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Eleven years of maternity care, ten years of camera

Fotostudio Klein Geluk is Jorien Broekhuis’s studio. She knows not only how to photograph a baby, but also how to hold one.

Photographer in her early forties leaning over a sleeping newborn on a posing cushion with her camera, smiling, warm studio with a wooden floor and baskets of knitted wraps in the background
Jorien Broekhuisphotographersince 2016
Eight-day-old newborn sleeping curled up in an oatmeal-coloured knitted swaddle on a soft cream cushion, soft side light from a large window, warm milky-white tones, photographed from above
Renskephotographed by Jorienday 8

From maternity bag to camera

“I’ve seen hundreds of babies in their first week. Every time I thought: someone should capture this.”

Jorien worked for eleven years as a maternity nurse in and around Voorbeeldstad. She bathed babies, helped with feeding and saw parents truly look at their child for the first time. She had been taking photos at home for years. In 2016 she started her own studio, first in the attic, now on the ground floor on Voorbeeldstraat.

You notice it in everything. Jorien is calm, speaks softly and isn’t fazed by a crying baby or a full nappy. Parents often say they get to rest for a moment on the sofa too.

I only take eight newborns a month. That way every baby gets the whole morning, and I have time to edit your photos with care.

Our studio

A room of fifty square metres, bright and warm, with a wide north window and underfloor heating. Along the wall are baskets of swaddles, hats and blankets in soft colours. There’s a changing table, a sofa, a coffee machine and a private toilet. You wheel the pram straight in: no stairs, no step.

  • Course in safe newborn posing
  • First aid for babies and children, refreshed every year
  • Member of a photographers’ association
  • After every baby all wraps go in the wash at 60 degrees

How it works, from pregnant to gallery

  1. 1

    Book

    Around week 20 we put you in the diary on your due date. A €75 deposit holds your spot.

  2. 2

    Your baby has arrived

    Send a message. Together we pick a morning, somewhere between day 5 and day 14.

  3. 3

    The morning in the studio

    A morning in a warm room. Feeding, cuddling and sleeping are all fine.

  4. 4

    Choosing

    Within two weeks, your online gallery. You choose your photos and download them in high resolution.

Family with father, mother, a toddler and a baby together on a big linen bed in a studio full of daylight, the toddler kissing the baby on the forehead, warm daylight, soft natural tones
The Hoekman familybump firstthen newborn

Klein Geluk in three numbers

day 5–14
the best time for a newborn shoot
26 °C
in the studio, with white noise
8
newborns a month, no more

Many families come back: first for the bump, then for the newborn and at the first birthday for the cake. Jorien sees them grow, and that’s what she loves most about the job.

Introductory meetingSee the shoots