{"id":16719,"date":"2014-06-14T03:51:09","date_gmt":"2014-06-14T10:51:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/?p=16719"},"modified":"2014-06-14T03:51:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-14T10:51:09","slug":"perfect-lavender-picture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/perfect-lavender-picture\/","title":{"rendered":"Perfect Lavender Picture"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The master of moods, Paula Schultz (paulasphotoart.smugmug.com),\u00a0returned from Lavender Ranch (lavenderranch.com) in Biggs, Calif.\u00a0and is treating us to a preview of\u00a0her great imagery\u00a0once again. While others strive for strong\u00a0contrast and ultra-rich colors, Schultz does the opposite when needed, reducing\u00a0saturation for\u00a0greater focus on composition and emphasis on lighting, which allows the scene’s subtleties to show more readily.\u00a0Take a look at this\u00a0award-winning photo<\/a> to see her handiwork in action!<\/p>\n

About lavender: There are many\u00a0lavender festivals and events<\/a> in California, thanks to the increasing number of farms growing lavender, which appears to offer many benefits we’re just coming to realize. \u00a0Among the possible uses are: treating anxiety, insomnia, depression, and restlessness, help digestive issues such as vomiting, nausea, intestinal gas, upset stomach, and abdominal swelling, help relieve pain from headaches, sprains, toothaches, and sores. It is also used to prevent hair loss and repel insects. Lavender oil could be effective in combating the incidence of antifungal-resistant infections, as well. Plus, you can cook it in foods, put it in drinks, and wear it on your skin for soothing scents.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The master of moods, Paula Schultz (paulasphotoart.smugmug.com),\u00a0returned from Lavender Ranch (lavenderranch.com) in Biggs, Calif.\u00a0and is treating us to a preview of\u00a0her great imagery\u00a0once again. While others strive for strong\u00a0contrast and ultra-rich colors, Schultz does the opposite when needed, reducing\u00a0saturation for\u00a0greater focus on composition and emphasis on lighting, which allows the scene’s subtleties to show more […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[29],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16719"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16719"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16719\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16719"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16719"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.seecalifornia.com\/traveltips\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16719"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}