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 where you’re reflecting […]

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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 for those photos to help recall your […]

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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 heartbreaking, soul-healing, amazing, awful, ordinary life. And it’s breathtakingly beautiful.   […]

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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 photos of my ancestors, many […]

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I’m celebrating 15 years in business today!! Thank you to all the families who have trusted me over the years. Every photoshoot is very special to me. I photograph with a lot of love and care. A little piece of my heart is amongst all the photos displayed on your walls and in your family […]

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Your images belong together and tell a story of your here and now. When it seems impossible to choose your favourites (because you love them all), you can have them all. You can upgrade to the complete set of digital images after viewing your proofing gallery :-) Look through them with your children often and […]

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Thinking of treating your family to a lifetime of precious memories? Are you pregnant and thinking of booking a newborn photoshoot? I arranged for my family to have a photoshoot a couple of weeks after the birth of our second baby. I regret not doing the same with our first. I thought as a newborn […]

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I asked my 9 year old daughter what her earliest memory was. She remembers playing with her cousins in England when her hair was short (that would be around 4 and a half years ago when she was 5 years old). She remembers because of the photos and videos she’s seen.   Photographs are our […]

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Sweet Bodhi was born at 30 weeks in the Westeinde Ziekenhuis in Den Haag, weighing only 1370g. He was transferred to the LUMC in Leiden before arriving back in Den Haag to the Juliana Ziekenhuis where his Earlybirds photoshoot took place. He was exactly 3 weeks old that day and growing well. Soft music played […]

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Nature inspires me constantly and I’m often pausing to take it all in or to capture what I see in a photo. I usually only have my phone camera with me on my morning walks so this round of Impressions is a blend of DSLR and iPhone photos. I love witnessing the seasons change and […]

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