
Wishing everyone a very lovely and merry holiday! xoxo, Michele

After flying into Porto and a short car ride later, we arrived in Aveiro. Many of the streets in Aveiro coincide with canals, so the city is often referred to as “The Portuguese Venice”. It was a complete 180 degree change from London. The atmosphere was hot, bright and oh so colorful. One of the...

My current obsession is shooting with natural light. I’m absolutely smitten with the glowy creamy skin tones you get. Everyone looks radiant when the lighting is pretty! Now I always seek out where the best light is FIRST, then what would make for a good background SECOND. But not too long ago I had a hard time recognizing where to find...

A mini photo session before we headed out to downtown Santa Cruz. Every Halloween police close off Pacific Avenue and everyone walks around in costume. After checking out everyone’s ensembles, we ended the evening bowling at the Boardwalk Bowl. Good times, good times My boy as “the dude” from The Big Lebowski… Nikol and...