Beach is Better

Happy Thanksgiving folks! Growing up in Detroit I always associated this time of year with crunchy leaves paving the driveway and early morning frost on the wind shield. But I live in LA now, and boy oh boy is fall slacking here. Now LA does have a bit of fall, the leaves do turn in certain places, and its been a little cool for the last few weeks, but the palm trees and mostly 70 degree weather is a curve ball I’ve slowly learned to accept.

I’ve traded in my pumpkin patches and cider mills for the crown jewel of the LA experience: the beach. The beach truly is the saving grace of California and west coast life. I was once a skeptic but in this long long year the beach continues to be the perfect getaway.

A little while back some friends and I randomly went to the beach for a normal Sunday outing. It was one of those beach days where you get there at just the right time, there aren’t throngs of families, it isn’t too dirty, and the sand isn’t molten lava. The day was so nice and regular I almost forgot the photos I took that day. In my down time between prepping my grandma’s dressing recipe and helping my partner with their mac & cheese I thought these photos captured everything great and surreal about the beach.

The camera I was using captures everything in portrait mode by default and has a somewhat wide field of view. This gives all of the images so much room to breathe, and the immense nature of the frame really highlights just how vast the sand and sky are on a nice day at the beach.

Me friends!

Random couple, couldn’t avoid the target on his back.

Am I flexible yet?