“I guess it goes to show that you just never know where life will take you. You search for answers. You wonder what it all means. You stumble, and you soar. And, if you’re lucky, you make it to Paris for a while.” Amy Thomas, ‘Paris, My Sweet: A Year in the City of Light’   For Alexa Santiago, a young teenage girl from Miami in Florida, it was her “quinceañera” dream. She wanted more than anything to capture her “quinceañera” – the day a girl turns 15 years of age – with a glamorous, A list-style photo shoot in Paris, France: “The City of Lights.” For a young Latina girl, her “qui ..read more

5 reasons why choose an actual trip to Paris over a Paris quinceañera theme party If you’re planning a Paris quinceañera theme party, read this before you start: Cost: Parties are expensive. Consider a trip to Paris itself could cost the same or even less than a Paris theme party and you’ll be getting the real deal. Decor, food, alcohol, music, venue, dress, make up (for the quinceañera, mother, sisters, etc.), photography (in which case you probably will be getting nighttime pictures with artificial light which is not ideal), and all the time and effort put into organizing a party. Just ..read more

Boudoir photoshoot in Paris with the Ballerina When my dear friend Christ Nemes from Zen Films called me to tell me he was about to create an amazing film featuring The Ballerina, Brittany Cavaco, I couldn’t hold back from my excitement. A team of crazy souls were going to be under the same roof (my Parisian boudoir studio) for a week creating art with Paris as a canvas, ready to let all the ideas flow. I was in for the adventure! The brilliant make-up artist Onorina Jomir joined the project and voilà, an amazing boudoir photoshoot took place at the same time the film was being produced. Sa ..read more

Paris proposal photographer – Jeff and Katrina experience with Gloria Villa I’m so exited to share Jeff and Katrina’s photos in Paris with you! As their Paris proposal photographer, it was an absolute delight to capture such an especial moment for them, and for me. They’re definitely my dream clients: kind, affectionate and madly in love. We had so much fun together. They’re from Torrance, California (Los Angeles), they met at work. They used to work at Jamba Juice (a smoothie chain) together.They worked together a few times a week, and were good friends at the time, but Kat had a boyfrie ..read more

Catalina’s Boudoir Photography Boudoir Photography is getting more popular by the minute. More and more women out there are deciding to go on this adventure that seems intimidating at the beginning but also full of excitement and beauty. Being a boudoir photographer has opened a path of discovery, self-esteem and has made me rethink the female body like never before. It has allowed me to have deep conversations with many women about they fears, insecurities, but also about their processes of self-acceptance, overcoming obstacles (like desease and trauma) and finding their inner strength ..read more

If you’re planning to propose in Paris but it seems a little overwhelming and you don’t know where to start, you’ve just come to the right place. This guide will show you how to pop THE QUESTION and the best locations to do it. As a wedding and engagement photographer in Paris, I’ve photographed hundreds of couples from all over the world, so I thought… Why don’t I just give some guidance to those out there who want to have the most perfect Paris proposal and create romantic memories that last forever? If you’re coming from abroad, I know the whole process can be intimidating, but don’t ..read more

My own boudoir photography in Paris Ok, I’m going to be completely honest here. I never thought about having my own boudoir photography experience until I became a boudoir photographer myself. I didn’t even know it was a thing. As I dived into the photography world and I started to know all this different genres of this fabulous form of art I discovered boudoir photography and that was it. It was an epiphany for me and suddenly everything made a lot of sense. This revelation made sense after 2 different beliefs I’ve had all my life combined in what boudoir photography is for me. Boud ..read more

  Quinceañera in Paris Imagine being a quinceañera in Paris, walking for the first time through the little narrow streets of the most beautiful, refined and charming city in the world. You’re there! Ready to take the world by storm, full of excitement, emotions and life. That’s how a quinceañera should feel when she’s celebrating such and important transitional moment in life, that’s how she should remember it. You as a parent always want the best for your children, you want to give them all you didn’t have for yourself and to have nothing but the best because th ..read more

Paris Boudoir A Paris boudoir shooting is the ultimate experience for you take home precious memories and cherish them forever. Either this is for you or for that someone special, being in Paris is the perfect opportunity to make it in style. This is the city of seduction, elegance and sensuality, and it’s the perfect backdrop for you to look and feel fabulous. Parisians have always been leaders when we talk about female liberation, and there’s no better place to be carried away by your passion in the most glamorous way. Hold on! Maybe you’re like… What? What are you talking about? Perh ..read more

Being a Paris family photographer means turning obstacles into opportunites It was raining in Paris and Holly was worried about the family photo shoot we had planed that morning. She had contacted me few months before to document her family in the city of lights. It was a very special family trip to Paris and they wanted to mix their  Paris family shoot with some senior photos of her son and some pictures of her beautiful ballerina daughter. Luckily the periods of rain in Paris are often, very short and normally it’s very mild rain anyway, so we always manage to shoot ..read more