A long build-up, a quick conclusion… | Birth photography Amsterdam To tell this story, we need to go back a couple of years, to February 2012 to be precise. That was the first year that I was at the “9-maandenbeurs” (a large pregnancy and baby expo here in the Netherlands) and the moment that I …
The Birth of my niece!! | Birth photography the Netherlands This is a birth story with an extra something special, because it’s about the birth of my own niece – the daughter of my brother Floran, and his girlfriend Sarina. I was there as more than just a photographer. Sarina also asked me to be …
Lana | Birth photography After seeing some of my sessions, Petra and Bojan chose a Fresh-First-Hours session combined (a photo shoot directly after birth) with a newborn session. The due date was the 29th of January 2014. I receive a text message from Petra on January 25th that her water broke the night before. Now …
Lise | Birth Photography – Fresh First Hours Carola knew, after she had seen many pictures that I made, that she really wanted photos right after she had given birth. She wanted to document it all; their little baby , the first moments together and everything that happens right after you have given birth . …
How different can a second birth be? | Homebirth Delft In September I photographed my fourth birth story. It was my first birth out of Zeeland and I was quite anxious. When Martijn called me for the first time, the contractions sounded quite serious, and without a doubt I jumped in my car! When I …
Tension due to shoulder dystocia and a placenta that doesn’t want to come out| Birth photography the Netherlands Lindsey is the youngest Mum that I’ve been involved with. When she mailed me in May, she was 22 years old and pregnant with her second and, she wrote; “I just really want to capture this birth …
Little Maxwell Fresh First Hours | Birth photography Vlissingen Tamara contacted me for the first time in 2011 to ask me if I wanted to take photos of her first child right after he would be born. Of course this was possible and the idea of the “Freshly First Hours” was born. So I was …
A home game | Birth photographer the Netherlands When I had the idea to start up birth photography three years ago, I made posters and flyers to ask for couples who would want to let the birth of their baby be photographed. Marlous saw this request in Honeypie (the best teahouse in Middelburg), but back …
Speedy Conzales | Birth photography Delft It took a long time before Sabine and Tjerk were expecting their baby! So when they finally did, they wanted to capture as much as the could, so we planned a maternity session, a birth session ánd a newborn session. Unfortunately I was late for the birth of Tygo since …
When time is running out and miracles still happen! | Birth Photography in Amsterdam I usually begin my stories with some details about the first meeting I had with the parents, to get to know them, but this story is different. When Henriëtte emailed me – she was already quite far along in her pregnancy …