
Have you ever wondered where the name smoothie comes from? I’ve heard it used in various different ways; apparently a man with no hair at all is also called a smoothie! but…that is not the topic of this post, fear not! It’s really a bit early to get really sweet and lovely fruit, as most [...]

What can be more satisfying then starting a lazy Sunday with a nice breakfast in bed and some lovely coffee? Ever since Tom and I met 17 years ago, we had this tradition of having breakfast together in bed each weekend. Being my own boss has actually meant that those breakfast are becoming somehow a [...]

Is it the punishment for loving food, that at some point in your life you look into the mirror and you realize that … well… you could do with losing a few kilo’s? More then a few would be a better description..:) Ofcourse you can punish yourself even more and start a crashdiet. Bad for [...]

Nice and colorful, isn’t it? A while ago Tom and I went to the Hanos for the first time and I bought a box full of appetizer glasses; you know the ones where you make tiny dishes in. So ofcourse I had to try them out which is what I did yesterday. Ofcourse I had [...]

Well…. here it is; my first attempt to replicate the original photo from the Delicious…. As you can very clearly see I did not have the same props, as I could not find them on short notice. So the glasses where a little taller which had a result on the layers and the plates [...]

As I am sure a lot of people have noticed; it is wedding season! I don’t do a lot of weddings as I like to keep it enjoyable and doing to many would start to become too much of a good thing, so I try and limit it to around 1-2 weddings a month as [...]

I had previously shot some panna cotta but I had actually never made this typical Italian dessert myself. I had made the panna cotta itself the day before, so they could sit in the fridge overnight and become firm. I was actually surprised how easy it is to make. I had always thought it was [...]

It’s not easy find a good new studio location or at least one that is still affordable but I think I finally found one!! It’s a rather large studio with a total of 117 square meters. They are using it currently as a balletstudio (see photo below) and still needs quite a lot of work. [...]

Yesterday I had a shoot with a tiny baby of 3,5 weeks old. The parents had been during their pregnancy as well for a pregnancy shoot where the theme was quite dark with the emphasis on the curves and shadows rather then bright and shiny. And then 3,5 weeks ago the little baby was born! [...]