Under bridge

A few random shots from the other days photoshoot location in Colton California underneath a bridge.

Old blue abandoned in Calimesa

Travel yet again some time back(Jan 2014) when I took these images I was only going to one location I had seen via google maps but when the backroads calls your name theres plenty to see.

I pulled up to this destination,gates wide open parked in front which, I normally do not do for obvious reasons and went on in

and there it was old blue,I wasnt sure what to think of it at 1st as I walked up,looked almost like it could be in use still,but upon further inspection it was abandoned.

Funny thing before I took this shot is I heard noises coming from the room,probably birds so I stuck my camera in and took the shot expecting to see some ghostly figure or zombie or squatter,but nothing.The mind really races with crazy thoughts when by yourself exploring places

On to the next location I went,the roads in Calimesa are wonderful to drive on.

Popular abandoned

Some time last year I took a trip out to Whitewater,California on family business it is also the time in which I was going crazy with Vsco presets.

On the 60 freeway going though the badlands of California

into the desert 

I stopped at this rest stop after looking on google maps, I realized how photographed this home is,I have a few zoomed in shots too but really hadnt the time to hop the fence and get a look inside.

Terminal Island Japanese Memorial

In San Pedro there is a memorial that is abit outta the way from everything else,the only reason to be in the area is if you work there or doing abit of urbex site seeing (wink wink).I met up with explorer Bryan of Sobaire photography,after walking around for abit we came upon the memorial by chance.

Some of the boats looked abandoned

Furusato the lost Japanese Village a history of what terminal island looked like and why this memorial stands.(link to website at bottom of post)

Erected in 2002 by artist Henery Alvarez 

Black Current off our shore

Fishes so plentiful

yet,hardships parents endured

we remember

and honor forever

our village no more

The detail is wonderful on the bronze statues 

Up until ww2 the island was in full operation many worked and lived on the island,in Febuary 27th 1942 the military took many of the people away to internment camps places like "Manzanar" which is now a museum off highway 395 and still on my list of places to see,they have a museum and other points of interest.Once everyone was gone the land was bulldozed and nothing remained except fisheries of which some people returned to after being release after january 2nd 1945.

the culture and history of Furusato was lost until the terminal islanders club was established in 1971

Seeing this small memorial I didnt think much I new I should photograph it,after looking up the history of the island and how it relates to Manzanar this small memorial makes my future trip that more exciting to see.

Please have a look at this website below
http://www.terminalisland.org/Archive/default.htm

Salton sea Bombay beach abandoned

So today I was going through backup disc and found my Salton sea trip images I thought I had deleted by accident,so within the next few post will be those images shot mid 2013.

Taken with the nikon d5100 and Rokinon 8mm fisheye lens on a tripod and remote shutter

                                  wildlife

The crunchy sands,not sands but bones of the salton sea,lots of fish bone line the sea for a crunchy walk

Sadly with the drought California is in,a friend at tawnidoll photography recently photographed Bombay and to my surprise you can almost walk up to the post the birds are sitting on

More from bombay beach to follow more abandoned more forgotten.

Watts tower

I finally made to watts tower been on my bucket list for sometime tho I went on spur of the moment to find they were closed open only fri-sun different times.Tho there was plenty to photograph and still a wonderful site to behold.

Bobs big boy

Up the street from where I live I tend to pass this autoshop who has this big boy with a tire and always want to get a shot,well I finally did yesterday on my way to visit Hermosa gardens to see (US marshal)Morgan Earps resting place,those images to come later in a future post.

Nikon d5100 sigma 18-250 f8 1/250sec ISO100 @250mm processed via lightroom/Alien skin exposure/vsco

Weathered Piano

Piano I found exploring an old town in the desert in Yucca valley

F6.7 1/180sec ISO100 sigma 18-250 at 52mm shot RAW and edited in Lightroom then to Silver efex back to lightroom for final adjustments.

Fairmount Park

Fairmount park Riverside,Ca is a favorite place of mine.

5shot Hdr all taken at f8 ISO100 1/60 1/125 1/250 1/500 1/1000 tripod used edited and batched in Photomatix Pro,then imported to lightroom for final adjustments added Vsco for final effect.