Before baby was born: an in-home maternity photoshoot

Step forward into the future. What was life like when it was just the two of you? A couple in love, anticipating the birth of your first child. Did you take a moment to savour that time together? Did you preserve your memories in a time capsule of photography? We only...

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...

Giving Back

Welcome baby Bodhi – Juliana Kinderziekenhuis Den Haag

Welcome baby Bodhi – Juliana Kinderziekenhuis Den Haag

Sweet Bodhi was born at 30 weeks in the Westeinde Ziekenhuis in Den Haag, weighing only 1370g. He was transferred to the LUMC in Leiden before arriving back in Den Haag to the Juliana Ziekenhuis where his Earlybirds photoshoot took place. He was exactly 3 weeks old...

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Welcome baby Mason – Juliana Kinderziekenhuis Den Haag

Welcome baby Mason – Juliana Kinderziekenhuis Den Haag

Nastasja was ill with pregnancy sickness (zwangerschapsziekte) which meant little nutrients were reaching her unborn baby. Very quickly, it became worse overnight. Mason was born the next day at 30 weeks with a birthweight of 1020 grams. He is growing well since then...

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Welcome baby Tymon – Juliana Kinderziekenhuis Den Haag

Welcome baby Tymon – Juliana Kinderziekenhuis Den Haag

Klaudia’s waters broke at 24 weeks. Because there was a chance of premature birth she was transferred from Leiden to Maastricht for their specialised care and given medication to help Tymon’s lungs to develop. Tymon was born a week later at 25 weeks with a birthweight...

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Before baby was born: an in-home maternity photoshoot

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Memories. They’re timeless.

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...

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