Category Archives: family

the cutest chub | baby photography shanghai

This handsome little guy with his adorable chubby legs was a real little sunshine during our baby photo session! He has the most beautiful and curious blue eyes, and his smile and giggle are so infectious. It was a joy to photograph him and his parents! He is also a little miracle baby – but I already shared his amazing story (and a few more images…) in this post.

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flying high | family photography shanghai

This giggly little girl loooooved being flung into the air by her dad during this morning’s family photography session at Gardens by the Bay. Her mom said she’s generally a bit shy and quiet when they are out and about, and when there are strangers around. And indeed she made me wait a while (and work hard ;)) until her beautiful little smile came out. But when dad started throwing her? She was all laughter and giggles, it really couldn’t be high enough for her!

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watch them grow | family photography shanghai

Something I love about my job is that I get to watch so many adorable children grow and develop. With my families who have yearly photo sessions with me, and not having seen the kids in between sessions, I’m always so amazed by the changes! Our kids really grow up way too fast, sigh… Well, at least we can hold on to photographs and capture their personalities along with their cute little faces during each stage of their childhood. And how fun is it to sometimes recreate images from an earlier session, to really show off how much they have grown! (Find last year’s similar image here, and more of that last session here!)

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Your kids are also growing way too fast, and you would love to capture some beautiful memories like these? Get in touch! I would love to help you with that! :)

moving on | family photography singapore

I’m often contacted by Expat-families who are about to leave Singapore and want to capture some memories of their life here before they leave. The preferred locations in this case are either outdoor locations that are very typical for Singapore (like a shophouse area, or Marina Barrage with the Singapore skyline as a backdrop), or the family’s home, where most of their daily life took place and so many fond memories were created. For this family, it was important to document some family time in their Singapore home before going back to their home country. I hope these images will always serve as a beautiful reminder of the times they enjoyed together in their home here, and of this stage in the children’s lives – the wildness, the goofiness, the playfulness, the cuddliness (I may have just invented that last word…)!

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home by the beach | family photography singapore

if your home is this close to the beach, you may as well take advantage of it and split your family photography session into an ‚at home‘ and an ‚on the beach‘ part! during this family shoot on sentosa, we did it all: playtime with railway tracks, cuddles and story time on the bed, a snack before heading out, then a stroll to the beach and lots of sand play and splashing around!
so much fun!

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a lovely start | family photography singapore

i could not have asked for a better session to start off 2017: one of my favourite families, who i have photographed since their first pregnancy, at one of my favourite locations – the capella hotel on sentosa. i loved every minute – especially getting to meet the latest addition to the family!

for their first maternity session, the couple wanted to incorporate their vintage suitcases, as both very much love to travel. and we have played around with those suitcases for each session we had at capella, so of course that’s what we did this time around as well! (check out older versions of our suitcase-images here)

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‚tis the season | family photography singapore

at this time of the year, of course there can’t be a family photo session without some christmassy shots…! and having fun with some christmassy props makes them even better! ;)

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auction winner | family photography singapore

i’m so happy to be able to show you a few images of this wonderful session.
not because i had such a great and relaxed time with this beautiful family – which i did.
not because the love they have for each other, their family bond, is so obvious – which it is.
not because their place was beautiful with gorgeous light – which it was.

all of the above are true, but i’m most happy to show you these images because this is the session that i auctioned off a while back.
this family made the highest bid of sgd 1,000 – and i was very happy to make the donation to the syria appeal of ‚Save the Children‘!

singapore family photographer for charity

(the amount is in usd, and with the current exchange rate, usd 700 equals just over sgd 1,000)

now – on to these wonderful images i keep talking about:

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