Having now had a few years to explore the varied photogenic sites around this neck o’ the woods (Boulder County area), I have discovered…
That it pays to go to your favorite photo op sites many, many times…at different times of day, in different seasons, when the weather conditions are unusual, when the light is different, when the grass is green, when the grass is brown…
You begin to learn where to find the best angles, the easiest approaches, the ideal tripod spots…You begin to visualize what these places would look like with the light a certain way, with the lighting from a slightly different angle, with or without snow, in the rain, with fog or low clouds, and so on…You begin to form a deeper understanding of just where to go when Mother Nature offers up something unusual (like a spring snow storm)…You already have your locations studied and you are already visualizing the image in your mind even before you arrive.
