Napa Valley Bee Company

And while your at it...

Check this out:

A little pixelated, but not bad for starters...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5qrIafNZRfg

 

A still photo from just before the movie was made.

For lack of time...

Short on time, but wanting to post something new...

Here are a few recent pinhole images I have been making at my various apiaries around Napa. Don't know about you other beeks out there, but this spring has been amazing for keeping bees. The continual rainfall has made for busting colonies throughout the valley -- one day last week I had 13 swarm calls! Between that and keeping on top of my own colonies I'm at capacity, but always find time to make new pictures.

A 30 second thumbnail sketch of the pinhole camera:

 

A pinhole camera is a very simple camera with no lens and a single very small aperture. Simply explained, it is a light-proof box with a single pin sized hole in one side. Light from a scene passes through this single point and projects an inverted image on the opposite side of the box. The human eye in bright light acts like a pinhole camera.

A pinhole camera's shutter is usually manually operated because of the lengthy exposure times,  mine were extended because I was using photographic paper not film. The shutter consists of a flap of some light-proof material to cover and uncover the pinhole. Typical exposures range from 5 seconds to hours and sometimes days. Most my exposure times ranged from 45 seconds to a minute in length.

HERE ARE A FEW OF MINE:

 

Three hives - Indian Creek Apiary, St. Helena CA.

 

Two and three quarter hives - Indian Creek Apiary, St. Helena CA.

 

Mark Griffin showing off his Phacelia at The Napa Valley Reserve.

Me and my splitty at the Indian Creek Apiary, St. Helena CA.

 

Two hives at an undisclosed location in the city limits of Napa.

 

The same two hives at the undisclosed location, where I spend A LOT of my time... in the city limits of Napa.

PINHOLE PORTRAITS OF MY THREE SMOKERS