Last week, Dan and I had the chance to visit Fiji for a wedding we were capturing. We decided to take a few extra days of holidays after the wedding so we could make the most of being somewhere so beautiful! We stayed in 2 places during our week in Fiji, both on the coral coast. The first hotel was the Warwick for the wedding, and the second place was a group of private villas called Maui Palms.

Since it’s winter in Australia at the moment, we were so excited to be somewhere that was always warm. I was mesmerised by the crystal clear water which looked like glass, all the colourful fish swimming in and around the coral when we spent 2 whole days just snorkelling and the vibrant sunsets.

I still love being able to document my travels for YouTube as I love watching back and seeing all the places I visited. This time though, I wanted to try something new and incorporate more teaching into my vlogs, so they are still interesting and educational for you guys to watch! Let me know what you think of this new format :) I have my second and final vlog from Fiji coming this Saturday!

The majority of these photos were edited with my Florence Lightroom Preset as I found the vibrant colours with a film-like look suite the photos from Fiji perfectly. I used a few other presets throughout the blog post too, which I will leave links for in the description in case you’re interested to see what photos were edited with what presets!

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All photos without an extra link were edited with my Florence Lightroom Preset Pack!

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