sooch's PhotoBlog

“One Generation Plants the Trees, and Another Gets the Shade”

2013-05-22T23:24:42Z

Tuna Steak with Mango Salsa and Rice

2013-05-22T01:39:30Z

Saturday Car Show 4

2013-05-19T22:40:28Z

Ended up going to the car show later than I had planned, the sun was setting and a lot of people were leaving, but I got some shots I'm happy with in the short time we were up there. It would be great to get one of these interesting old cars by itself with a great background and nice light...hmm yet another project to think about:)

Wonderment

2013-05-11T20:34:03Z

I've been working an ungodly amount of hours the past 2-3 months...I'm really lucky to be able to combine my passion of photography along with hanging out with my family in the little time I have left. I'm hoping to do some more non family portraits in the near future:)

Don't Forget To Stop

2013-05-11T21:17:39Z

1048 Down...952 To Go

2013-05-09T22:20:17Z

Some interesting facts about bees: Bees do not create honey; they are actually improving upon a plant product, nectar. The honey we eat is nectar that bees have repeatedly regurgitated and dehydrated. The average American consumes a little over one pound of honey a year. In the course of her lifetime, a worker bee will produce 1/12th of a teaspoon of honey. To make one pound of honey, workers in a hive fly 55,000 miles and tap two million flowers. In a single collecting trip, a worker will visit between 50 and 100 flowers, and up 2000 flowers in a day. She will return to the hive carrying over half her weight in pollen and nectar. A productive hive can make and store up to two pounds of honey a day. Thirty-five pounds of honey provides enough energy for a small colony to survive the winter. Theoretically, the energy in one ounce of honey would provide one bee with enough energy to fly around the world. Although Utah enjoys the title "The Beehive State," the top honey-producing states include California, Florida, and South Dakota. In 1998, the United States made over 89,000 metric tons of honey. China, the world's top honey-producer, created more than 140,000 metric tons of honey in 1997. While foraging for nectar and pollen, bees inadvertently transfer pollen from the male to the female components of flowers. Each year, bees pollinate 95 crops worth an estimated $10 billion in the U.S. alone. All told, insect pollinators contribute to one-third of the world's diet. Most researchers believe the honeybee originated in Africa. The first European colonists introduced Apis mellifera, the common honeybee, to the Americas. Native Americans referred to the bees as "White Man's Fly." Today honeybees can be found all over the world.

Stillness of the Night

2013-05-09T02:57:23Z

Spiral Into Obscurity

2013-05-04T01:59:12Z

It's A Small World...

2013-05-02T02:42:04Z

I already don't have enough time on my hands...I have PLENTY of images to edit, and what do I spend my few free hours doing? Making pseudo tilt shift style miniature images with photoshop. These are very messy in terms of a perfect miniature scene but the basic effect is present. Each one of these has not been altered besides having the blur applied and a bit of extra color saturation. To get the best effect you should be above or elevated higher than your subject. I realized how few images I have taken with this perspective. It is quite interesting how a perceived shallow depth of field tricks the mind into seeing a convincing miniature scene.

Happy Birthday Sophie!

2013-04-28T05:06:06Z

Happy Birthday to my little girl who I love dearly. Can't believe its been three years already!