Nash Point, Ogmore by sea - will be perfect

A shot that I have been back many times for should be created tomorrow, really perfect conditions, stormy skies, sunrise an hour after high tide makes the shot - all I hope for is a glimpse of the sun just to make everything have the contrast I want... Excited now can't wait for my alarm 4:30am!!!

http://500px.com/Naturalscene

Stunning landscape photographer Dan Ballard

"Dan Ballard is an internationally known travel and landscape photographer from Colorado. His award-winning images take you on a visual journey to some of the world’s most beautiful and far-reaching corners. His travel experiences have led him to over 40 countries on five continents around the globe, including South America, the Middle East, Africa and Asia." Taken from Photography Blog

Have to agree with the photography blog truly stunning landscape from Dan...

Vesuvio Gallery Feature My "China Beach Storm" image

Vesuvio Gallery have featured one of my images on their "Artwork for your home" page of their new website, I hope you will go and check it out and also agree with me it looks awesome that size in the office, great... Thanks Vesuvio. Also Featured in the image are artists Kerry Roper and Neale Howells.

Buy Fine Art Boxed Print of San Francisco China Beach Storm

New Purephoto portfolio opened

Just uploaded my Natural Scene Floating and Waiting portfolio onto PurePhoto - this area will be where my limited edition framed pieces will be on sale in the near future.

Another great website for inspiration and to make connections with fellow landscape photographers worldwide.

Working on floating and waiting study

This weekend I have been out working on my floating and waiting project for Natural Scene and Vesuvio Gallery. Clouds weren't quite moving in the right direction which left the summit of Pen Y Fan covered out of view, which was disappointing however waiting at the bottom of a mountain for two hours in silence is not a bad way to spend my time!!!

Great source for inspiration

I just wanted to share with everyone a great source of inspiration for fellow landscape photographers:-

500px.com

Often after viewing the latest editions on there I can't wait to be out photographing again. Some of my images can be viewed on 500px and also gift boxed prints on Vesuvio Gallery.

Truly stunning landscape photographer

http://www.juliancalverley.com/folio/landscapes/06/lightbox.htm

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...

New portfolio of images onto 500px

I have just added a Natural Scene portfolio onto a great photography showcase website "500px". The home of many awesome photographers... Please go to http://naturalscene.500px.com/ to check it out...

Travelling for the sunset, Nash Point, St Donats

Last night I was travelling to photograph the sunset, at Nash Point, St Donats. I had a particular shot in mind that I wanted to get I had checked the weather report and was expecting dramatic clouds. Getting closer to Nash Point I realised I was going to miss the sunset, I was disappointed so instead pulled off the main road and drove onto the Llantwit Major beach and watched the sunset without the clouds I was expecting. Even though I wasn't at the location I had set out for the view was amazing and made me find find a different location that will be perfect for a sunrise shot. The beauty of nature is it's always different and it excites me when I find a new place / viewpoint to capture beauty from.

Seascapes and Storms

The last five days I have been working on my seascape project on the Devon and Welsh coastlines. Dodging waves, wet feet, seized tripod legs and a wet camera, all part of being in the great outdoors!!! Dartmouth and Slapton are well worth the visit. I hope to get some rough edits on here soon.

Seascape image on Vesuvio Gallery

Edward Weston

”Anything that excites me for any reason, I will photograph; not searching for unusual subject matter, but making the commonplace unusual”.


- Edward Weston

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...

Utah to Salt Lake City

THIS IMAGE WAS UPLOADED TO THE VESUVIO GALLERY WEBSITE EARLIER THIS MONTH, IT WAS ONLY ON DOING MY FINAL EDITS TO THE IMAGE I REMEMBERED THE STORY BEHIND IT...

DRIVING FROM LAS VEGAS, UP TO UTAH AND THEN ONTO SALT LAKE CITY WE WERE HALTED BY BAD WEATHER, FROZEN WINDSCREEN WIPERS ON OUR WINDSCREEN AND HEAVY SNOW MADE US STOP. BUT WHAT A PLACE TO STOP...

THIS IMAGE CAN BE PURCHASED AS A FINE ART BOXED PRINT ON VESUVIO GALLERY

Brooklyn Bridge New York - USA - Craig Howarth

Brooklyn Bridge NYC - Craig Howarth - Vesuvio Gallery

The Brooklyn Bridge, built between 1869 and 1883, connects Manhattan with New York's most populous borough, Brooklyn, at the time one of the country's largest cities. The bridge is one of the most magnificent landmarks in New York.

The first person to jump off the bridge was on May 19, 1885. His motivations for doing so included the desire to demonstrate that people did not die simply from falling through the air, thus encouraging people to be willing to jump from a burning building into a net.

I wanted to take this photograph late at night so that there wasn't many people around on the footpath, this was a 30 second exposure at 12:45am, I took many different images as there was a wind, which worried me as I thought it would create movement on my tripod. The result as a fine art print and canvas is just stunning... More "New York / American Cities" can be view at:- Vesuvio Gallery

Adam Barker, amazing landscape photographer

Adam Barker Profile from HIP VISUAL ARTS on Vimeo.

What an inspirational video, great images on - Adam Baker

Pen y Fan, Brecon - South Wales

Pen y Fan, in the Brecon Beacons is the local stomping ground for myself, getting quite excited to shoot some images up there over the next few days. As looking at the weather report for next five days, rain next two and then sunny which makes for excellent quality in the light to get out and shoot.

Early morning sunrise Im thinking...  If you want to see more of my landscape projects they can be viewed at my personal site Natural Scene.

Do not pursue the past.
Do not lose yourself in the future.
The past no longer is.
The future has not yet come.

A Big Thanks to the Lostprophets

Just a quick message to say thanks to the Lostprophets for attending the Vesuvio Gallery launch on Monday, great to have you there guys.

Ian Watkins and Jamie Oliver pictured.

Lostprophets Jamie Oliver's work can be seen on Vesuvio Gallery.

Vesuvio Gallery Launch went very well

On August 15th 2011 Vesuvio Gallery had their launch party in Cardiff. Some of my work was showcased there, it was an excellent evening with great feedback and bags of positivity all the hard work over the last 6 months paid off for sure. All 10 artists work can be seen on - Vesuvio Gallery.com. Lots of interior designers, architects, bar owners and restaurant owners were present all equally impressed with the artwork that was on show, looking forward to plenty of Vesuvio Gallery Commissions in the future... Congrats...

Just can't wait for the actual physical gallery to open later this year, where there will be a new artist showing their work every 6 weeks, exciting times for Fine Art Photography and Paintings in Cardiff with a new type of Gallery...

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..

California State Route 167

Travelling to Lake Tahoe from Mammoth Lakes was a wonderful experience, taking too many stops to take photos was the major concern as we didn't want to arrive in Lake Tahoe too late!

The views of Mono Lake were breathtaking even the road was amazing with us being able to see at least 15 miles in a straight line... The Dodge Charger wasn't enjoying the lack of oxygen but neither were we, there is something strange about driving and working feeling tipsy from the altitude, we were at just over 8,000 feet...

My Cali-Journey project is coming together nicely with hopefully another trip planned for next year, you will be able to new images on Vesuvio soon.

Vesuvio Gallery - Jamie Oliver from the lostprophets

Exciting day in the gallery today Jamie Oliver popped into to sign some exclusive artwork, as the band he's in lostprophets were playing in the city... Very interesting prints. Some of Jamies photography artwork can be seen on Vesuvio Gallery

Bodie Ghost Town

On the way to Lake Tahoe, we made a diversion to see the amazing Bodie Ghost Town however it was closed due to road erosion... How disappointed was I this afternoon. It wasn't all a waste of a journey though as the road towards Bodie was equally unique.

Californian Timber - Kramer Junction

Californian Timber was also taken at Kramer Junction on our journey to find Bodie Ghost Town... I have edited this image to keep enough details in the shadow and then make all the highlights and colour as bright as possible so that the yellow and blues jump out from the rest of the image.



THIS CALIFORNIAN TRUCK LOOKS LIKE IT WAS LEFT HERE WITH ITS LOAD AND HAS BEEN LEFT UNTOUCHED FOR QUITE SOME TIME, ARE PEOPLE STILL AWAITING THE DELIVERY OR HAVE THEY FORGOTTEN ABOUT THE TIMBER.

Kramer junction - California - 395 Highway

Kramer Junction 2010, an amazing find. We were travelling up to Mammoth Lakes, CA, when we made an impromptu error in our directions and came across this grave yard for gas pumps and military vehicles. We ended up spending quite sometime shooting this location, which made us a late for a couple of other destinations but I hope you agree with me that it was worth it.

This is one of the images that hasn't made it into my main selection for my Kramer Junction exhibition, i still love the image though I might use it in Historical Vehicle project that I will be working on in the future.

Full Kramer Junction gallery can be viewed on Vesuvio Gallery