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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

Türkiye in summer is basically just a constant cyc Türkiye in summer is basically just a constant cycle of swimming, iced coffees, boat trips, sunsets, late night dinners, and saying “this is the best thing I’ve ever eaten” 14 times a day 🌺🐈🧿

Me every year: “let’s try somewhere different this summer”
Also me 10 minutes later booking Türkiye again 🇹🇷🤷‍♀️
Tulips out, terraces full, bikes everywhere… Amste Tulips out, terraces full, bikes everywhere… Amsterdam really comes alive when the sun’s out 🌷☀️🇳🇱

A few things I always recommend in spring/summer:

🌷 Visit the tulip fields & Keukenhof if you’re there in season
🚲 Rent a bike and explore the quieter neighbourhoods
☕️ Sit by the canals with coffee and people-watch for hours
🛍 Wander around Jordaan & the Nine Streets for cute cafés and shops
⛴ Take the free ferry across the IJ for a different side of the city
🍟 Try Dutch fries with mayo, stroopwafels, and bitterballen
🌞 Go early morning or weekday evenings if you want the canals a bit quieter
Spring in the Netherlands just hits different 🐣🌷🧺 Spring in the Netherlands just hits different 
🐣🌷🧺🌸⛵️🌿🐰☀️🐝

Tulips everywhere, boats full of people drinking wine at 2pm, bikes coming at you from every direction and Amsterdam suddenly becoming the prettiest place on earth the second the sun comes out 🌞 

Ik woonde vroeger in Nederland en de lente was altijd mijn favoriete tijd van het jaar 🌷 Zodra de zon weer begon te schijnen en de tulpen in bloei stonden, voelde iedereen meteen vrolijker. Echt niets beter dan Amsterdam op een zonnige lentedag 🇳🇱
white walls, hallelujah blue domes, hallelujah vie white walls, hallelujah
blue domes, hallelujah
views that don’t even look real, hallelujah
places that are actually better than the photos, hallelujah

Love you Santorini…one of those rare places that actually looks even better in real life than it does in the photos. Every corner feels like a postcard, every sunset somehow better than the last and that endless Aegean blue you never get tired of. 💙🇬🇷✨

#santorini #greece

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