Pick up a food
magazine, or do a search on the internet, and chances are good some reference
to raw local honey and its health benefits will appear. Researchers traced
human use of honey back 8,000 years, and it played an important role in
traditional medicines. It lives on in the natural medicine world, and slowly
makes its way into modern medicine based on scientific research.
When I began
experiencing seasonal allergies ten years ago, several people recommended I
start taking a spoonful of raw, local honey daily throughout the year. Several
claimed that their allergies completely disappeared with this regime. I began
taking it occasionally, then regularly, and now try to get a spoonful daily. Anecdotally, I
notice a lessening of my symptoms, but still require over the counter
medication to get me comfortably through the 6 – 8 weeks of oak pollen. Karl,
whose symptoms tend to be much less than mine, finds it really helps him.
Recently I wrote an
article for a newsletter on some of our raw, local honey. Since we set up the
studio for the shot of the honey to accompany the article, Karl and I continued
to try different shots for our own use. Karl worked the camera, I did the food
styling. After a number of compositions, we settled on this one. The two small
bears full of honey, the larger bear more than half full (it had been ¼ full
and didn’t produce the look we wanted at that level), and a honey pot I picked
up in my travels.
We had fun since we
haven’t done much still life studio work. Food photography is one of those areas
of photography that is getting to the top of the To Do List.
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