My inspiration

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