Recent Work
Recent work: A Round up
Much as I love print, it can be tough not being able to share what I'm working on on the blog. It's particularly hard right now, as so much of what I'm doing is for Christmas editions (I know, sorry). It's been
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An Urban Wellness Retreat at The Marker
A few snaps from last Saturday's Urban Wellness Retreat at The Marker with the inspiring Liz Costigan from Positive Fitness. The day started with clean treats and green juices at the rooftop bar, followed by a lovely talk from Liz about health and wellness; she goes beyond just
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When the bells ring out in the dusk
A friend recently gifted Ben a copy of Belle and Sebastian's The Life Pursuit on vinyl. With it, he included this lovely hand-written note, featuring a line from the song Another Sunny Day: For those Sunday evenings when the bells ring out in the dusk. Isn't
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Happy Birthday Ben
— Thich Nhat Hanh I'll never forget our first big holiday, road-tripping around California. I couldn't believe that someone wanted to stop and take as many pictures as I did, or was as giddy about finding another incredible taco joint as I was. As we roamed the
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See the Colours of Another Sky
Isn't that one of the nicest things about traveling? Being able to take in another sky, seeing how differently the sun sets. We got back from our French Riviera shoot last Monday, but the week kind of got away from me. I'm working on the piece
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A bientôt!
And we're off (again!). Ben and I are headed to the beautiful Côte d’Azur to work on a story for an upcoming issue of CARA. I've been dreaming up shots for weeks now, but one of the things I'm most excited about is
Music
Love Songs for Robots
Just started listening to the new album from Patrick Watson, the band fronted by the Canadian singer-songwriter of the same name. It was the album title, Love Songs for Robots, that first caught my eye when it popped up on an Apple music playlist but the music has me totally
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The Timeless Charm of Ballymaloe
It stands still in time. It had been a couple of years since I had last visited Ballymaloe (see here and here), and its charm was completely unchanged. Click through for a few pics from last week's trip. Although there had been updates and clever improvements, there was
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Sloth Life
Spotted a version of this on my friend El's Insta feed and it brought a smile. I'm headed to beautiful Ballymaloe for a few days of eating, chilling, snapping, napping and as little screen time as possible (although that place is so Instagram-friendly, I know it
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4 Great Places for Stylish Phone Cases
I recently upgraded to an iPhone 6 Plus, so had to refresh my line up of cases and have been trying and testing quite a few. Click through for some of my faves! For Design: Casetify Casetify started out as a place to create custom cases using your own Instagram
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Feeling Like Gold
Just a little post about something I've been super excited about for the last few weeks – the new gold-tastic issue of Image Interiors & Living. Click through for some behind-the-scenes pics! We decided to go for a dark and moody cover, offset with a poppin' gold foil
Travel
Cambridge
We got caught in the rain. A lot. But in between the showers, Ben and I strolled the pretty streets of Cambridge, managed to find some tacos and had ourselves a lovely afternoon. I though it was apt to post these pics after the rainy Sunday we just had -