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...
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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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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...
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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...
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Motherhood. A celebration.

Motherhood. A celebration.

Feb 11, 2014

Growing a baby; it's extraordinary, and so beautiful. The rain kept us indoors on one of the greyist days in winter, and yet there was so much beauty to be seen. Here's a few favourites from a wonderful maternity session at 33 weeks of pregnancy. Pregnancy is...

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Impressions from January 2014 : a personal project

Impressions from January 2014 : a personal project

Feb 8, 2014

Waaaaaaaah! January went by in a flash and it's already time for another round of Impressions! ‘Impressions‘ is a creative project by an eclectic group of female photographers from around the globe. We aim to share the inspiration behind what we do through our monthly...

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a special birth story and a family’s first moments at home

a special birth story and a family’s first moments at home

Jan 20, 2014

Take a moment for yourself, make a cup of tea and have some tissues nearby. Let me invite you to watch a beautiful birth story unfold and marvel in those precious first moments at home where a big sister gets to meet her newborn baby brother for the first time. This...

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Impressions from December 2013 : a personal project

Impressions from December 2013 : a personal project

Jan 8, 2014

Happy New Year to you! I hope you and your loved ones enjoyed the holidays :) Here on my blog, it's time for another month of 'Impressions'. Photo sessions, client visits, some travel to Germany and the UK, and all the festivities that December brings certainly kept...

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