About Followsoots

Hi, I’m Lisa, and I believe the world is more beautiful than we often realize. My travels have taken me to incredibly beautiful places that people dream of, but I have also found astounding beauty in a field full of bluebonnets in Texas. This perspective has been shaped by my travels and experiences, which I hope will inspire you, too. This About Followsoots will give you more insight into how Followsoots.com came to be.

That’s not a tagline. It’s something I’ve personally learned and want to share with you after visiting more than 50 countries across five continents.

This image features a professional head shot of Lisa Soots, the creator behind FollowSoots.com

I’ve photographed so many pretty places such as autumn forests, sun-drenched coastlines, and quiet European canals at dawn before the rest of the world woke up.

And every single time, in every country, every season, every ordinary and extraordinary moment, beauty found me. Not because I was looking in the right places. But because I learned to look at everything.

That’s what I want for you too. That’s what FollowSoots is for-building a community where we celebrate beauty and storytelling together.

A Camera, a Little Girl, and a Love Story That Never Ended

My relationship with Photography didn’t begin in a far-flung destination or with a fancy camera and a dream of becoming a travel photographer.
It began with my daughter.

My youngest was terrified of department store photography studios. Instead of forcing her, I picked up a camera to genuinely capture her, which taught me the importance of authentic moments.

That first attempt to photograph a little girl who didn’t want her picture taken taught me something I’ve never forgotten: the best photographs happen when your subject forgets the camera is there.

I’ve been chasing that kind of photograph ever since.

My Professional Background

My Radio and Television degree helped me develop composition and visual storytelling skills. Luckily for me, I was able to translate it beautifully into my real estate career. I started photographing properties and creating video tours because most agents at the time had no idea how to create them.

Of course, this became my first side hustle. Creating property photography and video tours for agents who understood that beautiful images sell homes and were willing to pay someone who knew how to make them.

But it was the traveling that changed everything.

Long before FollowSoots existed, before I called myself a travel photographer, a blogger, or a lifestyle creator, my family and I were exploring together. Road trips and international adventures and all the beautiful in-between moments that happen when you pack up the people you love most and go somewhere new. My camera came everywhere. It always had.

By the time I launched FollowSoots and began traveling extensively with my husband across five continents, the Photography was already second nature. The camera was already an extension of how I experience places.

That’s the photographer behind these images.

Not someone who just picked up a camera to become a travel photographer, but someone who has always seen the world through a lens and shares authentic, heartfelt stories that inspire you to find beauty in your own life.

How a Travel Blog Became Something So Much Bigger

Travel Enthusiast to Travel Blogger and Photographerr - Lisa Soots of followsoots.com

FollowSoots didn’t begin with a fully formed mission statement, a content strategy, and a clear vision of what it would become. It began the way most things worth doing arrive, gradually, then all at once.

It started as a travel blog. A place to share the destinations I was visiting, the photographs I was taking, the stories that were accumulating faster than I could tell them. I had spent years exploring the world with a camera and a genuine, unshakeable sense of wonder at how beautiful everything was.

I wanted to share that. Simply and honestly and with as much of the actual feeling intact as words and photographs could carry.


But somewhere along the way, in the writing, the photographing, and the connecting with readers who were finding their way to FollowSoots from all over the world, something interesting happened.

I realized that what I was really doing was never just about travel.
It was about beauty. And the many different forms it takes in a life fully lived.

What You’ll Find on Followsoots.com

Pretty Places

Beauty in the places we go, such as the cobblestone streets and clifftop sunsets and medieval market squares that make you stop and think, oh, the world is extraordinary. That’s Pretty Places.

Pretty Words

The beauty in the words we carry, the quotes and affirmations and mood-lifting sentences that find us exactly when we need them and remind us that life, even on the hard days, is genuinely worth showing up for. That’s Pretty Words.

Pretty Aesthetics

And of course, beauty in the everyday spaces we inhabit, like the phone screen you glance at a hundred times a day, the desktop that greets you every morning, the digital corners of your life that deserve to feel as intentional and lovely as the rest of it. That’s Pretty Aesthetics.

Pretty Home Decor

Last but not least, beauty on the walls of the homes we live in: travel photography and nature prints that bring the places I’ve loved into the spaces you inhabit every single day. A little window into Venice. A piece of Gulf Coast golden hour. An autumn forest captured in the exact light that made me catch my breath. That’s Pretty Home Wall Decor.

Four pillars. One belief.

That beauty is not a luxury reserved for travel, special occasions, and perfect Instagram moments. It’s something you can find, create, and live with every single day, in the places you go, the words you save, the art on your walls.

FollowSoots exists to help you do exactly that.

It has grown from a travel blog into something I honestly couldn’t have imagined when I wrote the first post: a community of women who love beautiful things and believe, as I do, that seeking out beauty is not a frivolous pursuit. It’s a way of moving through the world with your eyes genuinely open.

I’m so glad you found your way here.
This place was built for you.

— Lisa

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Why I Share What I Share

I believe beauty changes the way we experience life.

Travel expands our perspective.

Words shape our mindset.

Imagery influences our environment.

When you intentionally surround yourself with beautiful inspiration, you start living differently. More aware, more grateful, and more open to possibilities.

I came to Photography because of my family through a little girl who didn’t want her picture taken in a department store studio, and a mother who picked up a camera and fell completely in love with what she found on the other side of the lens.

I taught people for years how to find their creative side, see beauty in the world around them, and make something meaningful of it. FollowSoots is an extension of that work in a different form. The students have changed, and the classroom has no walls, but the intention is exactly the same.

To help you see what I see.

To show you that beauty is everywhere; in the extraordinary places and the perfectly ordinary ones; and that a life spent noticing it, seeking it out, and surrounding yourself with it is a life genuinely, deeply well lived.

That’s what gets me out of bed every morning.
That and a Diet Mountain DEW!😊

My Style & Approach

Don’t worry, you won’t find overwhelming travel itineraries or long-winded guides here.

Instead, I focus on:

  • Visual storytelling
  • Photo tours and aesthetic inspiration
  • Practical but simple travel ideas
  • Easy-to-save quotes and captions
  • Downloadable aesthetic wallpapers

My goal is to create content that feels uplifting, visually beautiful, and easy to consume, but still meaningful.

A Few More Things About Me

Fun Facts List:

📷 Photography has been part of my life longer than almost anything else

✈️ 50+ countries across five continents and the list keeps growing.

🎓 Radio and Television major who has always thought in visual stories.

👩‍👧 Girl mom first, everything else second.

🌍 Believes beauty is everywhere, and that seeking it out is absolutely worth your time!

If you’ve made it this far, well hello. I’m genuinely glad you’re here. And I have a feeling we’re going to get along beautifully.

Ready to Find Your Pretty?

FollowSoots is built for women who notice the light. Like to fill their world with pretty inspiration. And love to save the beautiful things. Women who believe even on the hard days, that the world is worth paying attention to. If that’s you, here’s the perfect places to start:

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Final Thoughts on About Followsoots

When you start intentionally surrounding yourself with Pretty Places, Pretty Words, and Aesthetic Imagery, something subtle but powerful happens. You begin to notice more. Appreciate more. Dream a little bigger.

FollowSoots is here to help you travel with curiosity, but to think with intention, and create spaces — both digital and physical — that feel inspiring and meaningful.

If that sounds like the kind of energy you want in your life, I’d love for you to stay connected.

Join the FollowSoots community for exclusive wallpaper drops, uplifting inspiration, and beautiful travel ideas delivered straight to your inbox. And if something here speaks to you, explore a post, download a freebie, or leave a comment and tell me what inspires you most.

Let’s surround ourselves with beauty — and live beautifully because of it. 💕

Of course, I would love to know which area you are going to dive into first! Pretty Places, Pretty Words, or the Aesthetic Imagery? Share a comment below!

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