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Hi, I’m Jen

I’m a traveller and online content creator from England. Although I’m English I have actually lived more outside of England than in it. I grew up in a town near Amsterdam in The Netherlands where I attended International Schools so I’ve always been very influenced by other cultures and languages around me. Being in a class with students from over 30 different countries has that effect on you. Another big influence for me growing up was my amazing grandfather who traveled around the world, from Antarctica to Australia he was always off on an adventure or sailing his yacht to faraway lands. I used to sit on his knee and listen to his travel stories with my mouth open in amazement & he definitely sparked my love for all things travel from a very young age.

After travelling to Turkey for a Summer job in 2007, I met my now husband and moved to a seaside resort on the Aegean coast of Turkey. In 2011 I bought an iPhone 3GS, downloaded an app called Instagram and documented my travels around Turkey, editing & uploading them to Instagram.

These days pretty much everyone sells their presets on Instagram, but we were the very first people to do that in the form of an editing app. My Husband is an app developer so in 2012 he created Deluxe FX app for editing your travel photos on the go. We turned Instagram into a full time job then and started to work with hotels, brands and tourism boards around the world to showcase amazing destinations and countries.

a few of my favourite things

FavoUrite COUNTRY

Colombia, Jordan, Seychelles

FAVOURITE CITIES

London, Amsterdam, Istanbul

TRAVEL MUST-HAVE

Airtag, headphones, book

FAVOURITE MOVIE

Grease

My guilty pleasure

Prawn cocktails crisps

Favorite ColoUr

Pink, yellow & blue

On repeat

Mariah Carey, always.

Currently Binging

Ted Lasso

My most asked Questions…

WHERE ARE YOU FROM?

I’m English! I was born in Essex, grew up in The Netherlands, moved to Turkey and now home is back in the beautiful countryside of West Sussex on the South Coast of England.

WHAT CAMERA DO YOU USE?

A Sony a74 and a Sony a7c for all of my photos and some of my videos. I also my iPhone 15 pro for 99% of my video content as thats the one I always have with me!

WHAT DO YOU EDIT YOUR PHOTOS WITH?

I use Lightroom and my own ‘izkiz’ app which is available on the Apple App Store. It has filters and overlays perfect for all your travel photos.

WHAT DOES IZKIZ MEAN?

When I started instagram in 2011 I wanted a short, catchy name. It’s random but ‘iz’ comes from the first 2 letters of the city in Turkey that I was living in & ‘Kiz’ meaning girl in Turkish.

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ON INSTAGRAM

@IZKIZ

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Set inside one of London’s beautiful Victorian railway buildings and right next to Paddington Station you couldn’t ask for a better base for exploring the city. Hyde Park, Little Venice, Notting Hill and Kensington Gardens are all nearby, with the rest of London just a tube ride away.

A couple of days exploring, slow breakfasts and a very comfy room to come back to. The perfect little London staycation. 🤍

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A little maze of colourful streets, sun-soaked piazzas, tiny boutiques and cafés tucked into every corner. Days spent wandering with no real plan, stopping for marinara pizza, lemon granita and an Aperol or two, before somehow always ending up back by the water.

Amalfi in the summer is busy, a little chaotic and ridiculously beautiful… exactly as Italy should be. ♥️

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We spent the weekend tucked away in one of their gorgeous Hideaway Huts on the Farncombe Estate and honestly, I could have happily stayed there for a week.

Our hut had its own private garden, firepit and hot tub, so naturally most evenings ended with a glass of something fizzy, watching the sun set from the bubbles with nothing but countryside around us. 🥂

We spent our days taking long walks around the estate, wandering down to the lake, reading in the sunshine and popping into nearby Broadway for a little mooch around its honey-coloured streets and pretty shops.

Food was a big part of the weekend too. We had such a lovely dinner at Hook, @thefishhotel’s restaurant, followed by slow mornings over cappuccinos and a Full Fish English breakfast. And with sheep and their little lambs grazing in the gardens beside us, even dinner came with some very cute company. 🐑

Back at our hut, we made s’mores over the firepit before climbing into the hot tub and watching the last of the light disappear over the estate.

Just a couple of days of good food, fresh country air, long walks and nowhere we needed to be.

The loveliest little weekend in the Cotswolds. 

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