further elaboration on 'setting'

Scenes..
capturing scenes via photos, vids,
and zinging them in through eyeballs of others -
into hearts and minds to do, move, this, that..
We see how important SETTING is - - - LOCATION (of the photos)..
If one person comes up to me w/ a stack of photos from Stockholm and another approaches with a stack of photos from Stirknersburg Kentucky - you can guess which will 'pull the biggest draw'; 'hold the biggest sway' -
which opens into books as well - - - novels - - - if the setting is off - say, some obscure suburb - or 3rd world bonzoland (i.e. some place I'd rather not be) - I snap it shut - hurl it clear out the window - who has time! (are exceptions of course)..
Springs to mind notion of sharpening or blunting -
fotos, novels, movies, (on and on) serve either to sharpen or blunt your edge.. -
key is knowing (ability to read) the messages sent - knowing what they do to you..
what they put inside you..

The above can help in terms of assessing a place, a location you find yourself in.. I kind of have these eyes now where, looking around I'll ask self 'is there anything here that's up to par (up to snuff) in terms of photographing - is there anything about this scene which would hold water - which would make for good prose - be worthy to write about.. if there's nothing interesting enough to make a photo - time to liven things up - or go to a better place : )