Vacationing People

I'm going to the lake for a few days with family. It's a much needed break from work and blogging. It's just a long weekend, but hopefully enough to recharge and refocus me :)

I will resume blogging and commenting (I've been bad about that - sorry) no later than Tuesday. I leave you with some more summery, summery tunes. They remind me of the beach, riding bikes and driving your car with the windows rolled down - stereotypical of summer music, right? We normally would be going to the beach, but because of the oil, we decided to go to the lake, where the oil can't even get to even if it tried. These Diana F+ pictures are from back in March in Charleston when my friends and I went to the beach one day when it felt like June outside. And yes, that is me in the hat ;)

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1. Skinny Genes – Eliza Doolittle

2. Rill Rill – Sleigh Bells

3. Vacationing People – Foreign Born

4. Holiday – Vampire Weekend

5. New in Town – Little Boots

6. Heaven’s On Fire - The Radio Dept.

7. Melancholy Astronautic Man – Allie Moss

8. Gonna Get Along Without You Now – She & Him

9. Stay Close - Delorean

10. Don You Want To Share the Guilt? – Kate Nash

Yosemite via Diana F+

Here are some of the pictures I developed of Yosemite that I took with my Diana F+ camera:

^ I took two pictures on the same frame in this photo. First the mountain, then the sky and trees. I love the way the mountain looks like it has a pattern or reflection on it.

^I love the vintage look of Diana photographs. Definitely the best view in the entire park.

^If you look closely in the bottom right you can see me - appearing as though I am floating in air. This picture was taken deep in the woods. The first shot I was looking up at a huge redwood and the second overlaying shot I took of trees, so it appears as if I am ascending in air or something. I had no idea the picture was going to come out like this, so it was fun to see the result.

The Diana Diaries

Recently I have gotten my rolls of film from my Diana F+ camera developed. I must say that I am very pleased with all of them. Film is such a great medium to use because you never know just how it will come out. With the Diana camera, which based on a toy camera from the 70's, you can layer several shots on one frame, like I did with the one above. Taken in San Francisco, I took a picture of the Painted Ladies, didn't roll the film and then took a picture of the Golden Gate Bridge on top of it. Getting these rolls developed makes me feel like a kid on Christmas morning and each shot is so precious because you only get 12 to a roll. I love it - many more to come :)

California Coast

Driving along the coast of California is undoubtedly the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. My pictures do it no justice.

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Also I am thinking of getting a Nikon D3000 Camera- do any of you use one? Love it? Hate it? Is a Canon better?

Yosemite National Park

Here are my pictures from our little 2 day trip to Yosemite National Park in Northern California. The huge mountains, redwoods and waterfalls were so majestic, it took my break away. Tres beautiful! I took some in black in white in honor of Ansel Adams, who took many of his famous photographs there.

Napa Valley

Napa and Sonoma Valley was my favorite part of my NorCal trip. Vineyard after vineyard, the scenery and landscape was absolutely beautiful! It reminded me a lot of Tuscany, which I think that's why I loved it so much. We did some wine tastings at Hop Kiln Winery and a few others. During these tastings I discovered that I really do like red wine much much more than white. Sort of odd for a beginner wine consumer I suppose, but oh well - at least red is better for you :)

Chinatown Surprise!

San Francisco's Chinatown was a gazillion times better than the NYC one because it was more authentic! I loved all the architecture, the lanterns and the shops (although after you go into three of them, they all start to look alike). Everything was so vibrant and colorful - a cheery fix for a rainy day :)