Using Your Location A Photographer's Guide to The Best Spots to Shoot

I shoot mostly people so that influences my decisions about location choice but any genre of photography will benefit from a wisely chosen location.
I'm going to explain the reasons why I choose particular locations. How I find them
and how they influence lighting, posing, expression and the mood of my images.
The photographers I admire use the location to enhance the emotion and the message within their images. I'm not a fan of shooting everything at large apertures to blur out the background. I would rather do the work in finding a suitable location that will enhance my image and show the background in a way that enhances but does not detract from the importance of my subject.