A Room with a View

A Room with a View Chic Lightroom Presets & Brushes

A Room with a View    This story starts somewhere far…far away from this gorgeous hotel room in Paris. This story actually starts at a train station, high up in the Swiss mountains. You must be wondering how this hotel room and the train station are related. Well…let me tell you a little tale about how we […]

Place Vendome, Paris

Place Vendome, Paris Chic Lightroom Presets

  Place Vendome, Paris    You’ll have to forgive me, I seem to be having a bit of a Grace Kelly moment in these photos taken at Place Vendome in Paris, France. There’s something about Paris that makes me smile a bit brighter, and sometimes that translates into a full out sashay in front of the […]

Afternoon in Amsterdam

Afternoon in Amsterdam

   It’s 9:00 am on a cool summer morning in Amsterdam. We wake up in our rented flat, which is located in the attic of an old historic canal house. We take our time getting ready and marvel at the low beams and 18th-century Dutch architecture above us. At about half past twelve, we grab our cameras […]

Free Lightroom Preset Painted Venice

Free Lightroom Preset Painted Venice

   Hey chic photographers! Your weekly free Lightroom preset is ready for you to download! This one is called: Painted Venice. When we were in Europe last month, I was obsessed with the idea of bringing home a painting from Italy. I love rummaging through dusty old antique stores and I was determined to bring home […]

Swinging London

Swinging London

   If you’re anything like me (a vintage photo junkie) then you are familiar with the iconic photography that came out of London in the 1960’s. And if you’re lucky enough, you may have even lived through the 60’s. Either way…those cheeky black and white stills, filled with big sunglasses and go-go boots had an undeniable impact […]

Free Lightroom Preset – Zoom Zoom!

Free Lightroom Preset - Zoom Zoom!

  I found this white Vespa one day while exploring the streets of Rome. We just finished the most delicious Italian lunch (Spaghetti bolognese & Pinot Grigio) and we happen to take a few wrong turns on our way back to the hotel. The further we walked, the less I recognized. We were lost…which is very […]

I Dream of Rome

  It’s a warm summer morning and life feels rather surreal as we walk down the cobblestone alleyways that lead us to our destination. Our path is laid with Roman balconies and empty outdoor restaurants. The city is sleepy…which is something that we have in common, but the early start is worth it as we approach the […]

Chic Notes: Pink Peonies in Paris

Chic Notes: Pink Peonies in Paris

“In pursuit of pink unicorns…”    One of the goals that I set out for myself in Europe was to capture as many flower shops as humanly possible. Since it was June, I had my eye on one flower in particular. In my eyes, the peony is the unicorn of all flowers. At the beginning […]

Free Lightroom Preset – My London

Free Lightroom Preset - My London

   This is a shot of one of the many colorful doors that I found in the Notting Hill neighbourhood of London this summer. It was 3:30 pm on a Thursday and we were running around the residential streets trying to capture as many doors as possible before the next wave of rain. That’s the […]

Pastel Paris

Pastel Paris Chic Lightroom Presets & Brushes

   I’ve been dreaming about this moment for years…Pastel balloons in front of the Eiffel Tower was always #1 on my photography bucket list! When we started planning our trip across Europe this summer, I realized that this was the perfect opportunity to make this life long dream of mine a reality. It was 6:30 am on […]