Retro Palm laid back lens low against the surface

lens low against the surface

The pink wash on the snow is alpenglow — the few minutes after the sun drops below the horizon when only the highest light still reaches the summit

Second Beach

The Mentawai Islands sit off the west coast of Sumatra

He won't tell you where it is — not because it's secret

Retro Palm laid back lens low against the surfaceA single palm against an overcast Santa Monica sky. Almost none of California's palms are native the rows lining the Pacific coast were planted by Los Angeles in the early twentieth century, many in the lead up to the 1932 Olympics. The species on the Santa Monica beachfront is mostly Mexican fan palm. Alex strips the color, leaves the trunk's hatch and the fronds in silhouette.