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“If you are new to The Hague and it’s surrounding areas, have lived here for a while and are looking to find out what 2010/2011 has in store for culture and leisure, or are looking to expand your social network and connect with International The Hague, then you simply cannot miss this event. Come along and discover all there is to do in your free time at Feel at Home in The Hague – The International Community Fair 2010.”
Tigs Creations Photography will be participating, as well as representing the Littlest Heroes Project. And I have something special planned this year… I’m announcing it early too!
** Win a fabulous Spring portrait session in The Hague **
Yes, you can win a fabulous Spring portrait session in The Hague with Tigs Creations Photography AND you will receive a CD with all your images too. Print to your heart’s content! Valued at €495!! You want to win, right?
The prize draw is open to everyone (so long as your portrait session takes place in The Hague ;-) and it runs for 4 weeks! The winning entry will be announced here on the blog on Tuesday 19 October 2010. All you need to do is complete the prize draw entry form and tell me at least one thing you LOVE about The Hague!
And it gets better, if you’re visiting the fair on Sunday, you can enter twice! Visit me at stand 40 to double your chance of winning!!
I look forward to seeing you there! Come and say hi!! :-)
Here’s a peek at last year’s fair:
Did you see Tigs Creations in the video? :-)
See you on Sunday!
Best wishes,
~Natalie
pssssst! thinking of buying the CRAVE Amsterdam guide book? Come see me at the fair!! :-)
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Also tagged den haag, expat, fair, feel at home, international, natalie carstens, portrait photographer, prize draw, professional photographer, the hague, tigs creations photography, win
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Would you like your administration to be a breeze?
If the answer is yes, definitely keep reading! :-)
Here’s another CRAVE Amsterdam photo session, this time for the Intelligentsia section! Introducing Erika, from BOTH Assistance & Support.
Erika is a good friend of mine, who I first met just over 2 years ago when I joined the WBII Business Breakthrough Team. I was delighted to hear that she would be featured in the CRAVE Amsterdam guidebook and that she had selected me as her photographer!
Erika has a creative spirit so when she approached me to set up the photo session she already had a great idea in mind for her photo in the book.
So, here it is…
I hope I met her expectations! I, for one, love the result! :-)
Blog readers… if your home office (or work office) is piled high with papers, a helping hand from Erika might be just what you need to whip your paperwork and administration into shape! As your personal ‘Virtual Assistant’, Erika can organise your office AND save you time. Stop by her website at www.bothassistanceandsupport.com for more information on her services.
Erika, I had so much fun that afternoon – thank you! I can’t wait to see your feature in the book! :-)
Best wishes,
~ Natalie
a birthday treat
This beautiful family had just returned from a holiday on the west coast of the USA and although they were still jet-lagged they had oodles of energy during their session. It was Mom’s birthday and we celebrated with a fun photosession in the park :-)
It was a gorgeous day, and although it was still technically summer, this was a session for Christmas portraits so the discovery of autumn leaves was a welcome one and out came some warm winter coats for a few of the photos.
After the park we moved to their home for a quick studio session, here’s a couple of my favourites…
Hope you enjoyed the sneak peek! :-)
Posted in family, sneak peek
Also tagged den haag, natalie carstens, park, professional photographer, sneak peek, studio, the hague, tigs creations photography
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baby love
Just a quick update on my availability… I’m now booking sessions late-October and November so if you’re thinking of sending portraits as Christmas gifts for your families, don’t wait to secure your date! For newborns, please contact me asap and before your due date – I always try to make room in my schedule for newborn sessions :)
and….. whilst on the subject of newborns…
Just a few short weeks ago I met this gorgeous family. Here’s a few of my faves from our session: meet Sami, and his little brother, Dani, 25 days new.
So so sweet.. and I love those cute little newborn toes too!
Just look at those gorgeous eyes, Sami is going to melt some hearts with those, for sure!
This one makes me smile :) these are two very handsome little boys!
And here’s the family of four:
It was a pleasure to meet you all, I hope you enjoyed your sneak peek…!
Posted in baby, children, family, newborn, sneak peek
Also tagged baby, boys, children, den haag, family, in-home, natalie carstens, newborn, portrait photographer, portraits, professional photographer, sneak peek, studio, the hague
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it’s Vini’s family :)
After several days of gorgeous sunshine and warm weather, it was suddenly a very wet morning in The Hague… the sky was grey in all directions, and not the slightest hint of sun or blue sky in sight… should we reschedule, should we not… we decided to go ahead anyway but with a change of location, so I headed off to Gouda (where it was a little less rainy) to meet Vinita, JK, and their son, Vivaan :-)
Vinita is one of my closest friends and a great photographer, I’m sure many of you will have seen photos of her on my blog before – we have a lot of fun on our photo days ;-) I am truly honored that she chose me to photograph her family :-)
Vini… I hope you enjoy your sneak peek :-)
Our first stop was the park and there was a children’s play area there… Vivaan was too cute, he wanted to play on EVERYTHING! His lovely white shirt didn’t stay white for long!! ;-)
(clickety click on the image above to see the three pics bigger ;) I soooo need to upgrade my blog to allow for bigger pics! hopefully soon…)
I looooove this one.. you’re both so happy and smiley, this is really how I know you :-))
I think Vivaan was getting tired.. oh no… wait…. ;)
haha! so FUN! I sure would like to know where Vivaan gets all his energy from..!! ;-)
Vini and JK – it really was a blast to spend the morning with you and to capture all those images that are rare in a photographer’s family.. I’m so glad we went out and braved the rain! Hope you love your sneak peek, I can’t wait to share all the images with you :-)
Posted in family, sneak peek
Also tagged den haag, family, gouda, lifestyle, natalie carstens, park, portrait photographer, portraits, professional photographer, sneak peek, the hague
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kiss kiss | sweet newborn lips
Ohhh… just look at this little cutie-pie!
Meet the gorgeous Matteo… doesn’t he just make your heart melt?! It took quite some time before he slept, but once he drifted off into dreamland he was a little angel.. let’s take a closer look at those gorgeous lips….
*kiss kiss* :-)
sleep peacefully little angel…
I love this next one, so precious.. ohhh.. those beautiful lips!
and the last one in the sneak peak, here he is safe in daddy’s hands..
I hope you enjoyed them.. I’m smiling a big smile, as I always do when I’m editing newborn photos…!
Thank you to my clients for your patience, I’m a little later than normal with a sneak peek but I’m quickly catching up and there are plenty more beautiful photos arriving in your gallery very soon… I will be in touch!
Enjoy the rest of the weekend everyone! :-)
Posted in baby, newborn, sneak peek
Also tagged belly to baby, den haag, in-home, natalie carstens, newborn, portrait photographer, portraits, professional photographer, sneak peek, the hague
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triple the fun: 3 boys
It’s time for another sneak peak!
Last weekend I had a really fun time photographing a wonderful family from Australia. We first visited the Japanese Garden for some photos there but we ended up sharing the garden with a film crew and I don’t think they were overly enthusiastic about our rendition of baa baa black sheep, so we left for an adventure in Clingendael Park instead…
But first, since I love the bright red bridges in the Japanese Garden, meet Finn, Ronan and Declan…
There is a gorgeous staircase and a beautifully kept garden in Clingendael so we spent some time there, playing catch and blowing bubbles… and I kept catching Declan resting his hands on his hips, such a cutie!
And, here’s another one, hands on hips again… and looking a little curious about the bubbles his mum was blowing..
So, in an attempt to have all three boys smiling at the same time….
I couldn’t see what mum and dad were up to behind me but it was evidently very funny!
- pssst. out of the corner of my eye I caught dad dancing an irish jig! shhhhhh, don’t tell anyone!
*teehee* the boys were laughing so hard; every time I see this photo I remember their infectious laughter and a smile spreads across my face – it was definitely a fun morning!
We had some time to go and visit the playground too…
Hope you enjoyed the sneak peek!!
Posted in children, family, sneak peek
Also tagged brothers, children, den haag, family, informal, lifestyle, natalie carstens, natural light, park, portrait, portrait photographer, portraits, professional photographer, sneak peek, the hague
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a little miracle
Let me introduce you to Amelia Rose….
She is oh so gorgeous! and at just 7 days old here she was still so very tiny, and so sleepy too! such a dream to work with…
Many congratulations to her parents, Mark and Sammy – thank you so much for inviting me to your home to photograph your precious daughter – didn’t I time my trip to the UK well ;-) It was lovely to see you both, and to meet Amelia. I have many more photos to come, but these two just melt my heart, hope you love them just as much as me!
And here’s a few more from the end of the session..
She is so loved.
I can’t wait to see you all again. I’ll be in touch when I have the rest of your images ready :-)
Posted in baby, newborn, sneak peek
Also tagged baby, daughter, family, girl, in-home, natalie carstens, natural light, newborn, portrait photographer, professional photographer
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fabulously gorgeous
Pregnancy is so beautiful, don’t you agree?
I absolutely love pregnancy sessions, and I’m enjoying editing photos from this session so much, so many beautiful images. And when the little one makes an appearance I get to photograph him too – I can’t wait to meet him, with such gorgeous parents he’s going to be such a cutie :)
Hope you enjoyed the sneak peek!
Posted in maternity, sneak peek
Also tagged belly to baby, den haag, maternity, natalie carstens, portrait photographer, portraits, portraiture, pregnancy, professional photographer, the hague
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a different kind of processing
I just HAD to, couldn’t help myself! I am sooooo loving the *different* processing effects that I used for Julie’s photos that I just HAD to share some more from her session! I hope you enjoy them as much as me!! :)
I wish I could post more, I have so many favourites…. Julie, I hope you are loving browsing through your gallery!!
Posted in individuals, sneak peek
Also tagged den haag, lifestyle, natural light, portrait photographer, portraits, post-processing, professional photographer, studio, the hague
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