Stairs down to Palisades Beach in Shell Beach, California.

I was a sunny day. Sunny days make for great shadows. Great shadows and sunny days can make for wonderful black and white photographs. 

Love the Light!

Matthew G. Beall Photography   The Stairs down to the Beach   Shell Beach, Calif    2013

I am longing to be back where I was over the Christmas holidays: The California Central Coast. Instead I am in a place where there is snow all around.

Longing for the sand, the sun, the sound of breaking waves, the smell of the sea.

 An ordinary rock in ordinary sand is extra ordinary on a sunny  Pismo Beach, California December morning.

Matthew G. Beall Photography    Longing for Before    2012     Pismo Beach, California

It's been some time since  I posted. I am back after a nice, long vacation to the place I was raised. Naturally, I had all my gear and a preconceived idea for a new series.  

I went back in time, way back. Memories are sweet. Memories connect to the present. This is the result.

 California Central Coast Series -- see the complete series on my Facebook page, and while you are there, please "like"it,

Here's a taste

Matthew G. Beall Photography
Shell Beach Wonder
2012
Shell Beach, California

Matthew G. Beall Photography
Here It Comes
2012
Shell Beach, California

Matthew G. Beall Photography
From the Bluff 2
2012
Shell Beach, California

Looking back a few years brings forward great memories of a trip to Monterey. What is it about boats, harbors, docks and a hazy cloudy sky?

Matthew G. Beall  Monterey  2008 - 2011