Pismo Beach, in black and white

Last week my best friend and I took a walk on the beach with the intent of getting some great landscape photos for my mom to hang in her new office.... sadly the marine layer was extremely thick, and due to an operator error on my camera a lot of the photos I took were seriously blurry (lessons learned people, if the image is blurry AND your lens is clean, your camera MAY possibly in the wrong setting for the scene).  Out of the 30+ I took that night, these were the best.

I feel like the black and white made the details pop so much better than the color images.  In color they looked dreary and sad because the lighting was depressing, but in black and white they look so much more alive.

Castle in the Clouds

A couple of months ago I won a complimentary pass for two to go to Hearst Castle in San Simeon, it's about a 90 minute drive north from where I live, and while it's really close, I haven't been up there in more than 2 decades.  I've driven past multiple times, but never actually stopped.

The tour was much shorter than I remembered, and I somehow managed to pick the one rainy day of the year to visit, but I have to say it was just as magical and awe inspiring as my childhood memories.

Here are a few photos from the trip, maybe they'll inspire you to take a visit as well.

Central Coast Thursday Night

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Can't get enough of the California coast? Check out my flickr set here. There are pics that range from San Luis Obispo County to Orange County.  I need to find my way north to get some of the rest of the California coastline.

 



 

 



 

Hazard Canyon with Mom

I feel like I'm cheating a little bit when I post these photo blogs, but sometimes the images can share so much more than words alone. I hope you enjoy the photos as much I enjoyed taking them while spending the day with my mom.