One of my goals in finding a location is choosing something that's entirely unique to the location. Sometimes that means finding a plant, a style of architecture, the color of sand, to represent the uniqueness of a place. I've found, however, that this is particularly difficult in cities. Not because the architecture or the culture isn't strong in various cities, but because anything that is particularly unique doesn't allow random photoshoots, or, there are way too many people around. The trick, then, is to find a location that is "overlooked" by the community. A place that isn't special. This Seoul, Korea album has some touristy photos, but they were all taken during the scouting phase prior to my photoshoot.
KOREA LOCATION SCOUTING
Most of Seoul is, well, just a big city. As someone who isn't local, it's particularly difficult to know all the special little spots that would work well for a photographer to shoot at. I found that Seoul has plenty of cool bridges, and interesting city landscape, but I wanted something a little more "traditional."