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Glad you're still here, Alice. Some of the posts above aren't particularly welcoming.
Essex is hard, because there isn't the obvious drama, but it is a beautiful rural county, with some big skies and a very long coastline, and one that still can offer much to the keen-eyed. Sometimes you have to think small. So easy to lug around all the dramatic mountain hotspots, and not so challenging to take a good photograph, though I have to say that were I a mountain photographer I would be looking for the sublime rather than the picturesque.
Why is it a bad thing for a location to be less challenging to photograph because it's more scenic.
Thinking small leads to taking small pictures - not the nice big ones. Now some people like these small scenes...but not everyone does. What I've noticed is "small" scenes are popular in the UK landscape scene - but far less so outwith it - perhaps because outwith these shores there is better weather and better scenery so there's more to photograph without having to "turd polish" by looking for the interesting within the uninteresting. What's wrong with just skipping the uninteresting and going to interesting.
What's the merit in making landscape photography hard when you can make it easier by going somewhere nice?
All my favourite pictures I have taken have been the least challenging - it's clear where the composition is and with the right weather and light the hardest thing to do is turn up - for me that's where the best and most rewarding shots come from. That is from the achingly beautiful locations in the most achingly beautiful light. That's the best life experiences right there...IMHO.