Before baby was born: an in-home maternity photoshoot

Are you pregnant? Is a baby growing in your belly? Pause a while, take a deep breath, inhale this moment and capture it in your mind. What is life like right now? What do you feel right now? In this moment. What would you like to remember? Step forward into a future...

Memories. They’re timeless.

Time is not something we can buy. Time is a gift. The passing of time is most noticeable in nature's cycles and seasons and children growing up. There is always enough time. Spend it wisely. Photograph the everyday as well as the important moments. One day you'll look...

Life is amazing

Life is amazing. And then it's awful. And then it's amazing again. And in between the amazing and awful it's ordinary and mundane and routine. Breathe in the amazing, hold on through the awful, and relax and exhale during the ordinary. That's just living...

To be comforted by photographs

I believe our photographs belong in the real world; on walls, in frames and in albums. We want to see them and have them easily accessible. Every day. I'm curious about the generations who follow me. What will they want? I have boxes of old sepia and black and white...

Baby

adorable baby boy, 9 days new

adorable baby boy, 9 days new

Welcome to the world, sweet little man :) It was a joy to meet you! Isn't he just so ADORABLE?! Seriously cute. My heart has doubled in size. Again. *happy sigh* I just love spending time with gorgeous brand new babies, that wonderful newborn smell, soft skin and...

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pure joy

pure joy

Baby Fabijan slept so soundly, whilst stealing my heart at the same time... no doubt, yours too! Just 4 days new, with beautifully soft baby skin, sweet little lips and wispy blonde hair... ...he's pure perfection. Welcome to the world sweet little Fabijan :) With...

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new beginnings…

new beginnings…

Hi and welcome to my brand new blog and website :) If you found me via Tigs Creations, please join me here as a new adventure unfolds... Here on my blog, I'll be posting birth announcements, birth photography slideshows, sneak previews of maternity and newborn...

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