When I was just starting out with birth photography in 2011, I was terrified of missing something. I focussed on the parents’ emotions, and everything else I could get on camera was a bonus. Until I was at a birth in February 2012, where the child’s head was born with a tight nuchal cord. This …
The placenta According to the Oxford English Dictionary: Pronunciation: /pləˈsɛntə/ Definition of placenta in English: noun (plural placentae pləˈsɛntiː or placentas). A flattened circular organ in the uterus of pregnant eutherian mammals, nourishing and maintaining the foetus through the umbilical cord. I’ve always been fascinated by placentas, but unfortunately the role of the placenta is often rather neglected. You seldom …
Keep quiet please | Having a birth photographer When Renée called me I was already past the halfway point of my own pregnancy. She had seen a pamphlet at the midwife’s office, and phoned me to ask whether I still had a free spot for her. The main question was: when’s your due date, and …
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 …