Before I became a wedding photographer I worked in musical theatre. When I switched careers from theatre to photography, I naturally also rolled into shooting theatre related events. Besides Dutch celebs like DJ Ruud de Wild, Chantal Janzen & Marco Borsato, I also photographed American actor Ted Neeley, country singer Ilse de Lange, several West-End stars like Celinde Schoenmaker, Broadway star Willemijn Verkaik and many more celebs at the opening nights of musicals and exhibitions. I do a little happy dance whenever I get to shoot an event in which the theater and wedding world are combined. I love shooting weddings most, but I love being back in the theater world now and again too.

My photographic work was exhibited in art galleries in London (5th Base Gallery), Berlin (BBA Gallery), Budapest (Art Market) and Melbourne, Australië (Laurent Gallery) among others. I shot all my exhibited photos during weddings (most of them were shots that didn't include people but when they did, I of course had the permission of the bride and/or groom pictured).

I rarely participate in contests, nevertheless I do have a bit of fame to my name: I was nominated for the VIVA400 award 2016 in the ‘Creatives’ category and a year earlier I was shortlisted and landed 3rd place for the ‘Creative Entrepreneur of the Year’ Award.

In 2018 I landed in the top 100 of wedding photographers in the world and a photo I took in Iceland landed me the 53rd place out of 6900+ photos entered in that same competition. In 2017 international wedding website Zankyou Weddings named me 1 of the 25 best wedding photographers.

Besides weddings, I also photograph events and theatre performances.

Some of the highlights of the events I shot include: events and workshops for COC Nederland (the oldest existing LGBTQ rights organisation) and the opening of the Bastogne War Museum in the Belgian Ardennes.
I captured performances and opening nights in intimate settings like Theaterfestival 'De Parade' as well as in big venues like the Royal Concert Hall in Amsterdam, big musicals like The Sound of Music and Billy Elliot and the world-famous Follies Berger in Paris.

A.o. my work has been featured on/in Great Destination Weddings Magazine (Australia), The Knot Magazine (US), Rock My Wedding (UK), Zankyou Weddings (US, UK and NL), Dutch bridal magazine Bruid Magazine, Wedding Chicks, Fly Away Bride, B.loved, Festival Brides, publications by COC Nederland, the cover of Engaged’s Little Black Book, travel website Verkeersbureaus, MSN.com, ThePerfectWedding.nl, Norwegian Wedding Magazine, SBS6 Shownieuws (Dutch national television), Libelle Magazine, Elsevier Magazine, Algemeen Dagblad (Dutch national newspaper), Bajan Wed, Dusty Blue, Girls of Honour and Beau Monde Glamour Magazine.

When I was 21 I moved from Holland to Bath (in the UK, my favourite city in my favourite country in the world!) to study Musical Theatre but I'm currently based between The Hague, London and Belgrade. I've shot weddings, couple shoots and editorials all over Europe (and beyond) from Iceland to Greece and from Europe's highest mountain plateau (the Hardangervidda) in Norway to Hout baai in South Africa.

After several requests I now teach other photographers, to educate them about everything involved with destination weddings.

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