Impressie nieuwe Editie Trainingsdag Brandbuilding, Fotografie & Instagram

Eerste treningsdag editie van mijn nieuwe  serie Trainingsdagen!

Wat een toffe dag, Afgelopen zondag 17 november 2019 was de allereerste editie van de nieuwe serie Trainingsdagen Brand building en Fotografie die we organiseren. En wat heb ik genoten van alle enthousiaste en inspirerende deelneemsters!

Onderneemsters van totaal verschillende hoeken en branches kwamen onze workshop volgen. Van tattoo artist tot consulting in Innovatie en verduurzaming, Model, Insta account manager bij Funda, sport therapeute, voedingsdeskundige. Totaal verschillende branches, maar een ding hadden ze met elkaar gemeen. Ze kwamen allemaal om zichzelf te ontwikkelen en te investeren in zichzelf en hun bedrijf op gebied van Fotografie, Brandbuilding en Instagram! 

Hier een impressie van hoe het theorie deel van deze dag geweest was. (niet iedereen wilde op camera, en dat hebben we  dus ook gerespecteerd) Een hele berg aan informatie, notities, een boel inspiratie. Ik denk met jullie mee, maar ook de deelneemsters onderling konden met elkaar meedenken en elkaar inspireren. Super mooi om te zien! Er werden veel vragen gesteld en beantwoord. En iedereen had weer een boel nieuwe kennis om stappen vooruit te kunnen maken!

 

Wil jij er de volgende keer bij zijn!? Binnenkort maken we de nieuwe data bekend voor begin 2020. Je kunt je hier aanmelden om een email te krijgen zodra de pre-sale begint. En wieweet zie ik jou de volgende Brandbuilding en/of fotografie Trainingsdag op deze geweldige locatie in Amsterdam!

Liefs,
Jolanda

 

Run wild my child

Run wild my child

We love to prepare a picknick basket and go out in the woods. Driving to the woods we are hearing all the “where are we going”-’s and “are we there yet”-’s and ” I don’t want to go to the wood”-’s of the world. Yes, our kids are like all the other kids in the world. But once we are there all of that is forgotten and off they go. Climbing trees collecting treasures and building castles.

We hike for a bit. Find a nice place to lay down a plaid and our stuff as a “home-base”. Chilling and eating and playing around in the shade of the trees. We spot dears, hear the songs the birds are singing to us, the wind blowing through the trees and our wildling cubs howling to the beat of the forest.

Little feet are making a wonderful crunchy sound as they touch the layered floor of the forest. Every step feels different, little sticks, rocks, bones, grass, and mosses are all hiding under a think mixed layer of old crispy and fresh soft fallen leaves. Making every step an exciting surprise. Walking on barefoot shoes is making our exploration feel natural to the touch and safe against rough undergrounds and sharp objects at the same time.

All things we normally tend to worry about seeming small and insignificant. No to-do lists, bills to pay, work to do, places to be. Because this is all that matters, this is all we need. Each other and nature. This feels like freedom. Pure happiness.

We are rich when we leave to go home. Our bounty: A scraped knee, two feathers, seven stones, four leaves, improved tree climbing skills, twelve-spotted dears, hundred stories, and five fully charged inspiration batteries.

On our way back home our little Quinn falls asleep in the car, Haley is quietly looking out the window and Miley asking us ” this was fun! When can we go back!?”

As soon as possible my little wildling.

Love,
Jolanda, Michiel
Miley, Haley & Quinn

    We love Wildling shoes

     

     Wildling shoes geared our whole family up with their barefoot shoes and we are loving it! 

    The wonderful feeling of running and climbing barefoot through the forest while being safe against rough undergrounds and sharp objects is amazing! 

    Walking around barefoot or with barefoot schoe, wair doesn’t just feel great. It’s actually really healthy too! The reason why is very well explained here:
    1- In Duch by Linde Logtenberg on her Instagram here!
    2- or in this video by Teck Insider

    We want to thank our partner Wildling shoes  for supporting us and making it possible for us to keep producing our video’s, vlogs and blogs. It’s because of these kind partnerships we get to do what we love most:
    Being creative and sharing our stories and Images!

    Run wild my child

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    Shoot us mom!

    Never let children pose… let them be themselves!

    From the moment Miley was born until she was 4,5 years old we had a big photo studio. She grew up surrounded by camera’s, lights, makeup, fashion, and set styling… She occasionally watched the models getting ready and saw me shooting them in our photo studio. She saw them “pose” naturally and make subtle changes in their pose with fluid movements. changing expressions, taking directions from me and all of that without looking forced or unnatural. And she loved it.

    As it comes to photo shooting kids, I like them to be interactive. give them something to do, something to engage with, something to play with. Anything but posing! I don’t like kids posing, because most kids (Really, I mean 99%) look forced and unnatural. That kind of photo’s with kids smiling those fake (almost creepy) smiles makes my hairs stand up. Not cool. Just fake.

    So whenever I’m shooting kids (my one or any kids for that matter)… I let them play.
    I have a strict NO POSING rule.

    But… Tiny baby girls turn in to big baby girls! And then that day came, the day when Miley (8yrs) Came up to me dressed a bit much over the top and  Asked me “Mom? Can you shoot me? I’ve made everything ready!”
    I looked over and there was my living room turned in to a complete styled set. With 3 different concepts, she wanted to work on!  I was like “What the….!?!? uuuh… Ok!? I guess?”

    So we could proceed in peace. After every Klik, Miley made a tiny adjustment in pose, expression or looking direction. I didn’t have to give her any directions. She was totally in control.  Like she understood exactly what it was she wanted to reflect, express and what story she wanted to tell. I felt a warm proud glow in my heart for her. What a great way to express yourself.  There goes my “NO posing rule” for her… She has got this down.

     

    Turned out she had a school project where they had to take their favorite piece of clothing, make a photo of it, and write a little poem about it. She wanted to create a photo she had pictured in her mind. (Creative little creature) So who am I to refuse such a brilliant initiative from my 8-year-old.

    I grabbed my camera gear and as she stepped in front of the camera. Wow! She is actually doing a really good job posing! Not one Photo where she looked unnatural or overly posed. I guess she intensively studied the professional models in our studio! My little baby copy-cat. Loving this…

    After a few minutes, her little baby sisters decided they wanted attention too, and started to jump on top of Miley… So I had to promise them that I would shoot them too tf they waited their turn. And If they would go and play a bit more I would call them and take their picture.


    As for her sisters… The rule still stands. No posing! PLAY! Once I called them for their turn to shoot, I gave them something to keep busy! Singing a song,  playing peekaboo, giving them a ukelele or a watering can to play with. And as usual, that way I had a fun and playful shoot with my two babies. And my no posing strategy still worked out worked perfectly fine with them! Scroll all the way down to see the rest of all the photo’s we took!


    How do you take pictures of your kids? I’m thinking of making a series of DIY video’s in photography toppics like “kids photography” .
    Would you think that’s something you would like to see? Anny requests on specivic photography toppics!?


    Love,

      Jolanda, Michiel,
    Miley Haley & Quinn

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