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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Introducing Faye, welcomed with love

Introducing Faye, welcomed with love

Oct 3, 2013

I had the absolute honour and privilege to join Meg and her husband, Panos, at the Onze Lieve Vrouwe Gasthuis (OLVG) in Amsterdam yesterday. United in strength and love, they calmly embarked on their journey of labour. It's with great joy that I announce the arrival...

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It’s a boy!

It’s a boy!

Sep 28, 2013

I'm absolutely delighted to announce the arrival of a beautiful baby boy! Hedda and Michiel welcomed their second child, a son, early this morning. Introducing Phineas Joaquin. Born at 07:26 in the Hagaziekenhuis, and weighing 4200g (9lb 4oz), he's absolutely perfect!...

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Breastfeeding Information Market at Bronovo Hospital

Breastfeeding Information Market at Bronovo Hospital

Sep 26, 2013

It was lovely to meet with so many expectant parents at the Feel at Home in The Hague fair a couple of weekends ago - and congratulations to the prize draw winners, who should now be in possession of those wonderful gifts that were generously donated by BabyBeGood,...

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Feel at Home in The Hague Fair – gifts and prizes!

Feel at Home in The Hague Fair – gifts and prizes!

Sep 9, 2013

Are you going to the Feel at Home in The Hague Fair on Sunday 15 September? If you are, you'll have a chance to win some fabulous prizes - make sure to visit my stand in the 'Children & Parenting' section! I'll be joined by Stephanie Lowe from Mindful Birth - come...

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Feel at Home in The Hague Fair – gifts and prizes!

Feel at Home in The Hague Fair – ticket giveaway!

Sep 8, 2013

The eighth edition of the Feel at Home in The Hague Fair takes place on Sunday 15 September at the World Trade Centre, from 11:00-17:00. Look out for me in the 'Children & Parenting' section where i'll be joined by Stephanie Lowe from Mindful Birth, come and have...

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