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...

Family

a beautiful family portrait session in The Hague

a beautiful family portrait session in The Hague

Remember my peek-a-boo post last week? Here's the official sneak peek for a wonderful family that I met in the centre of The Hague on the day of the World Cup Final (this explains the orange nail varnish ;-)) These two little girls were absolutely A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E. and...

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peek-a-boo

peek-a-boo

I absolutely LOVED working with this particular family, their two little girls were A.D.O.R.A.B.L.E.!!! I'm almost finished proofing their gallery but couldn't resist sharing this one image as a quick teaser... The real sneak peek is coming next week so stay tuned!...

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family fun on Father’s Day

family fun on Father’s Day

I've had so many photo sessions lately that I'm a little behind on blogging sneak peeks (in fact some may actually become post-peeks!) so watch out for several coming your way... Just a few short weeks ago, on Father's Day, I travelled to Ouderkerk aan de Amstel (a...

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Yes. It really has been 15 years!

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I'm celebrating 15 years in business today!! Thank you to all the families who have trusted me over the years. Every photoshoot is very special to me. I photograph with a lot of love and care. A little piece of my heart is amongst all the photos displayed on your...

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