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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Teething Troubles

Teething Troubles

It was Frøya's 6 months photo session today... She has the most gorgeous eyes and beautiful long eyelashes, she's such a cutie... Unfortunately, Frøya's also teething at the moment so we had to cut our session short and reschedule for another time when she's a little...

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Congratulations to three lucky winners!

Congratulations to three lucky winners!

It was great to meet so many of you at the Feel at Home in The Hague International Community Fair on Sunday. And.... here are the results that you've been waiting for: The winner of my prize draw is Naira Papyan - congratulations, you have received the Basic Portrait...

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Win a Portrait Session with tigs creations photography!

Win a Portrait Session with tigs creations photography!

I'll  be taking part in the Feel at Home in The Hague International Community Fair this coming Sunday 21st September, which takes place from 11.00 till 17.00 in the City Hall Atrium. Stop by my stand and enter the prize draw to win a Portrait Session! One lucky winner...

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Highly Commended!

Highly Commended!

Whoohooo! I've just discovered that one of my images has been Highly Commended by Peter Bargh, the editor of ePHOTOzine.com! I'm a happy bunny right now! Here's the photo: Many thanks to my model, Laura Louise, hope to work with you again soon :-)

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Catching up…

Catching up…

It's been quite a busy time since my last post. I arrived back home last night after spending two weeks visiting family and friends in the UK and since I wasn't blogging whilst I was away it's about time I caught up! And there are a few posts coming, I've been quite...

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