I suspect that all photographers have places that they return to over and over again to get “just a few more shots.” For someone who primarily likes to photograph flowers, trees, landscapes, lakes, ice, snow and many other subjects that fall into the category of nature photography, I find that when I’m wandering up State Street I’m somehow drawn back to the Overture Center for the Arts.
Don’t get me wrong, it is a very nice place and well-worth a visit to see a play, attend a concert, or just wander around. But, I don’t remember ever saying to myself that this is an intriguing place and I must come back again to take more pictures. Yet somehow I find myself there, camera in hand, looking at how the light streams into the rotunda or noticing the shape of the stairwell as I move from floor to floor. I think that I’ve taken more than enough pictures there over the past four years but I guess that I shouldn’t be surprised the next time I find myself there for no reason other than to look around and photograph.
If I thought about it I could probably come up with quite a few places that I return to on a regular basis without planning it. In fact, many of my favorite photographs are taken on unplanned occasions. Maybe I should think less and photograph more.
Check out more Overture Center images below.
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