I had a visitor in Paris recently, my mother. She stayed for a month and I was faced with the challenge of trying to keep her entertained, which was not an easy task. 

I have a (good or bad) habit of being work focused, I tend to stay in one place and just work on my photography business; and since I'm still a one woman show, that ends up meaning no time off. 

My mothers trip was planned a bit last minute and I already had photo shoots booked, that couldn't be rescheduled, I decided to take some long over due day trips out of Paris. 

I fell in love with taking short trips out of Paris, I felt rejuvenated, and more creative then ever. I hadn't realized how much I needed a break. The next couple of posts will talk about each one of my day trips and what I loved about them. 

But here are a few images from each location. 

What a busy year this has been working on the first annual Grand Prix de la Dècouverte International fine art photography competition. We received some absolutely stunning entries and choosing the winners was no easy task.

But next week starts off with a ton of events and we need your help to make it a success!

We will be show casing the winner at NoFound Photo Fair and need volunteers to watch the booth from November 15th to the 19th in 2hr intervals. The booth hours are from 11am -8pm 

If you volunteer you get free admission into NoFound Photo fair. 

If you would like to help out please email me here 

And don't miss the lecture on November 13th! Some of our jury panel will be leading a discussion and explain why they chose the winners. Valuable insight if you plan on entering next years competition starting in January 2013!

Fine out more about the upcoming events here