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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Our Wedding in Africa

Our Wedding in Africa

Feb 19, 2009

Wow! Do I have some news for you!! Remember this blog post? I know so many of you have been waiting to hear news of our wedding and to see photos... well, Mr and Mrs Carstens have returned home, and there is plenty to share with you all! What an incredibly, amazing...

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a different kind of processing

a different kind of processing

Jan 11, 2009

I just HAD to, couldn't help myself! I am sooooo loving the *different* processing effects that I used for Julie's photos that I just HAD to share some more from her session! I hope you enjoy them as much as me!! :) I wish I could post more, I have so many...

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a sneak peek for Julie!

a sneak peek for Julie!

Dec 31, 2008

The New Year is fast approaching and I've been hearing fireworks going off all day... I really hope the fog clears a bit more so that we can see all the fireworks at the strike of midnight (the Dutch go C-R-A-Z-Y with New Year fireworks, I kid you not!) We're lucky to...

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Christmas 2008

Christmas 2008

Dec 28, 2008

I hope you all had a great Christmas! :) Heiko and I spent Christmas Eve in Gouda with our friends, Vinita and JK. They treated us to a delicious Indian meal and afterwards we headed out into the cold to photograph the city hall for 'Gouda bij Kunstlicht' (I haven't...

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Wishing you a wonderful Christmas

Wishing you a wonderful Christmas

Dec 23, 2008

I can't believe it's Christmas Eve tomorrow! I need to start wrapping presents and planning Christmas Dinner! This year has flown right by and I'd just like to say a huge THANK YOU to all my clients - you have made 2008 a wonderful and exciting year. I look forward to...

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