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...

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Impressions from March & April 2021 : a personal project

Impressions from March & April 2021 : a personal project

We're still regularly geocaching! We go out with a walking route in mind and a cluster of caches to look for along the way. It's nice to escape the busy beach area and find quiet places in nature. In early April we invited friends to join us and we walked round...

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Family life at home with a new baby – Welcome, Roxy!

Family life at home with a new baby – Welcome, Roxy!

  "Natalie created GORGEOUS family pictures that make us smile every time we look at them! She perfectly captured the essence of our family life and created an amazing snapshot of this very special time in our family (the arrival of our third baby)." - Johanne...

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Impressions from January & February 2021 : a personal project

Impressions from January & February 2021 : a personal project

The weeks went fast, it's already time for another round of Impressions. Here's a glimpse of our January and February! New milestone reached - Lea's now missing her top two front teeth! Her wobbly tooth finally came out (I can't believe how long it clung on!). We had...

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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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