Susannah Storch Photography: April 2010

Friday, April 30, 2010

Thursday, April 29, 2010

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Some things I found on the beach: a cabbagehead jellyfish (it doesn't sting), coral, and something that made the word anemone pop into my head. When I type the word "anemone" into Google, I do not see anything that looks like a beached brain, so I don't know what it is. I touched it with my flip flop and it's squishy.

April 28, Signs

fishing rules sign for oysters and shrimp

I don't really understand these signs, but that's okay.

April 27, WWII

rob's grandfather shares a WWII scrapbook

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Rob's grandfather served in the Army during WWII. His parents (Rob's great-grandparents) mailed him a box camera while he was serving in Italy. Robert Sr. would take photos, have them developed, and then mail them home to NC. His mother compiled a scrapbook of the photos, letters, and newspaper clippings. Rob and I were lucky enough to view the album--it even has a photo of Joe Louis! It is amazing. Robert Sr. received a Purple Heart for his service during the war, and Rob's great-grandfather received a Purple Heart during WWI (shown in the large display case).

April 26, Dock

After Asheville, we headed to Charlotte to visit Rob's grandparents. They live right on a river or lake (it isn't clear to me) and have awesome water views from many of the rooms in their home. These views are especially comforting for someone that lives in Colorado that used to live closer to large bodies of water.

April 25, Peanuts

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There were so many things to photograph in Asheville. Kathleen's apartment should be featured on the Design Sponge blog. What style! What art! Then there are all the places she took us to: clothing shops, cupcake purveyors, welded sculpture gardens, breweries, old homes, frisbee golf courses in the woods. I was in heaven, and Sunday was a wonderful day. Thanks Kathleen!

April 24, Asheville

This isn't the best photo from a few days ago, but I love it anyway. I love the star and the plants on the balcony and the humid air in Kathleen's hair and the street light on her face. I love Asheville, North Carolina.

Friday, April 23, 2010

April 23, Dogs

Who could resist these three dogs? I had a couple other photos in mind for today, but just look at them. They won. Of course, it would be nice if they were looking at the camera, but getting all three of them to line-up was quite the feat, so I can't really complain.

Thursday, April 22, 2010

April 22, Christmas Cactus

The Christmas Cactus has decided it is time to start blooming now that it is spring.

Wednesday, April 21, 2010

April 21, Shoulder

Stupid shoulders.

Tuesday, April 20, 2010

April 20, Boone

a cocker spaniel resting on a man's shoulder

I am now the proud owner of my dream digital camera, and I had some fun testing it out tonight. It seems to do very well in low light, as promised. And suddenly my 50mm lens is 50 mm! I can fill the frame with more stuff! I can't wait to get out there with it. YES!!!

Monday, April 19, 2010

April 19, Tumbleweed

Tumbleweed makes me giggle. It just seems so stereotypical of the west that it cracks me up when it blows across my path.

April 18, Sunday

Yesterday was quite the day. Rob, Chloe, and I went for a hike off the shores of the Mighty Saint Vrain. Chloe got to be a dog, which always make me smile. Also, I am pretty sure we found evidence of the Yeti.

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Then I had a photoshoot, which turned into a bit of a barbecue, which was pretty lucky since the weather was perfect.

photo of a dog lying under a tree with two people sitting in chairs in the background

a man with backlit hair enjoying a barbecue

a man in a backyard with houses and a water tower

Saturday, April 17, 2010

April 17, Stoop

Rob agreed to pose in this shot with me, taken on our stoop. (For news about another stoop, click here.) I took it REALLY quickly because it was starting to drizzle. Look how Chloe's new collar matches the grass and house.

April 16, Dots

computer screen with a map being edited in Adobe CS4

Dots, dots, dots...I have been making a lot of maps for an event at work next week.

This is a shot of a map being edited on in Adobe Illustrators CS4. CS5 was just released this past week, but it feels like CS4 only came out a year ago. I was all over CS4, but haven't been reading much about CS5 except I seemed to have absorbed that Photoshop now has an HDR filter. I am not sure how I feel about HDR in photographs...I guess like any technique, it can be gimmicky and overdone, but if used correctly, produce amazing results. Still, I don't think it is for me.

To see what I am talking about (Mom), click here. (Romano, I think you may like these.)

Thursday, April 15, 2010

April 15, Tax Day

~~Two for tax day, you decide. One taken on my morning commute, and the other on my evening constitutional. Either way, spring is here.~~

I felt bothered by the the other photo, so just one for the day after Tax Day!

Wednesday, April 14, 2010

April 14, Trail

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A boulder in a meadow at Rabbit Mountain, Lyons

So many photos to choose from today, and this one isn't even my favorite! But it does help explain what's on my mind. Some of my biggest accomplishments since moving to Colorado are hiking Mt. Sanitas, the Royal Arch, parts of the Mesa Trail ALONE. This is because I am very scared of, and yet obsessed with, mountain lions.

Today was an absolutely beautiful day here, with Colorado blue skies and sunshine. When I got home, I just had to grab my best girl and take her for a hike. Which pretty much means Rabbit Mountain. Hiking Rabbit Mountain alone was like a sick lesson in torture--once I got off the front side of the mountain, all I could picture was a cougar's face with its ears pinned back and its big teeth glistening under the sun growling at me. I only had to call three people and send two texts, but I got to the top and back without any maiming or sightings. I am so proud!

I like the idea of nature, but ever since I read an article in the Sierra Club magazine about mountain lions just one month before I moved out here, I've been scarred (and scared). I want my nature with a dose of cell reception and fellow hikers. I wish I had never read that article. The one time that I think I actually saw a mountain lion, I wasn't even afraid, which makes all of this even more silly.

April 13, Toes

I went to the eye doctor's yesterday, and had my eyes dilated for the first time ever. Ha! I was a bit spooked when I couldn't see up close, but she said that's normal. I didn't have my sunglasses with me, so I got a really cool pair of dark X-ray material plastic shades to wear. And then I went running up the canyon. Only in Boulder would someone run after getting their eyes dilated.

Monday, April 12, 2010

April 12, Nose

Rob's had some bad key karma recently. He broke his house key while trying to open the back door a week ago upon our return from Maryland. He lost his car keys on Friday and couldn't drive all weekend. He made a new house key yesterday, but lost that one. He rode his motorcycle to Boulder today since he didn't have his car keys, and he lost his motorcycle key. At least his car keys turned up. And at least I got to spend part of my commute with him, which is a little different.

April 11, Faces

Saturday, April 10, 2010

April 10, White Ranch Park

It's like I live in the west or something: barbed wire fences, brown landscape, bones, horses, cowboy hats, and mountain bikers. I went hiking at White Hall Ranch in Golden today after years of wanting to get out there. It was a nice loop, although the hairy bone made me a little nervous. Was it left over from a mountain lion kill?!

April 9, Sangria

Last night was my first Boulder outdoor patio experience of the season. We went to the Med for tapas and sangria.

Thursday, April 8, 2010

April 8, Toilet and Tree

Both photos were taken on my evening walk. I couldn't decide. I know which one my mom would prefer!

April 7, Succulent

Tuesday, April 6, 2010

April 6, Pizza

April 5, Sister

I hung out with my dad and sister in Ellicott City on Monday before heading to Patapsco Valley State Park for a stroll in the 85 degree weather.

April 4, Navy Ships

Monday, April 5, 2010

April 3, Magnolia Tree

I think these are flowers from a magnolia tree. The weather in Maryland was perfect--80 degrees. Flowers were blooming, and it smelled like spring.

April 2, Lights

I took this on my way to Denver International Airport. Rob and I headed to Maryland to visit my family over the weekend.

Thursday, April 1, 2010

April 1, Tree

It hailed and lightninged (?!) this evening, and afterwards the sun started to peak out as it was setting behind the mountains. The whole street was wrapped in a bright golden light while the sky above was a dark gray. Beautiful! This photo doesn't do it much justice.

March 31, Gloves

photo of softball gloves lined up in the dug out

It is softball season again. Go Guapos! The shots that I took last night were the first batch that I have ever lost due to a corrupt memory card. So I shelled out 30 bucks for some memory card recovery software to get my Guapos photos back. What a fan!