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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Hush, little baby…

Hush, little baby…

Ohhhhh I have been just dying to share these sneak peeks! Sometimes I just can't edit fast enough!! A beautiful newborn baby boy, 7 days new, and his two big sisters! What a joy it was to photograph this family! And those two little girls - oh so ADORABLE! Welcome to...

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time for another sneak peek!

time for another sneak peek!

Are you enjoying this white wintry weather? Hubby and I had a lovely walk in the snow today! I haven't seen this much snow in a long time! I love the snow! :-) Back home in the warmth and I'm busy editing again. This sneak peek is a little overdue; all my Christmas...

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10 tips for photographing your children

10 tips for photographing your children

Yay! I've been published in the October-November issue of Family Matters magazine: the definitive guide to family life in The Netherlands - did you see it? Here's a copy of the article for those that didn't :-) CLICK! Ten tips for photographing your children All...

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The Littlest Heroes Project | an escape from the rain

The Littlest Heroes Project | an escape from the rain

I was really looking forward to photographing this family; I received their request for a portrait session via the Littlest Heroes Project (our littlest heroes are children suffering from any type of serious illness or life altering disability). Their youngest...

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2010 Calendar for Painted Dog Conservation

2010 Calendar for Painted Dog Conservation

I have some exciting news to share! Some of you will know that my husband, Heiko, and I are very passionate about wildlife and in an effort to raise awareness for wildlife conservation we set up a website: www.zoocrew.eu Please do stop by to check it out, you'll find...

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