My story
Hi there, it's Sher!
My name is actually Sherine, but Sher is just a lot easier! That's also why my company name is Sher Takes Care. I make sure your photography story is captured in every detail and various storylines. Allowing you to go back, for eternity, to that one joyful, emotional and/or beautiful moment. That is the power of photography. And I get to hold that in my hands! How wonderful is that?
I'm a true adventurer. Always happiest outdoors and connecting with the people around me. From hiking through the woods to good conversations where we really get to know each other. With me, you never get bored.
Why do I always love being outside? For me, nature is a connecting factor — with myself, and through that, with others too. We live so much more in the moment when we make that connection. That's why I love shooting outdoors.
'As a storytelling photographer, it's about the real story, the connection that lies behind your story.'
My style is documentary/storytelling, atmospheric and pure.
Besides my life as a full-time photographer, I go on adventures whenever I can, to discover beautiful new places. That's what really gets my photographer's heart bouncing. My travels started about nine years ago — from graduating in Barcelona, to a campervan trip through New Zealand, traveling through Colombia, backpacking Southeast Asia, working as a mountain guide in the Balkans, Madeira, and Norway and nowadays little adventures in The Netherlands on our boat. All adventures I could never relive quite like this without my camera.
It really started rolling when family and friends around me wanted photos. At first, still very posed and directed. But as I dove deeper into documentary photography, I felt it more and more strongly: YES, this is what I want to create. Telling stories on feeling, so you can always go back to that one special moment in your life. In connection with yourself, with someone else, or with your surroundings. That's the power of documentary photography: you can literally time-travel with it, and freeze time.
Adventure is in my blood
Sher in film edition
To me, documentary photography means: not directing, but observing. I'm present, I watch, and I don't intervene. No shot list, no imposed poses, no story adjusted for the photo. What's already there is enough. In fact, it's usually far more beautiful than anything I could come up with myself.
That doesn't mean I don't help during the shoot itself. During a wedding or a branding shoot, I put my professionalism to work to put you at ease. With a question, a small prompt, a moment of attention. The instant you step out of your head, I'm there: I watch, and I press the shutter the moment nobody's thinking about the camera anymore. So the images still look like you! Without it being "staged."
I also believe we spend too much money on things, and too little on time. A ten-thousand-euro kitchen is written off in twenty years. A photo story of your everyday life only becomes more valuable every year. That belief shapes not just how I work, but also who I work for.
I love working most for people who want to reconnect. With each other, with themselves, and with nature.
For couples who see their wedding day as an adventure, not a to-do list. For families whose kids are growing up far too fast and love running around outside. For entrepreneurs who are working toward a better world, and want that to show in their imagery too. And for photographers I help, outdoors in nature, feel again why they ever started.
What I Stand For
Who I'm Here For
Gijs & Sher
Men like Gijs, there aren't many of those. You give me safety, trust in everything I do in life, nothing is too wild for you, and the more adventurous our life, the better! Since 2025, we've been completely over the moon to be parents to our cute daughter Luna (& doggie Jazz, of course). What a richness!
& Luna & Jazz
'Sharing adventures with you guys is what I love doing most'
What is the best way to get to know me? Exactly, some random facts about myself:
🔥 Let's start strong right away: I love bonfires — this one gets my own fire going too.
🔥 Dogs, seriously any shape and size. I always want to hug them and honestly never let go.
🔥 Vega lover! Yep, I've been eating vegetarian since 2021. The biggest reason: saving our planet! It's way too beautiful to wreck.
🔥 Sharing — I love sharing stories and adventures with others. This is also the reason I started photographing in the first place. Being able to bring someone into your story without them actually being there. Isn't that just magic?
🔥 Sport, Management & Entrepreneurship. In the end, I trained as a sports manager and entrepreneur. I just traded sport for photography. Small difference, but still?
🔥 Plants! Everywhere I can fit them. My house is full of different kinds of plants. Some of them I've had for over 10 years. I love bringing a bit of nature indoors.
Did you know?
My biggest dream:
'To create a place somewhere deep in nature, where everyone is allowed to be with herself and their dreams. Where photography is the tool to connect.'
Back to Connection
Photography has never just been a profession to me. It's the way I see the world myself, and the way I help people reconnect — with each other and with themselves. If I can help you be fully present again, in the now, with yourself, with someone else, in the nature around you; then I've done what I'm here to do.
"So no, I don't just take pretty pictures. I make sure you never lose what you felt in that moment."
Thankful words
FIKA - branding story
Sher is a creative entrepreneur who likes to think and move with her clients. A professional attitude combined with informal contact makes working together a pleasure!
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