The personal blog of lifestyle photographer and writer Nathalie Marquez Courtney


February 2016

  • Moodboard: Youth & Young Manhood

    Moodboard: Youth & Young Manhood

    Can’t stop checking out this brilliant Pinterest board from my friend Eleanor.  The fuzzier the shot, the more it tugs at the heart-strings; it’s like the messy carelessness of the pictures are a metaphor for that time in your life – a time of fun yet angsty summers, listening to the same albums on repeat for hours, fumbling kisses, Continue reading

  • Sweet Desk Accessories

    Sweet Desk Accessories

    It’s usually around September that my stationery fetish goes into overdrive. I don’t know if it’s the new job, working from home more, or just how feckin’ cute these finds are, but I’m feeling a bit of a desk update.  Above: I love wearing lots of rings, but instantly want to shed them all once Continue reading

  • My Favourite New Way to Chill: Colouring Books

    My Favourite New Way to Chill: Colouring Books

    Colouring books for adults (distinctly different from adult colouring books, just so we’re clear), have become hugely popular in the last year or two – check out how many of the best-selling books on Amazon right now are colouring books for grown-ups. For Christmas, Ben gifted me Lost Ocean, a beautiful “inky adventure” hand-drawn by Scottish illustrator Johanna Brasford, Continue reading