I was born in 1970 in Alberton, South-Africa, but moved back with my Dutch parents to the Netherlands in 1975.
Our business is now situated in Hoensbroek, which is in the south part of the Netherlands. We live very close to the German and Belgium border. I work together with my wife, Nicole Vanderheiden, who studied to be a make-up artist and does most of the styling of our images. In spite of the fact that she is not a photographer, she has a very good feeling of what an image should be like and therefore does a lot of post-production, using photoshop.
Our range of clients includes graphic designers and advertising companies in the Netherlands, Germany and Belgium who like the concept of one-stop-shopping and often ask for my services in the pre-production stage of an assignment. In that way I can think together with my customers and designers, help them create and reach their goal rather than just deliver an image.

2002 Licenciate Member DIPP (L-DIPP)
2003 Associate Member DIPP (A-DIPP)
2003 Gold Award DIPP
2005 Silver Award DIPP
2005 1st prize Bruid en Bruidegom Award, categorie 'bride and broom'
2006 Gold Award DIPP
2006 Fellow member DIPP (F-DIPP)
2007 Qualified European Photographer (QEP) at the Federation of European Photograpers
(FEB) in Brussels, Wedding
2007 Qualified European Photographer (QEP) at the Federation of European Photograpers
(FEB) in Brussels, Portraits
2008 Gold Award DIPP, category 'Commercial, Free Work and Art Photography'
2008 Bronze Award DIPP, category 'Portraits'
2009 Seminar at 'the Hamburger Portraittage' in Germany
2009 Gold Award DIPP, category 'Commercial, Free work and Art Photography'
2009 DIPP, Photo of the Year Award, category 'Commercial work'
2009 Chinese Photographers Association (CPA) Gold Award,
2009 Bronze Award in the pictorial category at the 2009 FEP European Professional
2009 Bronze Award in the commercial category at the 2009 FEP European Professional
2009 Silver Award in the pictorial category at the 2009 FEP European Professional
2010 Chairman and co-founder of the sir Lyone Foundation with Niels Klinkhamer,
organizing committee Imagination 2010, 3th and 4th of October in Maastricht
2010 Silver Award DIPP, category 'Portrait Photography'