I adored Switzerland.

There were chimney’s that looked like houses. Wooden rocking horses in public parks. Heated floors. Crisp air. Raclette : ). Hot red sunsets. Pumpkins on windowsills. Outdoor springs and shooting stars…

The best part was visiting our friend Stephane and hiking with him above Lake Geneva for a picnic in the mountains.

It was also so lovely to stop by this rustic pumpkin stall and feel grateful for seeing new, beautiful things, like this, every day of our trip.

Big smiles, wooden gates, green hills, strings of lights and a whole lot of dancing! This was Corinne & Jamie’s wonderful wedding day at Byron View Farm, NSW.

Beautiful make-up artisté and friend Emma-Louise.

I don’t really want to tell you where this is… I want to keep it a secret!

It was an unexpected little beauty on some awfully rocky, narrow, windy, steep highway through the mountains between Nice and Chamonix. It was somewhere, like Mundaka, that made me regret not bringing my heavy 14-24mm lens.

This was the closest we came to the Italian border. Severe flooding in Genoa, Cinque Terre and surrounding areas just a week before we arrived, prompted us to change our trip and save Italy for next time : (

With an entry via a charming drawbridge, alleyways that missed the sun and vines that were a vibrant red like nothing else I’ve seen before - this was the tiny French town from my dreams.

It felt like it was just us and a maze of footpaths, curved stone walls, wide steps and colourful shutters. Here and there were tiny hints that someone called this historical town home.

O I wish we had stayed one night and dined there!! I know it would have been special.

We drove till the sun kissed the top of the mountains goodnight and the sky was dark enough to black out everything but the stars.

Kareena has designed both my name logo and also my business card logo … isn’t she talented?

Be sure to check out her new website to see her inspiring creations and also some locations, online and in store, to buy her work.

We spent a whole day walking through the fortified city of Carcassone, it’s quiet cobbled streets and stone towers. I had the most hearty three course french meal for lunch {vegetable soup, duck a l’orange and chocolate mousse} at a quaint pink restaurant within the castle walls.

My mouth is watering just thinking about it…

and my eyes want to go back there and photograph some more : ).

“Natalie is an amazing photographer and we could not be more pleased with the photos from our wedding day! Organising a wedding whilst living overseas can be really difficult, however, Nat made the process that much easier for us by being so patient and understanding in the lead up to our wedding. Although we were only able to meet in person just prior to the wedding, we both knew that she would be the perfect person to capture this important day for us, and our expectations have been surpassed in every way. Her photographs of our wedding are even more beautiful than we could have hoped for and we can not thank her enough for agreeing to spend the day with us. We will treasure these pictures forever. ”

- Melissa & Martin
Wedding Location: Bexhill Open Air Cathedral, Northern NSW.

If you are looking for a wedding venue in the Byron Bay hinterland – Byron View would be the perfect spot!

All of these pics are via my instagr.am.

Once we arrived in Andorra we were feeling pretty stir crazy. We had spent four weeks in our van and it had been rainy and cold for days. Nothing was dry, we couldn’t do too much outside, our gas bottle had run out. We were ready for a little pampering. The glamorous Caldea spa resort came to our rescue (even though we had to sleep in our cold van afterwards!). It’s an amazing place. Check out some pics here.

For the next night we booked some random accomodation in Pas de la Casa. As we got closer and closer, the road took us higher and higher and to my delight, at the bottom of these gorgeous white mountains, in a small town with one main street, snow covered roofs, slippery sidewalks and chilly winter air, was our hotel.

I loved photographing the colourful trees and landscapes changing with the seasons as we drove through Andorra. It is a very unique little country and one I hope to visit again.