Travel | besa photography

June 18, 2014

Paris in the Spring | Travel Photography

In May, I had the chance to take my dream trip to France where I spent an entire week exploring Paris and then spent a few days exploring the countryside in the beautiful Cote d’Or region of Burgundy (photos from my time in Burgundy will coming up soon). Walking the entire city, my Mom and I got to see so many beautiful places and taste so much delicious food. My obsession with all things French started as a very young girl (elementary school) and all I have ever wanted to do since then is to be in Paris. The city certainly did not disappoint.

Paris is the stuff of daydreams really and I love reliving that dream as I look through the photos from the trip.

I highly recommend getting up really early at least one morning and enjoying the quiet streets and parks of the city. Plus, the beautiful morning light makes everything look even more picturesque.

A last-minute decision to visit the Galeries Lafayette allowed me to have one of my favorite experiences from the whole trip. Unbeknownst to me, the Henri Cartier-Bresson exposition was on exhibit there. It was amazing and I highly recommend it!

Pont des Arts in the gorgeous morning sunlight.

Taverne Henry IV was a wonderful restaurant on Ile Saint-Louis by Pont Neuf. And the proprietor was one of the kindest people we met on our whole trip.

We totally did the touristy thing and took a cruise of the Seine River at night. It was wonderful and allowed us to see the city in a whole different way.

We spent an entire afternoon just relaxing in the Luxembourg Gardens. I could have spent all day there.

One of my favorite images is this one below of a map of Paris affixed to a bus stop near the Musee d’Orsay.

Notre Dame at night really allowed for the beautiful architecture to shine.

My mom and I standing at Point Zero near Notre Dame (image on the right). Pyramid near the Louvre Museum in the early morning sunlight.

Witnessed some early morning fashion bloggers out taking photos.

Loved the Montmartre area of Paris.

Since Fabuleux Destin d’Amelie is one of my favorite movies ever, I had to visit Au Marche de la Butte. :)

Cappuccinos and tarte de pommes at Le Cepage.

Lovely afternoon spent walking along the Canal St. Martin.

A day trip to the Chateau de Versailles. The gardens were my favorite part.

Our amazing AirBnB apartment in the 6th.

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Make sure to check back for Part II where I share photos from our time in the Bourgogne.

***Photos from my time in Paris are mainly digital photos with a handful of them being taken on an iPhone. Additionally, some of the photos were taken using Fuji 400H film or Kodak Portra 400 film with a Canon EOS-3 camera.

April 12, 2014

Best of 2013

So over the last few weeks, as my 2014 season starts getting busier, I have been thinking about last year and all of the wonderful people I have had a chance to meet and/or continue to build friendships with while continuing on this adventure of mine. Regretting not having done a “best of 2013” post at the beginning of the year, I decided to just go ahead and do one now…only 4 months late. But better late than never, I suppose. :) It is really nice to be able to look back on the last year and see all of the wonderful things I have been lucky to be part of. Some of my favorites below.

Thank you to the amazing people that let me photograph them and their special days and life moments in 2013. And thank you to some awesome photographers who l was fortunate enough to get to work with and learn from: Julie, Victoria, Rebecca, Lauren, and Annette.

Here is to a wonderful 2013 and to new and exciting adventures in 2014!

Weddings, Engagements and In-Love sessions (included are weddings I photographed, weddings where I second-shot, as well as styled sessions):

Lifestyle Family, Lifestyle Maternity, and Lifesyle Newborn sessions:

Portraits:

Events:

Travels:

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May 17, 2013

Brazil

I recently had the exciting opportunity to travel to Brazil and spend three amazing April weeks there. Most of my time was spent in the city of Vitória in the state of Espirito Santo (Vitória is a coastal town and the capital of the state) but I also got to spend a lovely weekend in the city of Venda Nova do Immigrante too (a coffee lovers’ paradise and the home of the annual polenta festival). Not only did my trip provide me with the chance to grow professionally but it also provided me with the chance to meet some truly kind and generous people who I am so proud to call my friends, to see some awe-inspiring sights and to taste some incredibly delicious food. It is hard to put into words exactly what those three weeks have meant to me so I hope that I can express my feelings through the photos I took. Oh, how quickly these photos transport me back…