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 p.4 #11 · Most photogenic city in the world? | |
Lovesong wrote:
Adelaide, Seattle, and Budapest come to mind here.
Having lived most of my life in Seattle (except 2.5 years when I was in middle school, and my time in the Air Force), I love it here in the summer but am tired of the gloomy weather the other 9 months of the year.
Photographically, Seattle (and Vancouver, BC) have a great variety of cityscapes, neighborhoods, and suburbs, and are also close to mountains and oceans. Even in the summer you can drive and hour or less and be in deep snow, or you can walk out of your hotel and down to the waterfront to get on a boat, wearing shorts and a T-shirt. Our Chinatown isn't as big as San Francisco's, but you could spend several hours shooting there enjoyably, then take a bus up the bus tunnel to Westlake Center and walk to the Pike Place Market for several more hours, and then take the Monorail to the Seattle Center/Space Needle. Fisherman's Terminal and the Ballard Locks are a short drive/ride from downtown, as are the Woodland Park Zoo and the Arboretum and Japanese Garden. Lots of variety.
From Seattle you can take a day or two away to visit the rain forest of the Olympic National Park, then cross the Deception Pass Bridge and hit the village of Anacortes, the gateway to the San Juan Islands.
9 days and $5,000 dollars would be about right for a nice summer vacation covering the whole Puget Sound region.
But I wouldn't rate Seattle as "most photogenic city in the world" simply because so many cities have so much to offer, each in it's own way.
Pick one that will be a nice change of pace during the time and on the budget you have, and "make it photogenic," no matter where it is.
HTH.
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