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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sneak peek: a christmas angel

sneak peek: a christmas angel

Remember this session? Frøya didn't seem too happy during her 6-months portrait session so we cut the session short and I offered to reschedule. I'm glad we did, we had a lovely session in her home where she was much more relaxed and she was much happier this time...

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Too cute!

Too cute!

Oh, I have to share this... this afternoon I got home to find Freddy, one of our two cats, curled up in the cat tree faaaaast asleep with his head almost hanging off the edge of the cushion... he was looking so cute that I quickly went upstairs to grab my camera. When...

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Lisa & Nikki

Lisa & Nikki

During my last trip the the UK I had the opportunity to photograph Lisa and Nikki at Arcphotos Studio in Preston where I also met several other photographers at their weekly club night. And since everyone at Arcphotos are enjoying their Christmas Party today I thought...

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A Christmas Prize Draw Winner!

A Christmas Prize Draw Winner!

With thanks to Erika at Both Assistance and Support I was not only introduced to CONNECTing Women (a network for professional and internationally aware women, based in The Hague) but I also had a table at their December meeting which was a Festive Network Bazaar. It...

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Ultimate Africa 2008

"This year we decided to go on an organised group safari aimed at photographers; we chose the 'Ultimate Africa' photo safari with Chris Weston (it was the opportunity to 'walk with lions' that totally reeled us in!) Now, where to start?! Honestly, this trip was...

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