These days sharing inspirational pictures and quotes in Facebook is almost a must, you can't really hide from it. And since all of us need some inspiration I thought I'll share some of my favorites.
My absolute favorite quote is also tattooed on my arm and it is a line from Alter Bridge song Ties That Bind. It is simply: " The risk is worth the gain." I believe I have shared this one before but to open this shortly it means to me over-coming a fear whether it has something to do with people, things or with doing something. It means to me also that risk of getting to know me is worth the gain, I am worth the gain.
One quote I also like very much and find true in my life is quite famous sentence by equally famous photographer Henri Cartier-Bresson. "Camera is my memory" -quote pretty much says it all about my love for photography. I can go back to a certain memory or a feeling just by looking the photos I've taken. And it's not a memory to just me, they are memories to my friends as well.
Inspirational pictures are harder to define. I'm a very visual person and I love pictures, I love observing my surroundings, people around me, I love colors, I love black, I love white. One of my favorite pieces is street art by Eddie Colla (not Banksy as often thought) which combines text with picture.
I also admire pretty much all b&w photos taken by Ross Halfin. Chase Jarvis has absolutely awesome photos as well. And Matthias Hombauer. But if I absolutely MUST pick one picture, at this moment I'd take one of my own photos, it's one I took in London. You can check it here.
Music is of course always inspirational. I have some songs that inspire me every time I hear them. Since there are more than one I'll give you my top 5 list:
Tommy Lee - Good Times
Danko Jones - Code of the Road
Alter Bridge - All Ends Well
Preacher Stone - Come On In (Absolutely love the bass line in this one!!)
Sandi Thom - I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker
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2015-05-08
Less is more.. or is it? (London, Part 2)
On Sunday I visited the Buckingham Palace, Millennium Bridge and St Paul' Cathedral. Buckingham Palace seemed nice since it is located next to a couple of parks but oh-the-amount-of-tourists around the palace.. I moved on quite quickly. A quick look on the Houses of Parliament and THE clock. From there I headed to St Paul's Cathedral. It would have been nice to attend to a mass but it was over an hour to the next one so I just drank some coffee in Cafe in the Crypt below the cathedral. There I met an older lady who was talking to her lady friend that she's going to celebrate her daughter's birthday on the following day. I mentioned I have also birthday the same day and ended up hearing a whole history about her children. Since Millennium Bridge was close to the cathedral I took a look at it and few photos as well.
My main goal on Sunday was to see the lego exhibition The Art of the Brick at Old Truman Brewery. So I took a bus to Liverpool Street and walked from there. Luckily so because I found the most interesting area around Old Spitalfield Market and Brick Lane. The area seemed to be filled with my kind of people and things to my liking. Hand-made, unique and vintage clothes and shoes everywhere. And live music to my liking. I stumbled along the Brick Lane and saw this musician named Warren Cahill play his guitar on the street. Go check his Youtube videos and Facebook page.
I also saw the exhibition and I'd like to send thank yous to the young man at the entry checking those tickets. After the exhibition I walked on and ended up to Absolute Vintage and bought myself a pair of shoes.
Monday was my birthday and my feet were killing me. If I had walked in three days over 30 kilometers Monday was the day when I didn't move far from the hotel. I visited The Brunswick and bought some clothes and accessories to myself. I sat in the park and headed back to hotel to read the book I bought from Skoob Books, Ten stories about smoking. Packed my bags and sorted out how and when I need to get to the airport next morning. In the early evening I went around the corner, ate some Spanish meat board at The Queens Head and then back to hotel.
If you wish to see all of the pictures from my trip you will find them from my site here.
My main goal on Sunday was to see the lego exhibition The Art of the Brick at Old Truman Brewery. So I took a bus to Liverpool Street and walked from there. Luckily so because I found the most interesting area around Old Spitalfield Market and Brick Lane. The area seemed to be filled with my kind of people and things to my liking. Hand-made, unique and vintage clothes and shoes everywhere. And live music to my liking. I stumbled along the Brick Lane and saw this musician named Warren Cahill play his guitar on the street. Go check his Youtube videos and Facebook page.
I also saw the exhibition and I'd like to send thank yous to the young man at the entry checking those tickets. After the exhibition I walked on and ended up to Absolute Vintage and bought myself a pair of shoes.
Monday was my birthday and my feet were killing me. If I had walked in three days over 30 kilometers Monday was the day when I didn't move far from the hotel. I visited The Brunswick and bought some clothes and accessories to myself. I sat in the park and headed back to hotel to read the book I bought from Skoob Books, Ten stories about smoking. Packed my bags and sorted out how and when I need to get to the airport next morning. In the early evening I went around the corner, ate some Spanish meat board at The Queens Head and then back to hotel.
If you wish to see all of the pictures from my trip you will find them from my site here.
2015-05-06
Less is more.. or is it? (London, Part 1)
Sooo... My visit to London is already behind. And I think I'm definitely going to visit there again. Vacation away from home was relaxing in every possible way since I didn't have any other schedules during the trip than my tattoo appointment and getting in time to the airport when heading home.
I wandered around in the city basically just looking what's behind the next corner and where to can I point my camera lens next. The weather was perfect. On Friday and Saturday it looked a bit gloomy and there was a hint of rain but rest of the time it was sunny.
The hotel was great. Not sure it was worth the three stars but it was clean and practical. The Tune Hotel in King's Cross was just what I needed, a place to sleep and store my stuff while hanging around the city. There is no real hotel breakfast or anything like that but it didn't matter since there's a Costa coffee across the road and plenty of stores nearby. The location was great, almost all buses (and underground) went by King's Cross and St Pancras station. The price was a bit more than I hoped but then again I had a twin bed in the room and the hotel was quiet and peaceful. I arrived on Thursday evening and just bought some snacks and spent the rest of the evening in the room, planning the next day.
On Friday it was tattoo time. The Family Business Tattoo was just around the corner, 15 minute walk from the hotel. I was early since the tattoo shop opened at 12 o'clock so I walked around the neighborhood and had a coffee or two. The shop was very busy from the moment I arrived but they were polite and the atmosphere was relaxed. My artist Francisco took his time but did the tattoo faster than expected. And I absolutely love it! The price again was a bit more than I hoped but being such a famous and popular place I suppose they've earned every penny. At least Francisco did.
Rest of the day after tattooing I spent walking around and visiting British Museum. Unfortunately I had really bad shoes on me, so the rest of the trip was a bit unpleasant with my feet hurting so bad. British Museum was enormous. I think I spent 1,5 hours there and could've easily spent more.
On Saturday I headed to Hyde Park, Portobello Road market and London Zoo. Of these I enjoyed the most of Hyde Park and London Zoo. Portobello Road market wasn't really my cup of tea. All I bought from there was an umbrella which I then didn't even need and something to bring to a friend of mine. From London Zoo I bought postcards which haven't arrived yet although I sent them about week and a half ago.. :( In London Zoo I took quite a lot pictures. Especially penguins were adorable. Lions were unfortunately on holiday since their area was under construction. London Zoo looked otherwise very nice and well kept but I did feel a bit compassion to the gorillas. I just don't get it that if there are signs all over the place and a zoo keeper there to tell to people to be quiet why on earth can't people keep their mouths shut. The female gorilla was third month pregnant and the male gorilla seemed to be protecting her (or just simply annoyed by the noise of those stupid people) and ran several times to the glass wall. Later on the male went out and seemed a bit calmer but then again there wasn't such noise as inside.
Since this text is getting extremely long I'll finish here and tell you about the rest of the trip on part 2.
I wandered around in the city basically just looking what's behind the next corner and where to can I point my camera lens next. The weather was perfect. On Friday and Saturday it looked a bit gloomy and there was a hint of rain but rest of the time it was sunny.
The hotel was great. Not sure it was worth the three stars but it was clean and practical. The Tune Hotel in King's Cross was just what I needed, a place to sleep and store my stuff while hanging around the city. There is no real hotel breakfast or anything like that but it didn't matter since there's a Costa coffee across the road and plenty of stores nearby. The location was great, almost all buses (and underground) went by King's Cross and St Pancras station. The price was a bit more than I hoped but then again I had a twin bed in the room and the hotel was quiet and peaceful. I arrived on Thursday evening and just bought some snacks and spent the rest of the evening in the room, planning the next day.On Friday it was tattoo time. The Family Business Tattoo was just around the corner, 15 minute walk from the hotel. I was early since the tattoo shop opened at 12 o'clock so I walked around the neighborhood and had a coffee or two. The shop was very busy from the moment I arrived but they were polite and the atmosphere was relaxed. My artist Francisco took his time but did the tattoo faster than expected. And I absolutely love it! The price again was a bit more than I hoped but being such a famous and popular place I suppose they've earned every penny. At least Francisco did.Rest of the day after tattooing I spent walking around and visiting British Museum. Unfortunately I had really bad shoes on me, so the rest of the trip was a bit unpleasant with my feet hurting so bad. British Museum was enormous. I think I spent 1,5 hours there and could've easily spent more.
Since this text is getting extremely long I'll finish here and tell you about the rest of the trip on part 2.
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