The personal blog of lifestyle photographer and writer Nathalie Marquez Courtney


January 2016

  • Colour Crush: Pink and Green

    Colour Crush: Pink and Green

    It’s probably total sacrilege to say this when it’s still January: but doesn’t it feel kind of, well, spring-like out there at times? Maybe that’s why I’ve been pinning this wonderfully fresh colour combo. Pastel pink is going to be popping up a lot this spring, thanks to the “warm, embracing” Rose Quartz, one of two colours that Continue reading

  • Mexican Soup with Chicken and Lime

    Mexican Soup with Chicken and Lime

    This soup is perfect for these in-between-y days – it can be warm and comforting, thanks to the spice-infused broth, or fresh and energising, thanks to the zingy topping.  Continue reading

  • How to Get More Girls Coding

    How to Get More Girls Coding

    One of the things I’m becoming more and more fiercely passionate about – and honestly, one of the reasons behind my recent leap  – is my firm belief that the tech industry needs more women. More than ever, more parts of our lives are powered by technology, yet women aren’t equally represented in the companies that create this Continue reading

  • Link Love: Taking Risks

    Link Love: Taking Risks

    “I live just about as much during the day as a trapeze performer does when he is on the bars — it’s catch the right bar at the right minute, or into the net you go” – Willa Cather Keeping on the theme from earlier in the week, I thought I would share some links Continue reading

  • If I lose myself I lose it all

    If I lose myself I lose it all

    Transformation is my word of 2016. There are a lot things I want to learn, places I want to go, new ways I want to grow and I want to be open to the transformation that that will bring. But, of course, I still want to stay myself.  The last few weeks have been a Continue reading