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Lemon and Raspberry is a website/blog that will be updated regularly (daily, possibly) on a variety of topics that fall under the umbrella of arts, crafts, inspiration and photography.

I have a lot of fun things planned – included DIY projects, photography lessons, online chats, blogging resources and maybe even an etsy site with some handmade creations.

I’d love if you joined me over there every day and your feedback is most welcome….

ALSO :

In honor of the new site, today I am launching a FREE ebook on better photography.

This 29 page pdf features 3 really easy ways to make your images even better.

All the steps are completely do-able with any camera you have – do NOT think you need to buy a fancy dSLR to make better images.

Each of the 3 steps includes

• the how and why
• possible drawbacks
• unexpected advantages
• examples from my photography and others
• extra credit projects

This ebook is completely free. No need to shell out a couple bucks or join a mailing list. Just download it to your computer and start playing!

Please click on the image below to visit Lemon and Raspberry ….

I have a new website launching and I can’t wait to share it with all of you.

I’m talking inspiration, I’m talking crafts and DIY, I’m talking paint and projects and fabric and photography.

Maybe even an Etsy shop!

I hope you’ll all join me Monday, when I’ll reveal more!

I love love love Disneyland. I grew up in Southern California, and there was a stretch of time growing up when I was at the park at least once a year.

Andrew and I even went to Disneyland for our honeymoon – although, we were living in AZ at the time, so it was more of a trip than it would be now. AND I was in Grad school at the time and couldn’t take a lot of days off….

ALSO – Disneyland is the place where I learned how to use a camera properly …

I’m the kind of person who learns by doing, so one visit a few years ago, I visited the park just with Andrew for the day …. I put my camera on the ‘manual’ setting and just forced myself to learn how to do it.

Perfect situation, really, since it was low-pressure, but still an all day opportunity with tons of different lighting to experiment with (like inside the Haunted Mansion).

Best thing I ever did.

Ever since then, I’ve shot 100% manual (OK, so I use Auto-Focus) and I couldn’t love it more.

Also ever since then, I’ve accumulated a collection of photos from Disneyland that are more than your typical snapshots.

And I LOVE them.

I could decorate a child’s bedroom with some of these … Disney decor? What do you think?

Below is just a small handful from my most recent visit in September 2009.

But between Disneyland and California Adventure, there are so many opportunities to really see the magic and see the details and capture the design/art that are so inherent in these parks.

Sound crazy?

Take a look on your next visit …. challenge yourself to take a couple photos that aren’t snapshots .. you’ll see so much more!

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I love taking the photos, I love editing and improving the photos, I love pouring over the photos later.

But I don’t really take the time and money to print/hang photos. Most of that is because Andrew used to be a custom framer and probably wouldn’t let me buy a frame off the shelf …

Nevertheless, walking into a room that has all my images framed and hung is a very surreal experience. The first time it happened was probably one of the coolest things …

I LOVE the aesthetic quality of all of these images in the same style. Nice that they’re mine, but the fact that they are all consistent is just so lovely to me …

Take a look … let me know what you think.

And please (PLEASE) … if you have any of my images displayed in your home, take a pic and send it to me. I’d love to see what you’ve done …

I love living in LA and having so many cultural options all the time. If I could afford it, I’d go to the Getty every week. Yes, I know that admission is free, but parking was raised to $10 and that adds up. This was my 3rd trip in 10 months … but Andrew and I are going to try to go more often … I already went to their website and wrote down the dates of future exhibits/etc to look forward to.

Last Sunday, we took my friend Angela and her fiancee Devo (whose wedding I will be shooting in Italy!) … they had never been to the Getty and I think they really enjoyed it. …

But first, we went to lunch at Andrew’s favorite hole-in-the-wall Mexican restaurant – Mi Casa.

Then to the Getty around 1p … we only had a few hours there before the museum closed …

Ang and Devo took a look around while Andrew and I went to the lecture I was so excited about.

Carleton Watkins and the Element of Time
By Weston Naef

As far as I remember, Mr. Naef (on the left in the image below) is the curator of the photography dept of the Getty. Until later this week when he is retiring. Sunday was his last lecture for the Getty. That may be why the auditorium was soo so full. Probably a lot of donors there. They were all older than me and Andrew for sure …

Anyway – the lecture:
Between getting there, lecture-proper and q&a session it was about 2 hours. 2 hours of academia which I SO miss. 2 hours of someone talking to me about the thought, themes, intent, composition, etc of landscape images (which I admittedly didn’t really ‘get’ until now). May sound boring to all of you but I LOVED it. I immediately went home to check out dates for future Getty lectures (free!)…

I learned a lot .. .got a ton of ideas … took notes. It was a really great experience … I can’t stress enough how valuable that $10 we spent on parking was.

After we left, we went to one of my favorite places … Menchie’s!

Great Sunday …

… and saw scuba divers!

So so fun. I love all there is to take pics of in LA.

Scuba divers on a Sunday morning in Malibu, walking down the beach in all their gear.

We shot at several locations around their home, then went back to hang out a little bit as we waited for sunset.

All the sunset pics are at their house.

Yes, that ginormous (non-working) fountain is in their yard.