Location, Location, Location, or use what your given.

As luck would have it, I was lucky enough to be born & raised in the San Francisco Bay Area. With it's many micro climates, the bay area is a place to experience different season all year long. Its also a place with several unique cities, all with a unique look, style, & atmosphere. I have also been lucky enough to have family who live 100 miles north of San Francisco in Lake County, so I was able to enjoy both city life & life in the mountains, due to spending summers in Lake County. I was born, raised, & have lived most of my life on the largest island inside the San Francisco Bay. My town is known as Alameda & currently has about 73,812 people, even though it's landmass is only 10.6 square miles. The funny thing is, there is 12.3 square miles of water which surround my town, & are considered city limits according to Wikipedia, make up a larger area than the island itself. I will share photos I have taken in my town & other parts of the Bay Area, along with some from Lake County. I will make a post for each specific location,event, etc, so as to make it easier to take in. Of course, not everyone lives in or near a major city, or has traveled to the mountains every summer. So, I say work with what life gives you. Some folks would love to find a small rural town in which to take photos or video, some love landscapes & nature, other the ocean, & of course some love city scapes or even all the of these. I say use what finds it's way in front of your lens, be it a traveling carnival that happens to come through town, fire works on the 4 of July, or anything that catches your eye/lens.