KRISTA BROCKBERND
MY STORY
FROM DREAM GUEST TO ESCAPE PHOTOGRAPHER
As a hobby photographer at that time, I couldn't resist capturing the villa during our vacation.
When I was back home, I sent the photos along with a review of our stay to Lydia.
She was thrilled by all the images she received!
You captured the vacation home so beautiful and atmospheric but above all really through the eyes of my dream guest, she said.
About eight years ago, our family rented the beautifull stylish boutique villa Marilove in the Dordogne, France, via Lydia Mennes, owner of booking site France Villa.
She noticed immediately that with photos like these on her website she could help her clients get more bookings.
And then, she asked me to come to France to do photo shoots at some ESCAPES she had in her portfolio.
Of course I wanted to do that.
EN ROUTE
A few months later, in September 2015, I booked a flight to the Dordogne in France and drove for
a week in my rental car over country roads, through medieval villages to the most beautiful hideaways to photograph them.
At each accommodation I stayed one night as a guest to experience and to capture the ESCAPE hospitality.
And that’s how I found my dream job!
MY PHOTOGRAPHY STYLE
In the years that followed, I travelled a lot to France to photograph ESCAPES. Not only for France Villa but also for a lot of Dutch and English accommodation owners.
Often it was a gîte, chambre 'd hôte, boutique hotel or château, lovingly restored by it's owners.
Interiors are full of texture, patina and beautiful found old treasures, tonal in colour and with use of natural materials. Spaces are refined, carefully considered and uncluttered.
- Everything i love in a holiday home!
OVER THE PAST FEW YEARS
I HAVE BUILT UP A GREAT PORTFOLIO
Which makes that I am now privileged
to capture beautiful escapes ALL OVER THE WORLD.
