A year of my California Vision project

Exactly one year ago, at this moment I was in California doing my "California Vision project". 

After too many years of procrastination, I finally decided to visit California with my good friend Megan. As a Mexican, I’ve always tried to explore faraway places and very different cultures, and California used to be a very well known cliché for me.

We headed north for 2000km in a rental car. We saw many beaches, and I surfed a lot of them, including the famous Trestles. We ate the good Mexican just like home, we attended the premiere of the surf movie Compassing in Encinitas, and we ate tacos at Cyrus Sutton’s party. I ate the best burger of my life in Ocean Beach, and I learned the one hundred options on how to get a coffee in America.

And despite all the madness, the massive cars, and the overdose of patriotism, California still preserves that romantic, laid back air from its golden years. You just have to know how to search for it behind the big McDonald’s billboard. That’s what I wanted to capture in this project all in B&W. I hope you felt that romantic moment too exploring the pictures.

You can see the whole gallery at the dedicated tumblr I made for the project here: http://californiavision.tumblr.com/ or at my Facebook fan page: https://www.facebook.com/fromwhereyoudratherbe

Choppers couple. Highway 101

A perfect picture. Santa Barbara 

Fireman. Oceanbeach, San Diego

The legendary golden gate and its eternal fog. San Francisco 

Jim Moriarty. Surfrider HQ, San Clemente

Palm trees party. Coronado

Skaters. Venice Beach

Sunset surfer. Oceanbeach, San Diego

View Alcatraz. San Franciso

Woman reading. Carmel by the Sea

Shooting "La Bella Vita" in Hossegor

I spent one fabulous week in Hossegor, France working in some photo shoots for a client and friend. She has a wellness business for young and traveling people with a surf vibe too.

We stayed in TFR Hossegor surf house , owned by a very sweet italian. All his team and his clients are italian, which resulted in eating a lot of pasta everyday, great expressos in the mornings and tons of happy people around.

This are some of the pics I took, and soon will show you the ones I did for my client. Hope you like them!

Surfing pic of the day: Maderas surfing gallery to commemorate the International Surfing Day

Today is the International Surfing Day in all over the world. To commemorate such a beautiful day, I gathered a few surfing memories of my stay this winter in Nicaragua.

Surfing is sharing!

Surfing is a deep connection within ourselves, and a state of pure romance with mother nature. This is how I see it. This is what surfing taught me and I want to share this blessing with you all.

Let's celebrate surfing today and everyday being aware of the beauty that surround us, in and out of the water.

This is my most romantic surfing shots in Nicaragua. I hope your heart melt, like mine did during three months down there.. enjoy your weekend!

Felipe Avendaño, impressing the ladies in a sunset session

Felipe, black & white

Surftripping with friends is always a bless

Great light, great surfer

Norwin, local surfer

One cloudy day, surfers and a dreamy beach

Murray, the surfer dog!

Green gems

Local surfer, snapping a glassy wave 

This wave is just very "right"

Local and a vanilla sunset session

Surfing's better with buddies :)