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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‘Feel at Home’ Prize Draw Winner!

‘Feel at Home’ Prize Draw Winner!

Nov 26, 2008

I can't believe it's almost December.. where did the year go?! Time is truly flying by and I'm working like crazy to get all my orders ready for Christmas... Do you remember the prize draw I had at the Feel at Home in The Hague fair? The winner of my Basic Portrait...

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A Safari Wedding in Africa…

A Safari Wedding in Africa…

Nov 17, 2008

Yes, ours! Heiko and Me! We're getting married on 5th February 2009... in Africa! :) Rewind just a couple of months and I would never have imagined it! And when Heiko asked me on 5th September I didn't believe him at first and asked him if he was being serious...

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The colours of Autumn…

The colours of Autumn…

Nov 8, 2008

Isn't it great when the sun is shining... we're coming to the end of autumn now but there are a few trees that still have their autumn leaves and when the sun's rays catch.. ahh beautiful. I love autumn! A couple of weeks ago I met Anthea for some outdoor portraits in...

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Fashion with Laura Louise

Fashion with Laura Louise

Nov 4, 2008

I've been tackling my editing queue again today, so here's a few more from a shoot I had with Laura Louise a while back... And for the last photo, I couldn't decide if I preferred the original colour version or the black and white conversion... so, I've left it for...

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Lifestyle Portraits

Lifestyle Portraits

Oct 31, 2008

Happy Halloween everyone! And I'll tell you something that is quite spooky... travelling in a lift (elevator for the Americans reading this) with a broken light which occasionally flickers on very dimly... yes, the light in our lift was broken today, I hope it is...

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