A Realization

I was to have gone photographing with my "Sunday Morning Photo Buddies"  last Sunday.  However, because of a requirement to potentially be available for work I could not join them, as the scheduled shoot was too far away and it would have been difficult to get to work in case I was called in.  So, instead, I found some locations very close to my home to go make pictures. While I was out shooting, a realization surfaced in my mind.  I say 'surfaced' because I think I have recognized it for some time, but being forced to shoot very close to home, and enjoying doing so, really made it congeal for me.

And this is the realization:

The more I photograph, the more I realize that photography is less about finding something that looks beautiful than it is about making something something look beautiful.  Taken one step further, this realization can have a profound effect on where one chooses  to go in order to make photographs.