Growing up at the beach your whole life it can become lost on you just how much beauty and variety there is available at beaches a stone's throw away from where you live. That's the realization I came to when I visited the Outer Banks for the first time. I had grown up in Virginia Beach my entire life, and I figured a “beach is a beach, right?”. Wrong. Having realized that I now want to share with you how I planned a photography trip to the Outer Banks, and what the best spots were.