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Two friends are professional photographers. Both have implied that location is more about what you want to photograph and having great connections.
One lives in rural Virginia and conducts most of his photo shoots on his property. Occasionally, he travels to exotic locations. His subjects are nude models posed very artfully in nature settings, so his secluded land makes an ideal location.
The other friend also lives in Virginia, although in a college town. His preference gravitates towards landscapes and objects, with occasional work with people. He has also discovered a knack for buying and selling items on eBay. While perusing the site for some props for his photo shoots, he found that people were selling items well below their worth. He’d buy them, use them in the photos, and then turn around and sell them. He enjoys doing the research to find out how much they are actually worth.