French Kiss Studios is a resource for Photographers, Designers, Illustrators and Scrapbookers. We create Fine Art Textures, Templates, Photoshop Brushes and other photography and Photoshop tools. 

Leslie Nicole is the founder and creative director of French Kiss Studios. An American photographer and designer, she now lives in the Loire Valley, France with her French husband, 2 Weimaraners and 2 cats. She has a degree in Fine Arts from the School of Architecture and Allied Arts at the University of Oregon.

Living more than 20 years in the San Francisco Bay Area, she worked professionally in photographic services, photography, hand-coloring, digital imaging, and design. She has been a guest instructor at the Academy of Art in S.F. and an assistant instructor for the Ansel Adams Photography Workshops in Yosemite, California. She was also one of the founders and first "Fearless Leaders" of the SF Bay Area InDesign User's Group.

Today, she combines her professional experience in photography and design in French Kiss Studios creations. Like a magpie, she passionately collects visual sources, either by photographing the old stone walls of French Châteaux or scanning the treasures found from  frequent visits to les Marchés aux Puces (Flea markets.) 

Leslie Nicole at a French Flea Market combing for visual treasures.