"Where you gonna go?

"Where you gonna go?
What you gonna do when you get there?

Now that you have that big DSLR and the lens of kings. Not to mention all the filters, bags, tripods, heads, etc etc.

Where are you going to take those one of kind photos? Can you really take time off from work to go to that special place in the this big world.

Name the place you are going in the next twelve months to shoot that greatest of all shots.

Hopefully Iceland but I haven't pulled the trigger on the tickets yet. I have 3 weeks coming to me but will probably only use 1.5 for that trip.

Denny G wrote in post #15750117
"Where you gonna go?
What you gonna do when you get there?

Now that you have that big DSLR and the lens of kings. Not to mention all the filters, bags, tripods, heads, etc etc.

Where are you going to take those one of kind photos? Can you really take time off from work to go to that special place in the this big world.

Name the place you are going in the next twelve months to shoot that greatest of all shots.

The streets anywhere, And for me its never about one image but bodies of work like this (shameless plug). Everyone is invited.....

Denny G wrote in post #15750117
"Where you gonna go?
What you gonna do when you get there?

Now that you have that big DSLR and the lens of kings. Not to mention all the filters, bags, tripods, heads, etc etc.

Where are you going to take those one of kind photos? Can you really take time off from work to go to that special place in the this big world.

Name the place you are going in the next twelve months to shoot that greatest of all shots.

This could be a great thread! I particularly enjoy the question, because "where I'm gonna go" is, well, sort of the theme of my life.

I guess I could best answer "Where you gonna go" with "I am already there".
Let me explain that answer:

In 2007, I got very interested in photography, particularly wildlife photography. I lived in the Philadelphia area at the time - had been born & raised there. As soon as I got the itch to seriously photograph wildlife, I realized that to do it to the extent I wanted to, I would have to live in the American West. So, I sold my condo. I took the meagre equity from it, bought a DSLR and a few lenses. Also bought a trailer. I packed all my belongings in the trailer and drove out to Washington state, literally towing my life behind me.

Now that I am based in WA, I am within a day's drive of Yellowstone, the Tetons, Glacier N.P., the northern California wildlife refuges, the Pacific coast . . . tons of great places to photograph a vast diversity of wildlife. Plus, I live in a very remote area, and there are thousands of square miles of wilderness all around me - so I don't even have to travel to do the kind of photography I want to do.

You asked about the next 12 months. In addition to photographing the wildlife around my "home base", I will probably take a trip to the Dakota prairies next month, to photograph the Greater Prairie Chickens as they do their breeding rituals. On the way back I will probably hit Yellowstone for a few days. Then in late May or early June I will try to get to Mt. Rainier for the Cascade Red Foxes and the breeding Sooty Grouse. At this time I will also attempt to get back to Yellowstone, as it is a good time for photographing Grizzly Bears and warblers in the park. More "home base" wildlife photography throughout the summer, then in September I hope to photograph elk during their rut - either in Colorado, Pennsylvania, or coastal northern California. In November I will spend the entire month photographing Whitetail Deer as they rut - either in Colorado, Montana, or Minnesota. Virginia would have been a good option for this, but the Park Service has ruined the deer photography there by putting unsightly radio collars on almost all of the mature bucks. In late January or early February, I would love to go to Florida to photograph the late deer rut there, but am afraid I will not have the funds necessary for this trip (I have wanted to do that for the past two years, but have been broke at that time of year, and therefore unable to follow my dream of photographing Florida's deer). In mid-March, I plan to go to the Klamath National Wildlife Refuges in extreme northern California, to photograph the migrant waterfowl that use that area as a migratory staging area - the main subjects will be flocks of Pintails, Canvasbacks, and Redheads, as well as Cinnamon Teal, Ross' Geese, and Greater White-fronted Geese. Well, that rounds out the next 12 months!

For me, it's always been more about where I am going to go than about what gear I'm shooting with. I suppose that's why I liked your idea for this thread so much!

Oh, and one more thing -
As Allen so aptly said, it is not about getting that "greatest of all photographs". Rather, it is about building a vast, diverse body of work pertaining to each of the subjects I shoot. My life's goal is to shoot the same species over and over and over again, but to do so in different places, at different times of the year, so as to create a collection of images that, while being of the same subject matter, have a vastly diverse look & feel to them. I am forever following the vision in my mind's eye - the vision of unique images created in far away places . . . one lifetime will not be nearly enough to accomplish all that I would like to accomplish with my camera.

Coppermines Off Road Park

Denny G wrote in post #15750117
"Where you gonna go?
What you gonna do when you get there?

Now that you have that big DSLR and the lens of kings. Not to mention all the filters, bags, tripods, heads, etc etc.

Where are you going to take those one of kind photos? Can you really take time off from work to go to that special place in the this big world.

Name the place you are going in the next twelve months to shoot that greatest of all shots.

Considering that my photography is my work, I need no time off when it comes to getting photos....in fact, quite the opposite. To capture my best shots of the year, I probably won't be traveling very far.....I find most of my joy in creating unique photos of special events, youth sports and portraits of people and families.
I personally have no "calling" to travel for photography.....I could spend 10 lifetimes photographing the events and sights around me and still never capture a single percent of what's available.

No real plans, probably head back to Glacier a couple of times this spring, it's a couple of hours away and I've got one of those geezer passes for admission so it's easy. Fall I'm likely to be back in Hawaii, I try to attend the surfing competition on the North Shore of Oahu in November. Love to watch those waves break. We've got free miles I have to use up before Jan - thinking we might visit San Diego. In May we'll be in Toronto for sons college graduation.

I don´t like traveling that much And we have two small children.

This year will travel to a relative with a very promissing garden full of flowers, and some castels in the surroundings. I hope to get some nice flower images there, the castels are not that interessting for me

I often go photographing on my way to work.
There I got some of my best nature images - some on the border of a shabby parking lot. But on my way to work I walk by a protected landscape which I love to visit too.

Well this year I would like to get to the RIAT air show, and maybe a couple of shows at Shuttlworth or Duxford. That now seems unlikely, as my daughter shoots Olympic Air Rifle and has just been asked to join the GB Junior Rifle Squad, so that will be an Arm/leg and both kidneys then for the extra kit she will need, plus all the travelling to training camps and competitions. It's not like it's a dynamic sport either, the competitors all stand as still as they can in a line and no photos from in front.
Why oh why are my interests so damn expensive.

Alan

jra wrote in post #15751895
Considering that my photography is my work, I need no time off when it comes to getting photos....in fact, quite the opposite. To capture my best shots of the year, I probably won't be traveling very far.....I find most of my joy in creating unique photos of special events, youth sports and portraits of people and families.
I personally have no "calling" to travel for photography.....I could spend 10 lifetimes photographing the events and sights around me and still never capture a single percent of what's available.

I separate what I shoot for me and what I shoot for clients. When I shoot for clients they are the ones that have the final say over what is used in the ads and annual reports etc, Thats not totally mine and not my real creative release. What I shoot for me is all mine and is my creative release. What I shoot for clients is what feeds the family and what I shoot for me is what feed the soul but anywhere there are streets is just fine with me.

Next 15 months: Japan, Taiwan, South Korea, Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos, Malaysia, Singapore, Australia, Canada, United States and a couple more I haven't settled on yet...Brunei? Indonesia? Guam? Who knows.

/thread

I love to travel and see/photograph new things, the next 18months are going to be exceptional for me.
July a trip to Glacier, Banff and Jasper Nat parks. Then in February a cruise from Argentina to the Falklands and Antarctica. If I recover from that it will be a trip back to Africa in October. The down side to all this is there will be no money left for new equipment.

Myanmar maybe, otherwise Tuscany in Italy. I've got a business trip to Hong Kong and Singapore too, I'll try to make the most of the time I have. Then maybe something in the fall.

Denny G wrote in post #15750117
"Where you gonna go?
What you gonna do when you get there?

Now that you have that big DSLR and the lens of kings. Not to mention all the filters, bags, tripods, heads, etc etc.

Where are you going to take those one of kind photos? Can you really take time off from work to go to that special place in the this big world.

Name the place you are going in the next twelve months to shoot that greatest of all shots.

If you actually need to go somewhere exotic to get an exceptional photo, then maybe you aren't as good as you think you are.

I'll be going home to Colorado for a couple of weeks this summer, but the main focus will be golf, not photography.

Preeb wrote in post #15753178
If you actually need to go somewhere exotic to get an exceptional photo, then maybe you aren't as good as you think you are.

I'll be going home to Colorado for a couple of weeks this summer, but the main focus will be golf, not photography.

Whats wrong with the golf courses at home?

Perhaps people travel to photograph things that are not at there own location