Saving image in local storage when creating a factory

Hello,

I'm trying to save an image in local storage when creating a factory. My code so far looks like this:

public function definition()
{
    return [
        'venue_id' => Venue::factory(),
        'photo' => $this->faker->image(storage_path('venues/hero'), 1200, 300, null, false)
    ];
}

The problem is that if I try to use this factory I get the following error: InvalidArgumentException with message 'Cannot write to directory "/home/foo/www/laravel/storage/venues/hero"'

From the controller I save the uploaded image a following and it works:

$photo = $request->file('hero_photo')->store('venues/hero', 'public');

I also tried without storage_path() but it didn't work.

What can I do?

Thanks!