“Our friends – how distant, how mute, how seldom visited and little known. And I, too, am dim to my friends and unknown; a phantom, sometimes seen, often not. Life is a dream surely.” Virginia woolf, the waves Model: Sascha Beemsterboer Mua: Leonique van Cruyningen Location: my natural light portrait studio

model: Sascha Beemsterboer mua: Leonique van Cruyningen location: my new natural light studio “I say what other people only think, and when all the rest of the world is in a conspiracy to accept the mask for the true face, mine is the rash hand that tears off the plump pasteboard, and shows the bare […]

Autumn mini shoots Now that I’m staying in the Netherlands for a while, I thought it would be a fun idea to organise Autumn mini shoots! So if you’d love to have a few beautiful portraits of you and your loved ones or just you (100 % shot on film), sign up for a mini […]

Film photography is literally a slow process, because I have to wait for my rolls to be developed. The element of waiting really adds to the enjoyment of shooting film, though. While I’m shooting I have no idea how my images will turn out. It means that I’m far more conscious of every shot I […]

MY FAVOURITE BOOKSHOP Books are definitely a part of an analog or ‘slow’ lifestyle. I really hope that there will always be libraries and bookshops, especially like my favourite bookshop; “Mr B’s Emporium of Reading Delights”. That name alone…brilliant! They’re based in Bath, which happens to be my favourite city. I’ve been there quite a […]

I was in the Netherlands for 10 days at the end of October and one afternoon I got together with my muse Sascha and her beautiful friend Hanna in Amsterdam. That morning they’d put together two Autumn fashion outfits and my sister Leonique had done their hair and make-up. We were so lucky with the […]