Doing it differently the second time around | Birth Photography Breda A little more than 2 years ago I photographed the birth of Daan, so it was lovely when I heard last summer that Lieke was pregnant with their second child, and that she and Richard wanted me to be there once again. It’s always …
Tension before, relief after | Photographer at a planned c-section The introductory meeting with Esther and Wouter was so enjoyable. We talked about so many things that didn’t even have anything to do with pregnancy, babies or birth! Esther loves to talk, as do I, so getting off track happens easily! 😉 Luckily we did …
Poopy! | A beautiful birth session Jessica and I made contact for the first time nearly two years ago, when I took photos of their family. She was still breastfeeding her youngest, Elin, at the time, and we had to take a beautiful photo of that! We talked about the possibility of them having a third …
100% natural | Birth photography Nearly 2 years, when I hadn’t been working as a birth photographer for very long, Anne-Geer phoned me and asked whether I would be willing to photograph the birth of their first child. She was due shortly after the holidays, and lived in Haarlem. Haarlem… that’s far from me, more than …
Surprise! | Scheduled ceasarian of a third baby in Goes Nothing is more fun than photographing a birth at which even the parents do not know the sex of the baby. When I met Christianne and Julian, they had their two sons with them: Lorenzo (just turned 4), and Milow (2 years old). Both were …
Stop thinking and go! | Birth photography Dordrecht How amazing is it when the grandmother-to-be suggests a birth photographer for you as a gift?! That’s what Richard’s mother did when his wife Tamara was pregnant with their first child. They were free to choose a maternity, birth or/and newborn session. Early in the pregnancy Richard, …
The scheduled caesarean section of a fellow birth photographer Linda did a birth photography workshop with me, and that’s how we got to know each other. She was already an accomplished newborn and maternity photographer, and wanted to expand her work to include birth photography. If you’re not familiar with her work, then you should …
Veronique and Arno chose to do a Fresh First Hours session. This means I will start taking photos in the first hour after the baby is born. The birth of their eldest son, Sjoerd, went very quick. So they expected this one to be like that. On November 19th, I get a call at 5.35AM, it’s …
Sweetie! | Birth photography Zeeland Jessica emailed me early in her pregnancy. Even before she was pregnant she knew she wanted photos of the birth, so when she was pregnant, she took action quickly. 🙂 This was Jessica’s second child, and her husband Wim’s first. Unfortunately she was admitted to the hospital with Hyperemesis Gravidarum …
Was it the lolly, or the bath? | Birth photographer At the beginning of the year I received an email from Janneke, who is a midwife. She wrote: “We had contact some time ago in my capacity as a midwife. Right now I am cautiously pregnant with baby number 3. Just 5 weeks or …