There is a small path behind my house running the length of my block.
Mostly it houses peoples compost bins and overgrown plants spill from backyards into the alley.
Where I used to live there was a ravine a block away and old unused train tracks across the street. I loved the natural space I could so easily wander through and take photos, without going far from home.
Since I moved here over a year ago, I’ve been really missing that natural space but as I go on more and more photowalks, I’m realizing that maybe I don’t need a 3 block ravine and a kilometer of abandoned train tracks. Maybe a tiny overgrown alley way is something special too.
For this months She is Three prompt (which gets posted on the 7th) I really wanted to shoot in front of a mural in my neighbourhood that I’ve never done a selfie in front of before. Mainly because it is at a corner that has oh so much foot traffic. That something I love about the area I live in, but sometimes it makes taking self-portraits be an experience that pushes me outside my comfort zone.
My comfort zone is definitely in nature, even if it is only a tiny alley way of overgrown goodness.
Are there places that you’d like to shoot that are totally outside your comfort zone, but that you’d love to shoot at someday when the time is right (or you feel like challenging yourself).
Are there places that feel like your comfort zone? Maybe inside your house or in your yard? Or maybe for some of you, your comfort zone is actually around a lot of people.
Just something I’m pondering today and if you’d like to share what locations are in and out of your photographic comfort zone, I’d love to hear!
Here’s a few shots from yesterdays photo walk, on a rare non-rainy day (the self-portraits were all taken in that little alley, my happy place)!
