A mother of four, photographer, nature lover. Someone trying to make sense of it all, through photos and stories. 

I try to be free in all senses of the word, so I made the leap and now work with what I love doing; taking pictures, storing this life in moments, both for myself and for clients. My heart is in photographing birth and motherhood, but I take on just about any photography job. 
(See my birth photos at www.birth.no and the rest of my work portfolio at www.mariavatne.no.)

I live on a farm in Norway with my man Nik and my children Ronja, Freja, Falk and Ulv, plus a bunch of animals. We grow our own food as far as the seasons allow it, we don't go to kindergarten, the three youngest ones will be homeschooled.

We govern our own lives, we strive for independence, we want to be in this life wild and free and full of love.

Lucky Bunny.

The kids have understood something essential about human life: If you want something, bribing will always help you get it. So on Sunday morning, they made a wonderful basket full of gifts to none other than the Easter bunny himself, so that the chances of maybe receiving a little something in return (an Easter egg, perhaps?) would be bigger. The basket was placed in the hayloft in the barn, and the suspense is unbearable; will He find it?DSC_0700DSC_0701DSC_0705DSC_0703DSC_0709DSC_0707

Longing.

Today: