Chasing Sunsets in the Algarve: What One Evening in Portugal Taught Me About Patience and Purpose

Chasing Sunsets in the Algarve: What One Evening in Portugal Taught Me About Patience and Purpose

There’s a particular kind of guilt that follows a landscape photographer on holiday. You know the feeling. The light turns gold over the water, the clouds stack up perfectly on the horizon, and you’re sitting at a dinner table trying to be present with your family while one eye drifts toward the window. I’ve made peace with that tension over the years, mostly by accepting that sometimes you get one evening, not a whole week.