Fashion, portraiture and stills photography are my main photography passions. Over the last three years, whilst living in Sydney, I have certainly improved my photography. My lighting skills are great, as are my post-production skills. Yet above all of that, lies my true strength: connecting with people. I can’t call it a skill because nobody has ever taught me how to impact people the way I do.

In the year 2000 I set myself a deadline: to be a financially solid and professional photographer by 2010. Six weeks before my self imposed deadline I came to a huge realisation, a fundamental shift in my thinking. After years of making photography the soul (sole) purpose in my life I realise that it is not. I came to realise that photography is part of how I am and it is going to be a large part of what my life is going to be about.

My life has been a chaotic collection of events and movements. During a recent assessment of my life I realised I have moved 18 times in 20 years. This includes moves to six different countries, not including The Netherlands where I was born. On any resume, that and the fact I have never had a job more than 2 years could look pretty unstable. On the other hand, to have so many new starts and challenges is only because of who I am: Always in search to learn and experience something new, adaptable and flexible. My life has been one great journey. This journey has led me to where I am now, a lonely journey shared with many great people along the way.

As a person I have been able to achieve beyond my own expectations over the last three years. My horizons expanded, great new people entered my life. I have learned about many of my personal strengths and shortcomings. I have learned from them. This has made me who I am today and it is not who I will be tomorrow.

The sense of being alone on your personal journey is a part of what I try to bring into my photography. The journey is associated with emotions such as fear, isolation, insecurity and also positive emotions such as joy, love and empowerment. My best moments in photography have been where people responded to my photography because they connected through those pure emotions. I am a people person who has passions for health, wellbeing, personal growth and photography. That is why I value fashion photography, which centres on outer beauty and portraiture photography, which reflects inner beauty or soul.

I always believe that regardless how beautiful a person is, without inner beauty it is impossible to take a good photograph.