Tips For Photographing In Difficult Locations

While many of my pictures look idyllic, I don't actually live in a magical wonderland of brilliant backdrops! I mean, I do live in a pretty magical place, but sometimes we're taking pictures next to parking lots or choosing an angle that hides the hideous office building I'm posing next too. The trick isn't always having a beautiful location, but rather having a creative approach to that location and seeing the diamond in the rough. There is no more apt example of this than these pictures I took while visiting my family in the States and attending a lavender festival with them. When they invited me to the festival I pictured rows upon rows of lush lavender stretching on...