture and uniqueness, experiencing it all and appreciating what it is teaching you; or you can constantly be looking to the next thing, what someone else has where they live or in their life and miss what is right in front of you. What will you choose?
Image taken with Canon 5D MII, 100-400mm 4.5L lens, 1/6000 sec @f5, ISO 400
The image above was taken on the Georgetown Waterfront in Washington, DC at sunset as I was finishing up a shoot with some dear friends there in the capital city. DC is definitely one of those places I could see myself living if I were not in the Bay Area. In fact I have lived there, and it's an amazing area. I've also lived in Maryland, Virginia (all over), North Carolina, Michigan, and of course California. My prior career moved me around a lot, and I had a chance to experience living in some different environments than that in which I was raised, and I think that has been valuable. You gain perspective that way.
Another thing I've realized is that of the many places I've traveled, I can't think of any of them in which I wouldn't enjoy spending more time... even making my home there. There are so many things about the places we go and see to love and appreciate. As a general statement, there is beauty and culture anywhere you go. We may have to shift our outlook a little, but if we can move beyond the grass is greener syndrome, we really can be awestruck by what is right around us, regardless of where we are. It's a choice. Whether it is where you are living, or what life is giving you, you have a choice to look around you and see beauty, culture and uniqueness, experiencing it all and appreciating what it is teaching you; or you can constantly be looking to the next thing, what someone else has where they live or in their life and miss what is right in front of you. What will you choose?
Image taken with Canon 5D MII, 100-400mm 4.5L lens, 1/6000 sec @f5, ISO 400
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