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Suffolk doesn't have wild sweeping vistas, endless views or majestic mountains rising from the plains. On first glance the photographer might simply dismiss this county as being, dull, uninspiring and eminently forgettable. They would be wrong.

While it's true that the area lacks mountains (or even significant hills for that matter), expansive views or other elements we think of when we picture landscape photography, it does have cosy villages nestled in the lands gentle folds. Towards the coast past Woodbridge there is Orford Ness. A suitably sea mist shrouded area that boasts some amazing seascape views, plus a great Norman Keep watching over the village.

Ipswich itself offers up all the hustle and bustle that a street photographer will revel in. It also has surprises around every corner, from modern architecture cheek by jowl with ancient buildings, to rolling park lands. All easily accessible on foot and worth a visit with your camera.

Bury St Edmunds is the classic market town. If you like to photograph ruins, then the Abbey Gardens have massive stone stumps rising from their green beds. The remains of the original abbey. Passing though the Abbey Gate you enter a collection of streets that frame the good people of Bury St Edmunds. On Wednesdays and Saturdays there is an open air market - again, street photography opportunities abound.

If historic buildings are more your style, then Bury St Edmunds is just for you. From the Abbey ruins, to the cathedral, and it's neighbouring church. One of Britain's last surviving Regency theatres and the Greene King brewery over the road. The crowded marketplace surrounded by a mixture of building styles, and venturing off the track a little bit - The Nutshell, the smallest pub in Britain - be sure to bring your widest angle lens for this one!

Suffolk takes a little work to find photographic opportunities, but when you do find them, that makes the result that much the sweeter.