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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pretty in pink

pretty in pink

Thank you to Mom and Dad who have been waiting so patiently for this little sneak peek. Here's the gorgeous Isabelle, just one day after her first birthday.. She was just so adorable and her smile was infectious! :-) Love her little pink dungarees! I couldn't resist...

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cuteness overload!

cuteness overload!

Ohhh.. I'm enjoying editing the photos from this session! Such a cutie.. here's Elisabeth! We squeezed in a session on the very day she turned 18months old. She was fun, so full of energy and walking all over the place! Hope you enjoy the sneak peek! This was the very...

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the gift of custom portraiture

the gift of custom portraiture

Earlier in the year the Family Solutions Netherlands Initiative held the first of their conference series. As well as being a Sponsor for the event, Tigs Creations Photography also donated 'the gift of custom portraiture' as a raffle prize. Congratulations to the...

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a birthday treat

a birthday treat

This beautiful family had just returned from a holiday on the west coast of the USA and although they were still  jet-lagged they had oodles of energy during their session. It was Mom's birthday and we celebrated with a fun photosession in the park :-) It was a...

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special offer for newborn sessions

special offer for newborn sessions

Did you visit the International Culture & Leisure in Holland 2009/2010 Fair on Sunday? Thank you to everyone that stopped by my stand to say Hi - it was great to meet you! Here's a peek at my stand in case you missed it ;) And if you are wondering about the...

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