Black and white California

Black and white California, Image from San Francisco 

Black and white California
California for me holds a strong sense of inspiration and belonging every time I have visited there. It could be the light or it could be people but I always have been very inspired by the place. From the street markets of Venice beach, L.A. to the stunning vistas in Yosemite National Park North California, all of it is just truly amazing.

Even though the colours of the sunsets and sunrises are stunning in California I always prefer shooting Black and White images of California. My black and white California images always have stunning whites and rich grey tones through-out, California has to be one of my most favourite places to be shooting images...

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Golden Gate Bridge Ansel Adams

Taken While Traveling from San Francisco to Los Angeles,
Title: Black and white california 

Golden Gate Bridge Ansel Adams
Ansel Adams as many of you who read my blog will know has been a great inspiration to my work and one of the reasons for my fascination with California and San Francisco. His image taken in 1953 of the golden Gate bridge from Baker Beach which is just around the corner from my favourite beach “China Beach” is a stunning photograph.

The weather on this occasion looks like a much calmer day than when I visited the similar spot.

To Ansel Adams image please visit:
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Fire in Yosemite National Park California

Yosemite National Park in California is an amazing place, I have only managed to be lucky enough to visit there once myself. My thoughts are with the locals and fire-fighters at this time when 4,700 acres of their stunning woodland is on fire... Hopefully it will all be under control shortly.

Peter Lik has some good points here about being out and about in the wild...

NYC - TAKEN IN DOWNTOWN AT DUSK

NYC - Taken at dusk in Downtown New York - Available on Vesuvio Gallery

This image was taken in 2009 in the busy city of NYC, this is probably the busiest city I so far on my travels. So much so I struggled to find my quiet space for meditation, I found a way through this by focusing on some of the quieter places I have travelled to like Yosemite or China Beach, California. This helped me to focus my meditation on a different place in the world rather than the actual place.

A meditation guru and of great help to many is HeadSpace, very good tips on introducing a meditation practise into your everyday life. "Watch the final Headspace animation to help get your approch right to your meditation practice. " Andy Puddicombe...

Lake Tahoe California / Nevada

This was my first visit to Lake Tahoe, we will be going back here, outstanding beauty with such a spiritually and chilled out vibe. It was a very inspiring place for me, somewhere we you could really watch the world go by.

Do not speak- unless it improves on silence..